I feel kind of shy about sharing this here instead of the feral forum, but there's so much sad stuff going on around here these days, I thought this might help bring a much needed smile to many lips.
Hubby was a cat hater. No, but really. Our stray, Rocki (was calling her Rocki here because I was embarassed about the real name we were using!) showed up last year, and he took pity - but really only because she made such a mess with the garbage cans. He viewed her as a flea-infested (which she wasn't) varmant. (Spelling?). And then this Spring, a feral mama had kittens behind the bus up in the woods - and his heart started melting. And when two of the kitties made "friends" with him, well that was it. We started breaking the news (and making amends) to his owned-by-cat friends after we adopted the first feral kitty, Lazlo. Then Lazlo "needed" a friend, so we adopted his brother, Sheldon. Shelly and Gary made fast friends. Shelly head-butts Gary all the time, and nothing lights his face up faster.
Here's Shelly asleep. Gary leaned down to pick him up with a "can you believe how cute he is?" and gave him a kiss. (Shelly is still asleep despite being picked up!) This Pic is proof for all our friends that Gary truly has done a 180. He has suffered through much (deserved) ribbing from friends, who still find it hard to swallow. A convert!
Hubby was a cat hater. No, but really. Our stray, Rocki (was calling her Rocki here because I was embarassed about the real name we were using!) showed up last year, and he took pity - but really only because she made such a mess with the garbage cans. He viewed her as a flea-infested (which she wasn't) varmant. (Spelling?). And then this Spring, a feral mama had kittens behind the bus up in the woods - and his heart started melting. And when two of the kitties made "friends" with him, well that was it. We started breaking the news (and making amends) to his owned-by-cat friends after we adopted the first feral kitty, Lazlo. Then Lazlo "needed" a friend, so we adopted his brother, Sheldon. Shelly and Gary made fast friends. Shelly head-butts Gary all the time, and nothing lights his face up faster.
Here's Shelly asleep. Gary leaned down to pick him up with a "can you believe how cute he is?" and gave him a kiss. (Shelly is still asleep despite being picked up!) This Pic is proof for all our friends that Gary truly has done a 180. He has suffered through much (deserved) ribbing from friends, who still find it hard to swallow. A convert!