Charger, Charger is a funny guy. He loves people now and is helping to bring Gwen out of her shell and used to people. Charger was brought to Muttshack with a Black and White long hair friend who was placed early on due to her gentle nature. Being that his was of a frightening personality, he was left behind and was labeled as a bad cat. That was only because of his habit of charging you in his cage and striking out at you if you were even near it. Sometimes he connected to people. Now he and Gwen have bonded and I am working with Gwen to get her tame. I hope to get them adopted out together so Charger won't have to go through the separation anxiety again and Gwen can continue on the road to trusting people. He is a Turkish Van.

Gwen, was found near the Camelot Apartments, thus the name Gwen. She is feral, but has improved immensely after being next to Charger who is quickly becoming a rival for Bubba's most friendly cat title. She now greets you when you enter the room, but is still a little shy when you reach for her to pet her. She will let you after you have pet Charger first. The longer you are in the room with her, the more she lets you pet her. I tried to pick her up the other day but once her feet lost contact with the floor, she got scared and wanted down immediately. She is a lot younger than we all thought and she is not spayed yet as she has gone through one recent heat cycle since we have had her and is entering the next.

Update on 02/22/2009 - When the dogs are all quiet at night that is when Gwen makes her appearance to Mary. Mary is Gwen's pet person and she loves to be near her for love. She is still very skitterish and noises or fast movements still scare her away. But she is definitely much better than she was when she first arrived.

Bubba

Bubba was the favorite of so many people in the Cattery in New Orleans. He was very friendly. But he was also FELV positive making his life a much shorter one than what we all would have wanted. He is buried in our yard under Bubba's Alaskan Cedar. It will grow to be a huge tree just as he was a huge wonderful cat.

Hello Kitty, a.k.a. Chloe is 15 years old. She has opened up a lot and now "demands" food in the morning, afternoon and evening. She prefers canned since it is hard for her to eat solid food with just one tooth. She is gaining more and more weight each week with her eating so much now. But I believe, like our 22 year old Daffy, who we lost early in 2005, that she will always be a petite cat with a loud voice. She has partial hearing loss which may explain the loudness of her meows.
She did have a habit of swatting you in the head if the top of your head was too close to her. I believe it was because she couldn't see you very well and thought an animal was coming after her. But since she has learned to trust us, she hasn't done any more swatting.

Update on 02/22/2009 - We think Chloe has lost her sight in one eye. She fell off the table she was trying to cross and landed on the side of her head. With antibiotics her eye is clearing up and she may regain her sight. She has taken to howling for attention at all hours and has a real siamese type of cat meow. Once she finds someone, she is happy to sit in their lap. She is still very thin, yet eats alot.

Update on 02/17/2010 - Chloe passed away quietly in her sleep. Her system started to shut down and being as old as she was, we decided not to put her through a lot of tests, but to make her as comfortable as possible. If she was in pain, we certainly would have had our vet help her along, but she was content to be in someone's lap until she was gone.