You're not going to believe this one:
Saturday morning I went to see my sister 50 miles away - she's lives in the country - then that afternoon we [ Yvonne / wife ] went to Tractor Supply to get sunflower seeds.. K-mart and then Walmart - it was dark by then. Since it was getting colder that night it was time to take the tropical hibiscus to her mothers' garage across the road where it will survive the winter... a Mothers Day gift from 2010!
Here's where the mystery starts..... Yvonne heard a cat.. and eventually after looking around everywhere.. we determined the meows were coming from under the hood of the car!!! Now remember it's freezing cold and dark - I lift the hood and there between the battery-box and the strut-housing [ shock absorber ] was this cat-tail!!!!! All we could see was his tail and a little of his butt. He had managed to wedge between - face down!
I'm scrambling around to find the tools needed - take the battery out of the molded box it was in.. take the box out [ metrics of course ]
.. and all the while he's crying and scared we're sure.
I finally got the box loose and picked him up and he immediately [ anyone who knows cats ] jams his head up under my chin in my beard and starts purring!
WHERE AND HOW DID HE GET THERE??????
Jimmy stayed out in the storage shed that night in a "cat-house" we had from years ago.. all snug and warm with blankets, etc.!
Now mind you we have 3 indoor and an indoor/outdoor mommy cat that had 2 of them.. all ex-females.
Along comes this 12 week-old [ the vet speculated.. also ] BOY!!! - the next night.. after shots, etc. at vets.
This little guy is not 1/4 the size of our smallest.. and the calico is 17 pounds --- and Jimmy is hissing and growling at all of them [ he''ll get over it. ]
HEEEEEERE'S JIMMY -----
The first / only night outside -
He has some of the prettiest markings - not rare but not common - typical of Tabbys.
Now he has found the basket on the coffee table.. so we tied a ribbon on the handle -
He was done playing.. so he struck a "See how handsome my left profile is?" pose!
I guess we'll keep him..
-- wattaya think?
Saturday morning I went to see my sister 50 miles away - she's lives in the country - then that afternoon we [ Yvonne / wife ] went to Tractor Supply to get sunflower seeds.. K-mart and then Walmart - it was dark by then. Since it was getting colder that night it was time to take the tropical hibiscus to her mothers' garage across the road where it will survive the winter... a Mothers Day gift from 2010!
Here's where the mystery starts..... Yvonne heard a cat.. and eventually after looking around everywhere.. we determined the meows were coming from under the hood of the car!!! Now remember it's freezing cold and dark - I lift the hood and there between the battery-box and the strut-housing [ shock absorber ] was this cat-tail!!!!! All we could see was his tail and a little of his butt. He had managed to wedge between - face down!
I'm scrambling around to find the tools needed - take the battery out of the molded box it was in.. take the box out [ metrics of course ]
.. and all the while he's crying and scared we're sure.I finally got the box loose and picked him up and he immediately [ anyone who knows cats ] jams his head up under my chin in my beard and starts purring!
WHERE AND HOW DID HE GET THERE??????
Jimmy stayed out in the storage shed that night in a "cat-house" we had from years ago.. all snug and warm with blankets, etc.!
Now mind you we have 3 indoor and an indoor/outdoor mommy cat that had 2 of them.. all ex-females.
Along comes this 12 week-old [ the vet speculated.. also ] BOY!!! - the next night.. after shots, etc. at vets.
This little guy is not 1/4 the size of our smallest.. and the calico is 17 pounds --- and Jimmy is hissing and growling at all of them [ he''ll get over it. ]
HEEEEEERE'S JIMMY -----
The first / only night outside -
He has some of the prettiest markings - not rare but not common - typical of Tabbys.
Now he has found the basket on the coffee table.. so we tied a ribbon on the handle -
He was done playing.. so he struck a "See how handsome my left profile is?" pose!
I guess we'll keep him..
-- wattaya think?
