WHISKERS - OUR FIRST CAT

WE FOUND WHISKERS IN UKIAH. SHE WAS ABOUT THREE SHE STAYED MOSTLY OUTSIDE. WE LEFT HER FOOD IN OUR BACKYARD. SHE WAS A QUITE CAT. THERE WERE FEW CATS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE WAS A BLACK AND WHITE LONG HAIR MAN COON CAT. HER HAIR WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAN AND SHE GOT INTO THE DRIED GRASS. WE CUT HER NAILS EASILY. WHEN WE MOVED TO HEALDSBURG OUR SON LOVED HER TO SLEEP ON HIS BED. SHE WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD AND SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD. AS OUR SON GREW UP SHE SPENT TIME WITH HIM AND WHEN WE MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR. WE HAD TO KEEP HER AT THE VETS FOR ABOUT A WEEK AS WE HAD PLANNED A TRIP TO OUR RELATIVES. I HAD TO FEED HER WITH A SMALL TUBE IN HER NECK AND EVENTUALLY SHE GOT BACK TO FEELING WELL. SHE MISSED US. THAT ALL WAS QUITE A CHORE SHE SURVIVED ALL THAT BUT ONE OF HER EYES WAS BLIND.. WE KEPT HER MOSTLY INDOORS. SHE WAS VERY LAID BACK AND EASY GOING.