My Cat Hendrix,
My cat has the neat name of Hendrix, I gave it to him when I caught him in a friends back yard, over 5 years ago. His mother was wild, and she had her litter in a derelict shed at the bottom of this garden, with no creature comforts, only a scraggy old carrier bag to keep her dry from the seeping rain that came underneath the rotting wood hut. All I can remember seeing, was a litter of about 7, all different colours, ranging from white thru' to black. The garden was full of overgrown weeds and shrubs, and it took me over a bloody hour to catch the little black one that I'd seen. He was so small, that I could fit him into the palm of my hand, and he was so scared for a week or so. The kids fell in love with him straight away! It took me a week to find out that he was a tom because he was so young, and I could have sworn that he was a female, he has a very feminine looking face for a tom cat. Anyway, I've recently lerant just how fiesty he is, he's always fighting the bigger cats at the bottom of the garden, and he's still got some wild cat in him, even though he does like his home comforts most times. He sits on the step, patrolling, and I'm sure he'd fight a dog if one invaded his territory! He's quite pysched too, but aren't they all. One evening, I was walking home from the shop, and I heard a tinkling sound approaching me from behind, I thought it was a whipper snapper after my ankle or something, it was dark, and lo and behold, it was my cat, running along side me like a puppy dog! I've had him for four or five years now and he virtually talks to me sometimes. Though just lately, he's banned from the living room, as his long persian fur stinks after being sprayed by other cats. He HATES being bathed! I had to get my son to corner him in the shower room one night, just so that he could rub some flea powder into him without him taking off with a huff on! My son came out of the shower looking like some Freddy Kruga victim. Cats are amaxing creatures to own, much calmer than dogs, and they look after themselves. He's currently learning to play a Fender Strat!! :lol: