Posted by Angel Girl on June 16, 2004, at 3:31:09
In reply to Re: Anyone have pets? » Angel Girl, posted by partlycloudy on June 15, 2004, at 8:35:18
> The name is a funny story. At the pound, the paperwork on her cage said her name was Precious, but something else had been crossed out. I asked the volunteer what name she'd been brought in with and why it was changed. She told me her name was Psycho but they didn't think she'd get adopted with that monicker. Sure enough, when you called her Psycho, she looked up at me.
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> She sees fairies and ghosties and chases them all over the house. And she stalks her ping pong balls. Mostly she races from one end of the house to the other like she's being chased by a dog.
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> Making her purr is extremely rewarding. I feel like it's a gift. My previous cat purred at the sight of me, but he also purred at the sight of food, so I think he was rather insincere. For a cat.
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pcMaybe she was named Psycho before because of all the mad running around she does. I actually have a cat that does that too. I remember when he was first brought here by a friend, she let him down and he automatically tore through my apartment like a bolt of lightning for quite awhile. I was SHOCKED!!! I remember thinking 'what have I gotten myself into here!!!'. Most cats are very weary of new surroundings and it takes them awhile to get used to them as they gingerly scope out all the rooms with their nooks and cranies. Anyway, we kept this kitten and my son named him 'Capone'. He's very much a character.
Speaking of the purring, I had to take Capone in for surgery one time and my vet discovered he had a heart murmur (I guess that's why we got him for free) so he was feeing very uneasy about performing the surgery without him being throughly examined at a specialized animal hospital. So, I took him there and they were *trying* to check out his heart beat but they were having an extremely hard time because they couldn't hear it over his purring. Seems cats purr when they're afraid too. I never knew that before.
Even though I've had to endure some of his shananigans, I love him to pieces. I wouldn't trade him for anything.
AG
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