When Stray Cats Adopt an Owner

Saving the Life of a Cat

People don’t usually adopt stray cats. It’s often the other way around. People notice pathetic looking, or not so pathetic looking, stray cats on their porch or deck, and right away they want to give them food and water. Cats are not stupid creatures. Once you feed a cat, you will never get rid of that cat!

That is exactly how I was recently adopted by a couple of stray kitty cats. I noticed my pleasantly plump house cat looking intensely through the sliding glass door off my deck. I could tell she was looking at something in particular because of her tense body language. I decided to turn the light on outside so she could get a better look at whatever it was, as if a cat needs to see better in the dark! I walked out of the room, and as I walked back through and passed the door I glanced over. There stood a beautiful gray tabby cat staring intently back at me. It looked startled and wide-eyed. Then I noticed another cat that looked almost identical to the first cat It was checking out an old cat house my dad had built back when another stray cat decided to adopt me.

I put my coat on and went outside to remove the old rags I lined the cat house with many months before. My dad made the cat house several months prior when I happened to notice a sickly looking stray cat on the very same deck. I had just finished a deliciously filling dinner, when I saw the poor pathetic creature. I felt bad thinking how I had just eaten good food inside a warm home, and this poor hapless animal was literally starving to death out on my back deck. I had to come to the rescue.

I started feeding the kitty I decided to name “Boots.” I appropriately named her boots because a boot of white fur covered every paw. She soon blossomed into a healthy looking lovable kitty with a sleek coat and crystal green eyes. She was beautiful.