"Kitty" the Special Barn Cat

Kitty, the Special Barn Cat

In the fall of 2013 my wife and I were asked to keep some horses in our barn. We agreed and after a while I decided we needed a cat. We came to your Whisker Wednesdays and said we were looking for a barn cat. I said I wanted something tough that could handle living in the barn and would be a good hunter. We were taken back by the dryers and in a metal cage, with a caution tag on it was this pretty little Calico cat. We decided to take her home, and so life with "Kitty" began.

At first Kitty didn't have anything to do with us and we didn't see her for about the first week she was there. Over time she became friendlier and started to become part of the family. I would go out to the barn in the morning and find Kitty's nights hunt piled on the floor. Bats, mice, shrews, birds, you name it, and Kitty’s hunting skills were unparalleled. The horses eventually went back to where they came from and Kitty was in the barn alone. She would hear us come out of the house and run out of the barn and just hang out with us for hours.

In October of 2014 we decided to bring Kitty inside for the winter. The transition was an easy one for her and she clearly enjoyed being in the house with the rest of the family. On Thursday March 19, 2015 I woke up at 1:30 am with a weird pain in my lower right abdomen. I got up and went to work and after a few hours I began getting sicker. I left work and got in bed around 11:00. I stayed in bed until around 3:00 pm Friday when my wife took me to the Urgent Care. When I got to the Urgent Care they immediately called an ambulance. I was taken to MacLaren and went into surgery for a burst appendix. But this story isn't about me, it's about Kitty.

In the 28 some hours I was in bed, I was in and out of it a lot. To the best of my knowledge Kitty never left me. As far as I know, she stayed with me the whole time. In fact she's laying next to me right now. I don't know what happened in Kitty's life before us that would make her have to be put in a metal cage with a caution tag on it, or be so skittish or afraid to be around people but that part of Kitty's life is over. We love this cat and she has brought happiness and laughter into our lives. She has definitely proved her loyalty and will be loved and cared for the rest of her days.

Written by Doug Ray