Fami and Zeus

When Little Bit crossed the Rainbow Bridge in October 2012 I wanted to wait and mourn before thinking of getting another cat. After a couple of weeks of being so terribly lonely and alone I began looking online at kittens.  I thought perhaps a ginger cat who would not remind me of Little bit. There was one ginger in Adelaide who caught my eye and I inquired about it.

Resistance is Futile

So then it begins:

From there came a heap of coincidences. This kitten had a brother with him at the shelter. An all black named Zeus. Many years ago I gave my daughter a black cat she named Zeus. Then I discovered that these two little ones had been found and taken into the vet in Murray Bridge for euthanization. A lady visiting the vets over-heard  and made a desperate attempt to save the two kittens. She succeeded and kept them for a few weeks before taking them down to the shelter in Adelaide. I was living in Murray Bridge at the time just around the corner from the vet!

I contacted the shelter and arranged to  see the ginger and black kittens thinking to get one of them. The ginger one was very cuddly at that time but the black one bit me. Needless to say I ended up taking both babies as I couldn’t separate them. Another coincidence was that it was the birthday of the lady caring for them, but it was also the birthday of my second grandson.

The ginger was named Buddha at the time but I renamed him Fami. The black would have been Fami except for the coincidence of his current name, so he remained Zeus.

As my house was on a very busy corner with a small shopping centre across the road, I had a cat run built along the side of the house with entry to it via a cat-door in the laundry window.

The First Cat Run

They both loved the run and spent many hours outside. Having each other to play with, they weren’t really naughty boys apart from what they did to my bedroom curtain!

They also liked to booby trap the doorway in my bedroom during the night.

I invited the lady who rescued them with her friend to come and visit them when they came to live with me. We found we had many interests in common as well as the cats so she is now one of my dearest friends.

Keep watching. More adventures of these boys to come.