WHISKERS

WHEN OUR FAMILY LIVED IN UKIAH I WAS WORKING AT THE FOREST SERVICE AND TRYING TO RAISE OUR SON. MY HUSBAND GOT A COMPUTER JOB. WE HAPPENED TO ADOPT A THREE YEAR OLD CAT WE NAMED WHISKERS AND MY SON LOVED THIS CAT. I BECAME A FULL TIME MOM AND WE MOVED BACK TO HEALDSBURG SO MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE MORE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. WHISKERS HAD VERY LONG HAIR AND SHE HAD A LARGE FLUFFY TAIL. SHE WAS MOSTLY WHITE WITH BLACK AND YELLOW SPOTTING. SHE HAD A VERY GENTLE TEMPER. SHE RARELY PURED. SHE WAS MOSTLY AN OUTDOOR CAT AND WE FED HER IN OUR BACKYARD. MY STUDY OF EGYPT SAYS THAT ALL CAT BREEDS ORIGINATED IN EGYPT AND MIGRATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE MOVED WITH HER TO HEALDSBURG AND MY SON DECIDED SHE COULD SLEEP WITH HIM. WE HAD HER IN TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES AND SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD. I HAD TO NURSE HER BACK TO HEALTH AFTER SHE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. SHE LOST SIGHT IN ONE EYE. AS CATS GET OLDER SHE WANTED SOFT FOOD FOR HER TEETH. SHE DEVELOPED SOME KIND OF A THYROID CONDITION WHICH IS COMMON FOR CATS. SHE COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CAT SHOW AS SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FOUND CAT.