As you know, I share my life with 5 wonderful pooties (and I'm working on a having a 6th) but I thought it was time for them to tell their side of the story.
For the "real deal" read below the fold.
P.S. In this diary, my pooties use my real name since they don't know me by my 'handle.'
Daisy
I don't know how old I am, I was an adult when I adopted Anne 11 years ago, so I think I'm at least 14 years old. I certainly don't feel like a 14 year old!
I don't like the other pooties in the house, so I live upstairs. I have 3 bedrooms all to myself and windows that look out to the north, east, and south. The east windows face the street, so I often sit there and watch humans passing by.
My favorite place to sleep is in Anne's bed. She has a nice comforter that I sleep under. I like it because it keeps me warm, it has Anne's scent, and since I can't see anyone when I'm under it, I'm invisible.
Although Anne is away or downstairs most of the day, at night I have her all to myself. We sleep together, which is nice. Sometimes I sit on her head so she'll wake up, pet me, and put me in her arms.
It's a very nice life & I'm quite happy with it.
Rigel
Anne sdopted me from her vet when I was 4 months old. I'm now almost 11 and am a real cool dude. I have a weight problem as in 'I keep losing weight and it keeps finding me.' Anne tries to keep me from overeating, but I always manage to snack on someone else's food when she's not looking. I also just sit beside one of my fellow pooties while they're eating hoping they'll leave something on their dish so I can have a snack. Anne doesn't eat Cheeseburgers, so I miss out on all the I can haz cheezeburger stuff.
Anne loves my belly. When I want to be petted, I just roll on my back & show my belly so Anne can tickle it. Anne always tells me my belly is too big. She even sings "You're so fat, I bet you think this song is about you." (Anne likes Carly Simon.)
I'm big brother to Celeste and Grace. When they arrived in the house, I took them under my wing & taught them all the ropes. Now we sleep together in front of the warm fire Anne makes for us each day.
Larissa
I lived on the streets, pregnant and alone until someone found me and took me to a shelter. My kitties were adopted, but I was hard to adopt because I was afraid of people. But Anne seemed right for me so i adopted her - I never liked being in a cage with all the strangers looking at me. I still like to be alone, but I get along with the other pooties - they go their way, I go mine. It took me about 5 years until I was comfortable with Anne. Now I like it when she comes up to pet me while I'm dozing. I turn up my belly and she gives me a nice rub. I like sitting behind her on the chair when she's on the computer. I'm still careful when she seeks me out - that means either a visit to the vet or that Frontline treatment. I run and hide when I sense she's about to do this.
Celeste
I was the baby of the family till Grace came along. I was a 6 week old kitten with a really bad eye infection. I adopted Anne when she came to visit some friends and saw that wasn't doing well. She took me to the vet many times to heal my eyes. I still have a scar covering my one eye, but I see well enough to get around.
I was the baby of the family for 8 years until Grace came along. I don't mind, 8 is too old to be a baby. Rigel and I are good friends. He likes to sleep with me and let me groom him. I love sitting in windows & watch the birds go by. The only thing I don't like is pills. Anne only gives me them once in a while because I leave scratch markson her when she does. My favorite thing is sleeping by the fire with Rigel and Kedakai. Kedakai isn't around any more so it's me & Rigel and Grace on the other side of Rigel.
Grace
I'm 7 months old!!! I've had an exciting life even at this age. My sister and I were found when we were 6 weeks old. The vet checked us out - we were healthy. We got our shots and were spayed. Then we were put in a big cage in the vet's waiting room, waiting to be adopted.
The first time Anne saw us, I was playing and my sister was sitting quietly. Anne said I was sure to be adopted first because I was so lively and my sister so quiet. Instead my sister was adopted first and I was left alone. I cried and cried for my sister. Anne ketp seeing me and playing with me twice a week because she came to the vet for Daisy's subcu's.
After I'd been there for a month, I let Anne adopt me beause she didn't want me to grow up in a cage. I like it here. I have all sorts of toys bottle caps, rings from milk containers, paper clips anything Anne throws. I like to play attack Rigel. He's like a big brother he lets me jump on him and he rarely complains. Anne said I'm helping Rigel work off his fat, but he tells me he's not fat, just 'large boned.' He is fun to sleep with we curl up together to sleep & he keeps me warm.
So that's the inside story of Hyla's Brook, our house in the country in upstate New York.
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