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Rachel’s Ocicat.
She asks me to keep her cat.
Rachel & her parents know I love cats. My five cats were feral kittens. I trained them, had the girls spayed & the tom neutered. The Vet vaccinated all of them against common cat infections.
They are loved & well-behaved adult cats. I have a cattery building in my yard where they eat & sleep. They play & roam around in my yard & climb the peach tree. My cats have their beds, but they pile on Sam, the tomcat & sleep on top of him. Sam is sweet. He loves the girls because they groom him while he sleeps.
Cats love the outdoors to watch the birds, sniff around & chase one another & watch me work in my yard. I know they need one another’s company. It prevents loneliness & boredom.
“Why do you not want your Ocicat, Rachel?” I ask her.
“My parents say the cat is too destructive & overactive. She is chewing on the electric wires, destroying the houseplants, & swinging on the chandelier. She is too energetic. So they cannot keep her in the house, & I have no place to keep her.”
“Do you know much about the breed, Rachel?” I ask.
