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| Name: |
Abercrombie
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Age: |
Three years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Domestic Shorthair
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| Home: |
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
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Through
the month of May last year, a lovely gray and white cat would come by
our home to visit. We assumed the cat was a neighborhood cat, but it never
seemed to go home. We became concerned about her because an occasional coyote
or fox would wander through our yard at night. During the day hawks would
circle about, hunting prey. Fortunately the cat appeared to be a bit too
heavy to be hoisted into the air and taken away.
As we became increasingly concerned, we would trick the cat into entering our
garage at night, and lock her in until daybreak. She did not like this,
thinking she would be kept a prisoner forever, and protested loudly. Before
long, summer heat being what it is in June in Alabama, the garage became too
hot, even at night. Why did we not trick her into the house and really hold
her prisoner full time? We already had five cats - a gray tabby, a calico, a
Maine Coon, a Norwegian Forest Cat, and a solid black cat who was once a
feral cat. All had been rescues.
Eventually we could stand it no more, and Abercrombie, which is what we named
her, moved into a two room suite at the top of our house. During the
transition to becoming an indoor cat, Abercrombie learned to enter the
elevator voluntarily, turning to face the front as the door shut. To our
surprise, Abercrombie never showed any desire to again go outside. She was
already litter trained, loved to play and is exceptionally friendly.
Abercrombie is wonderful cat. She will sit with us for hours, allowing us to
pet and rub her, always purring with pleasure and joy. She is playful and
indefatigable. She will chase her toys (and us), climb upon her perch, jump to
the windowsills, turn large sheets of paper into confetti, and generally
delight us and herself until we can play no more.
Abercrombie knows we are her family, and all of us are delighted that we are.
We have been truly blessed by this lovely cat.
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