In Memory of Blind Kitty...

I'll think about you snuggling with Extra-Toes (ET is on the right...)


And, when you could see -- and get into trouble...


Now, I'm sure you're hanging with Old Kitty....


You will be missed, old guy.

We found him in the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in before we were married. He was skinny with mats so big along his spine, it felt like he was deformed. We took him to the vet, thinking he'd be put down -- and ended up taking him home. Once home, he gave the other cats (and me) ringworm --- and kept the senior cat mostly living on the counter for two weeks. He would do silly things like get his paw stuck in the drain, and his 1-inch long tail would get caught in the fridge.

His first New Years Eve (midnight, in a blizzard) with us, found us in the Emergency Vet -- with crystals in his urine. When we really couldn't afford an expensive cat, we had one and somehow found the money to pay his vet bills..... true to his form, his last visit to the vet was an Emergency Vet...

In his later years he went blind. We don't know why -- but it was clear to us that he couldn't see. He'd bump into stuff and get lost in the apartment.... somehow, though, he managed to find the food bowl and kept his weight at 15ish pounds.

When we brought New Kitty in, we worried that they'd clash -- but they got along great. She figured out he was a warm, pillow -- that would occasionally groom him and she loved him. He spent his last year cuddling and snuggling with her. It was really common to come home to find them looking like they'd just finished something kinky... and he loved nothing more than to tuck into bed with us, purring and cuddling with us as we snoozed.

He was an amazing cat and we will miss him.