I HATE CATS!!

Especially male cats!! I can not STAND the smell of cat piss!! And an un-neutered male is enough to make me want to get out the high-powered pellet gun!! But, I did grow up with cats. My mother had some rather comical cats, and so I must, in all honesty, tone down my opening statement to: “I'm not particularly fond of cats.”

Last year, when I first moved into this house, I was “adopted” by a female "Russian Blue" feral cat, who had probably just been waiting for some "kind" soul, like me, to move into the neighborhood. She came around with the saddest look, and the most woeful 'mewww', and next thing I knew, I was buying her food!! And next thing I knew, after that, were other tiny 'mewwws' from behind my washing machine!! Her first three were adorable, and I managed to find them loving homes.

Let me tell you, just about every person I know has, at one time or another, tried to outwit this "Momma" kitty to trap her!! And she can not be 'got'. IF she could, I would gladly pay the money to have her 'fixed' and I would allow her to stay forever and ever, simply because I have too much of a heart to let her starve, or to take her to the 'pound', and a certain death. I feel she's my responsibility...especially now that she has come to view this as her home. I have never touched her...she will not allow it...but she loves me, and tells me so with her eyes, and her dainty little “mewws”.

6 months later, came three more kittens...Two of them went to new homes right away. The third...the runt...was sickly, with terribly matted eyes. And eventually, my heart gave way, and she had to be brought into the house for 'treatment'. She WAS the prettiest one, I thought, and I started to bring her in to 'doctor' her eyes. A friend came by one day, and knowing of my 'fondness' for cats, said, "Ah-oh, she's hooked..." I said, "Oh No!! The heck with that...I'm just saving her eyes..." But she seemed almost "stupid" compared to the rest of her litter, because she had not had the advantage of 'seeing', and alas, nobody would take her off of my hands.

And, you guessed it!! Next thing I knew... I'm at the vets office with her...$56 later, walking out with eye drops & vitamins, and another appointment for a follow up...and another $38!! AND now, I just had her tubes tied too...another $78!! But she is the smartest, most “beautifullest” kitty I have ever met. And she thinks that the sun rises and sets on my back, and she never fails to show me her gratitude in all manner of ways...including bringing all usually with mangled body parts, or even missing body parts, most likely with it some part of it's 'guts' hanging out of it. (I just love cats!! Don't you?)

Oh, and by the way, if you have any ideas on how to catch "Momma", I'd love to hear them!!