Stick Figure Cat!

He wants his mommy

If Max had his way, he'd spend hours chewing on my shirt. He leaves tiny teeth marks and huge pools of drool. While at it, he makes biscuits with his paws. It puts him in such a state of bliss that I don't have the heart to make him stop, even though it really, really tickles!

I assumed he didn't have a happy kittenhood. Maybe he was separated from his mother too early? Interestingly, Angela's newly adopted kitty has the same fabric fetish. Now I'm wondering if they're reacting to the stress of being all alone in a shelter cage?

By the way, here's Dex's first family photo. Just look at those smiles :)

Yay for Dex!

After visiting with lots of cats at multiple shelters, Angela and Albert decided they like this sweetie pie best. They're going over to Washington Humane Society to bring him home tonight. Tonight!!

Dex, who'll soon have a new name, is a 2 year old former stray. What a lucky kitty - to be out of the cold and on his way to his new people!

To bad I don't understand Dutch

Fokke and Sukke are Max's Flickr friends. Fokke is sooo deliciously orange!

And Sukke has the shiniest black fur. I think they're about a year old. They live in Holland, where they get to climb trees!

Yesterday I asked Gisella, their person, if their names mean anything in Dutch. She said Fokke & Sokke is a popular political (and politically incorrect) cartoon strip. I looked it up online. Now if only I could read it!

Sending Delbert good wishes

I still remember how sad Max looked the day I applied to foster him. He hid under a blanket at the back of his cage and barely moved during my 3-hour volunteer shift. When I got his medical records, I saw that he'd lost a whole lot of weight during his time at the shelter.

Delbert from BARC is in a similar situation. Just saw his photo in Lisa's Flickr stream:

"He was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn, skinny and scared. After adjusting to shelter life he was adopted and quickly returned because he "talked too much". He's a siamese what did they expect?!? Much quieter now, he's become depressed and is losing weight again. Let's hope he finds a home soon..."

Good luck, handsome guy. You've got such beautiful blue eyes! Let's hope you find someone who appreciates a good conversationalist.

M-Kitty vs M-Kitty

I came across this photo of M-Kitty on Flickr a few months ago. She lived in Columbia Heights with T. and J.; she and Sara passed away during the same week last August.

Yesterday T. added me as a Flickr friend. Looking through M-Kitty's old photos, I realized that Max kind of looks like her. And he's an M-Kitty too :)

T. and J. are thinking about adopting a new kitty later this month. I think they should get a tiger cat with mittens and make him or her an S-Kitty :)