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December 25, 2003

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Precious, the Cat of the Day
Name: Precious
Age: Two months old
Gender: Female
Kind: Tuxedo Cat
Home: Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
 
   Precious was born around Labor Day 2003. She was the friendliest of the litter, born in the barn of a relative. Due to limited human contact she was somewhat feral. Our relative caught her in a humane trap and brought her to us. When she took her out of the trap, she held her in the kitty litter for a few minutes. That was a stroke of genius! That was all the training this smart little kitty had, but she has made no mistakes in that regard. She hid for a week before we could catch her. Precious continued to eat and drink and use the litter at night. We caught only occasional glimpses of her during that week, but then she would quickly disappear. Precious seemed to be afraid of our other cat (Possum, Cat of the Day August 31, 2003.) We have finally caught her. In order to "Socialize" her we are now limiting her to one room. This process is moving along quickly. She in not able to hide and is now less difficult to catch. Once in our lap she purrs like a motor boat and seems to become hypnotized. I had many names picked out for her before she arrived and was having difficulty choosing one. Then when I saw her I kept saying "Oh, she is precious". I finally realized that Precious should be her name.

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