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Autobiography of a Former Shelter Cat

Archive for the month “August, 2015”

31 Aug 2015
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This Cat Can Be Spontaneous

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Remember I told you a couple of weeks ago that we had a leak in our upstairs human toilet area? Well, they had to cut a great big hole in the ceiling of the office I share with Mom L, and finally last week, the workers arrived to repair it.

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WHAT A LOT OF NOISE!!

I was chillin’ on my downstairs couch and finally, I couldn’t take it any longer…I quietly hopped off the couch and sort of ‘slithered’ upstairs low to the ground…na’mean? I was looking for a safe spot to hide out.

BUT WAIT!  Because all of you, my pals, have been cheering me on about getting braver and whatnot…as I arrived upstairs I saw a new hole in the wall and without any hesitation whatsoever…I stopped escaping and started exploring!

Hey, this is pretty nice

Hey, this is pretty nice

Of course I was busted immediately by Mom L with her iPhone.

Oh, hiya Mom. I was just checking out this closet

Oh, hiya Mom. I was just checking out this closet

I knew I needed to get down and out…but I AM certainly going to remember what nice soft beds are in that closet the next time I see it open…heh…heh…

Ok, ok Mom...I promise I didn't leave any of my furs behind

Ok, ok Mom…I promise I didn’t leave any of my furs behind

This may not seem like much to lots of my woofie and kitty pals, but the fact that I never missed a beat and just stopped right in the middle of escaping the workmen and their noise to do a bit of exploring…it’s a really BIG deal for me.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

 

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28 Aug 2015
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Sharing Some Love

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!

I am late getting my post up today…Mom L and Dad P just arrived home last night from having to be gone for a few days so we have been busy sharing some love.

My love sharing started as soon as Mom L sat down on our couch. I hopped right up and went straight over to her…almost climbed into her lap but backed off; I’ll save that for another day. Anyway, I stayed close and facing her so I could get her gentle face massage I so luvluvluv…

Ok Mom L...you can reach my head...right?

Ok Mom L…you can reach my head…right?

She had me move a little closer…

Huh? Oh, you need me closer...hang on...I'll move

Huh? Oh, you need me closer…hang on…I’ll move

Once I had my head massage I retreated to my end of our couch and made my Mom L 597,028,001 and 1/2 biscuits!!!

I was obviously overjoyed to have Mom L home again…I even slept cuddled against her last night.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

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26 Aug 2015
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A Former Shelter Cat Learning to Trust

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Most of you who have known me since I started my blog in 2012, know that I was afraid of people and other cats even at five years old. I won’t ever know what happened to me before being dropped in the night drop box at the county kill shelter. All I know is that I feared humans and other cats. Fortunately, I was pulled at the last minute by someone who fostered me and then I was admitted to a no kill rescue.

Dad P noticed me right away when he and Mom L started volunteering in December 2011 at Contra Costa Humane Society’s Kitty Corner. And I have been with them since then. My recovery progress from former trauma has been slow but steady. And I am proud to share a little bit of another step forward.

We have just moved to a different home, but I have settled in really easily. Unlike the last time we had to move. Progress.

I always share the couch with Mom L at night and I usually lie at one end and she sits on the other. Just a couple of nights ago I changed around…and moved close enough to her, and facing her, to encourage her to give my head and face a little massage.

ahhh...that's perfect Mom L

ahhh…that’s perfect Mom L

Next thing I knew…I had completely relaxed my whole head and fell asleep with her holding my head.

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Of course Mom L saw a ‘photo opportunity’…and when she removed her hand from my head…I never even moved…

Safely snoozing away

Safely snoozing away

Mom L just could not help herself. The next day was gonna be my time to join Sunday Selfies Blog Hop over at my pals from The Cat On My Head. And, I had not yet taken my ‘selfie’ for the blog post. Normally, what Mom L did next would have driven me immediately from the couch out of fear of being hurt or scared…but instead I hung in and let her take several ‘selfie’ photos of me with our iPhone.

It's OK Mom L, click away...I trust you

It’s OK Mom L, click away…I trust you

And that is my small but important recovery progress I want to share with you, my caring readers. I just went back to sleep.

Trust…a wonderful feeling.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

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