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Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Name: Miss Kitty Von Schaghticoke
Age: Fourteen years old
Gender: Female
Kind: American Short Hair
Home: Troy, NY, USA
 
   When I arrived at the Schaghticoke, NY library on a November, 2001 day, I found the librarian on the phone, unsuccessfully trying to get animal control to pick up a cat with a shattered leg that was under a bush outside the library. I figured that a shelter would likely euthanize the cat, so I took her home and then to my vet. He told me that the leg was too shattered to repair, and that she would need an amputation. In the meantime, the librarian had put up notices in Schaghticoke, in case someone was missing their cat.

    The cost of an amputation was too much for me, but when I told my "The Cats Pajamas" email group about the cat, they volunteered their money and prayers, so the operation was done. The cat weighed only five pounds, and I thought she was a kitten, but the vet said she could be up to two years old. I split the difference and settled on one year old.

    I gave the cat the "temporary" name Miss Kitty Von Schaghticoke, as my (late) husband and I thought we had "enough" cats (three) and were going to find her another home. Thirteen years later, Miss Kitty is still with me. She was one of a clowder of six for a few years and was a special friend to Casey (black and white "torn tuxedo), but the others are gone now except for Blaise, nine-year-old tortie. Miss Kitty especially likes watching the PBS show "Nature" with me and playing with shoelaces.
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day
Miss Kitty the American Short Hair, the Cat of the Day



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