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Another Buffy the Garage Cat update
The pictures don't come NEAR to showing how thin he really is, if you have looked at them :-( I purposely took them, as much as I could, to HIDE how thin he really is. I figured that the rescue organization *might* use one of them when he goes up for adoption. If I place my fingers just ahead of his hip bones, there is about than 3 cm of thickness there. On Kenzie, there is about 8cm there. Buffy is dangerously, perniciously thin; like a picture of the people who were found in Nazi 'concentration' camps, at the end of WWII. Like those very few Jews who survived the planned extermination of every Jew in all of the lands the Nazis temporarily captured, I look at Buffy, and it's just hard to believe how horribly, terribly, thin he is. But, despite all of his terrible hardship, he is just the sweetest cat you could ever possibly imagine. All he wants is to be CONTINUOUSLY held, and petted, and have his ears and chin scritched. And he has the highest and fastest elevator butt I think I've ever seen And he just absolutely LOVES getting belly rubs. But his poor belly is *concave*, (curving inwards), instead of being convex, (curving outward) as it should be. Or even be flat. He isn't *quite* as emaciated as Kilikini's Miss Pua, when she first found her. But I think in a few days, he wouldn't have even been able to walk. Now I understand why he entered my garage, and wouldn't leave: he was hiding from predators; a raccoon could have easily killed him, in his weakened state. And a fox can catch and kill cat pretty easily, if they don't make it to a tree in time to climb it. And as we all know, cats hide whenever they are really sick. It's a survival instinct. Plus, of course, he knew that cat food comes from *people*. And of course there were the four 'light show'; moving search lights that can be seen from 10 miles away. And the enormous flashing sign that says 'A Cat Lover Lives Here'. Very close to where I live (about 350 meters?) is a creek, a small stream that would probably be called a river in Europe: at least when the water is high. Along the banks of this creek, there is a lot of land that is very much wild. It is home to many, many raccoons, and even a few foxes. (I've seen them!) Also, there is abundant prey; at least during the spring, summer, and fall: mice, rats, chipmunks, voles, shrews, squirrels, snakes, ducks (and ducklings, in the spring) large insects, Canada geese (and goslings, in the spring), other waterfowl, ground hogs, and birds; lots of birds. And I'm sure a LOT of other animal life I'm not aware of. He must never have learned how to hunt, as a kitten. As I'm sure you know, if a kitten isn't trained by it's mother just HOW to hunt, they will never be any good at hunting. That's why some cats manage to constantly catch mice, voles, birds, etc; and bring them home and present them to their humans. (Or just eat them). And other cats who are indoor/outdoor cats, never, ever catch ANYTHING at all. I'm sure he is 'extra needy' after his terrible ordeal of near starvation to death, in the middle of a big city. But, I'm POSITIVE that he was just an EXTREMELY affectionate cat, just like my Lucky (RB) was. He meows when I come into the garage. He purrs before I even touch him. He tries to climb into my lap, while I'm kneeling on the garage floor, filling his food or water dish, and scooping the litter box(!) He will do anything and everything to receive any and all attention he can get from me. I have been spending a LOT of time, sitting on the garage floor, just petting him, and letting him sit in my lap. Can you tell how attached I've already become to this beautiful, wonderful, unfortunate abandoned kitty? I would keep him in an instant, if Kenzie wasn't so determined to be The Only Cat In The House. I've tried to introduce new cats to Kenzie, using the techniques I've learned on RPCA, and RPCH+B. Kenzie is NOT going to allow another cat in HER house. She was an Only Cat when I adopted her, and that is the she intends to KEEP it that way! (Sigh...). My first obligation is to Kenzie: I adopted her in 1999, and promised the people who gave her to me to take care of her, and provide the very best home possible, for the rest of her life. And, unfortunately for Buffy Boy, that means NO OTHER CATS!! But I'm sure, sooner or later, somebody will adopt this magnificent, and incredibly affectionate kitty. I'm just so sad it can't be me :-( ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein |
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