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| Name: |
Arthur
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Age: |
Four years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Domestic Short Hair
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| Home: |
Colorado, USA
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This
is Arthur. He loves cuddling with his family, chasing birds, hiking with
us, helping to round up horses, protecting us from foxes and coyotes. He
lives in northern Colorado on a ranch with horses. He gets along with all the
horses, but he has to be very careful around them so he is not stepped on. I
have a lot photos of him, but most are outdoors, with him on top of fence
posts, in trees, and covered with dust after rolling (one of his favorite
activities). He is very talkative, and rather manipulative in that he gets us
up early in the morning to give him kitty treats.
One photo is Arthur in a tree last fall. He like to follow me while I check
fences and walk through the horse pastures. He is always on the alert for
predators, and last summer he was cornered by a big fox! He puffed up really
big, growling at fox, who the charged him and tried to grab his tail. I wish
he would stay in the house more, but he won't. He likes to come in for treats
and likes to sleep on the bed, but he likes to go out at night. Fortunately,
he doesn't go into the fields, he sits on the porch, looking for mice. Then
he walks under my window, and makes a low pitched meow, the signal for me to
get out of bed and let him in.
We rescued him from the local shelter, where he was being held for killing
songbirds in the neighbor's yard at his previous owner's house. Apparently,
they were avid "birders", and Arthur would patiently wait in the bushes until
the birds were on and under the feeder. Then he would pounce and run off with
his quarry. Well, the neighbor had his owner served with a lawsuit, saying
the cat was wantonly killing migratory birds. The only choice he had was to
have the cat destroyed or given to the shelter.
When we first met him, my girlfriend and I both went on separate days to see
what cats the shelter had up for adoption. When I went into the cat room,
Arthur was up high on a shelf, about head level, meowing right in my ear, and
loudly! When my girlfriend went the next day, the very same thing happened to
her. When we discussed the cats we'd seen, later that evening, I mentioned
the cute, loud black kitty meowing my ear. "Are you kidding?" she said, " The
same cat did the same thing to me!" We decided we would go back and rescue
him the next day. He has been been very happy living here out on the edge of
the prairie. He has family and friends who love him, lots of birds and mice
to chase, and acres and acres of field to explore. We really love him, and he
is an important member of our family.
See more images of Arthur!
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