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Yep. Cats for the first time are banished from the bedroom.

It is difficult for us when we have had an epidemic of abandoned pets this past year. We counted nine cats and now only two made it through the winter. We fed what we could, but the predators and cold got the rest. A little over a month ago we did take in our fifth.

She showed up on our porch. She was 8 lbs, ticks all over her head, one side of her mouth's teeth were kicked in, over ten bite wounds on her back and her whiskers were falling out. She was near death, but somehow managed to survive winter and our woods. I petted her and she wrapped her paws around my legs. That was it.

Fast forward 38 days to today. She is 22lbs (still a bit underweight) and is the biggest female our family and vet has ever seen (Russian Blue Torte mix). Totally lovable, but not fully acclimated with the others. What can I say. I'm a softy at heart. I just wish people understood what they are doing to their pets when they abandon them in the "country".

Not your fault, but your post will give me a little trouble getting to sleep tonight. The thought that people can be so ignorant and callous is always unsettling.

God bless you for giving one of his creatures a loving home.