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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2007chester the mystery cat
I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he ended up at animal control. He was rescued from animal control on his last day to live there. He had a microchip and from what I have seen has absolutely no bad habits of any kind, the worst thing you can say is that he doesn't always cover after poop... but he does get it in the box. he is loving, talkative and loves people and other cats... but I have begun to put it together in my head that his former human either went to the bridge or to a nursing home... that is the only explanation for him not still being with the first human... now going on this assumption I have surmised that his human: 1. took regular medication, every day when I sort my vitamins he hears the pills rattle and comes running, once I put then into one of those little pill carriers because we were traveling and when he heard it snap he ran around the house for all the world looking for something/somebody... 2. the former human liked spicy food: I suspect of Latin decent because if it has chili Chester will give himself a stroke to sniff it and taste it. 3. the former human ate take out chicken and I suspect a lot of it.: we rarely get take out food, and even less often fried chicken in those boxes that fold down and the ends tuck into the slit on the side... Well Dh brought some home, and allowing that Chester can't read*it was Chester's fried chicken* therefore eliminating that he figured it was his chicken, this is the only explanation for his behavior... I set the box on the desk, I had my hand on the side of the box making sure I didn't knock it off while I sat down... I felt the lighting paw of efficiency slip between the box and the folded down flap and flip it right out... I put the flap back trying not to laugh and trying to sit down when I feel next to the back of my hand one paw going into the box and the second paw holding up the flap so the first paw could begin fishing around... I don't guess I will ever know but whoever gave him up for whatever reason I am eternally grateful... Lee > I have begun to put it together in my head that his former human > either went to the bridge or to a nursing home... that is the only [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > pill carriers because we were traveling and when he heard it snap he ran > around the house for all the world looking for something/somebody... Or his human fed him dry crunchy food from a rattly box? Until she went deaf, my Muriel would come sprinting from the end of the garden if I rattled anything in the kitchen. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 no I don't think so, he knows where the food is and comes when I pop the container top where the crunchy is stored. He also appears out of thin air if he hears me get out the canopener, how he can tell which drawer is opening is another mystery, Lee > > I have begun to put it together in my head that his former human > > either went to the bridge or to a nursing home... that is the only [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 > stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > no I don't think so, he knows where the food is and comes when I pop the > container top where the crunchy is stored. That's one that always puzzled me- how do cats tell when it's their dried food being opened and not something else? Or when I come in from doing a lot of shopping and I drop several carrier bags on the hallway floor when I am putting my keys away and... The pair of them head straight to the bag containing their food be it wet or dry- must be something like sharks you know a shark can sense one drop of blood in so many million gallons of water and a cat can locate one small catfoord pouch in a roomful of carrier bags Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs it is very odd, they know when we went to ted and got new food, all six are waiting by the door on that day, Lee > > no I don't think so, he knows where the food is and comes when I pop the > > container top where the crunchy is stored. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > no I don't think so, he knows where the food is and comes when I pop the > container top where the crunchy is stored. He also appears out of thin air > if he hears me get out the canopener, how he can tell which drawer is > opening is another mystery, Lee One scientist's answer to "How intelligent are cats" says it all: "EXTREMELY intelligent about being cats!" >> no I don't think so, he knows where the food is and comes when I pop the >> container top where the crunchy is stored. He also appears out of thin air [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > One scientist's answer to "How intelligent are cats" says it > all: "EXTREMELY intelligent about being cats!" My current cat, Cinders, refuses to eat anything except dry food. My past experience with other cats has been that they will show up anytime they hear the can opener in use, whether you are opening a can of cat food or a can of vegetables. They will then go through the "I'm starving to death" song-and-dance routine, even if there is food currently in their dish. After all, there is always the possibility that the can contains something even tastier than what is in their food dish...  SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria You have told me so about Chester and, I have talked to HIM on the phone, I have to agree that the person who had him did not give him up by choice. >I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him > for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > Lee > I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him > for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Lee Lee, is this the little guy who didn't want to talk to me at first? He was so cute. I got a kick out of him and the other cats in your clowder. Pam S. yes it is, he is a total love machine, and such a blessing, even Tiger is glad he is here to occupy Stormmee, thanks, Lee > > I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him > > for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Pam S. >I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him >for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >Lee Hmm... you say he had a microchip when he was in the kill shelter. Wasn't it registered to his human? Even if it was an old address (no body living there, new person living there, phone number no good, etc.), wouldn't there have been a name associated with the chip? With a name and an address, you could have searched obits. In our computer oriented world, this should be relatively easy, now. Or, if no obit, tax listings, talked to an apartment manager, maybe etc.; to find out what happened to his unfortunate former human? Or, perhaps I missed something? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha he was at animal control, then the no kill shelter got him out of the death sentence, then we adopted him, the only information I had was that he was chipped, not sure but I assumed they tried to contact the name with the chip... he was at the shelter for 4 or 5 months, which is also a mystery, he really is a wonderful creature... you know you can't even say he could have been thrown away to redecorate... he is white and buff, and that goes with about everything, Lee > >I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him > >for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. > -Buddha >he was at animal control, then the no kill shelter got him out of the death >sentence, then we adopted him, the only information I had was that he was [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >been thrown away to redecorate... he is white and buff, and that goes with >about everything, Lee Adult cats are always so much harder to re-home than kittens. And, at the shelter, cats are very stressed. Often, they can't show their true selves in a short visit. But obviously, Chester chose you to be his human; so that's a happy ending, to be sure. I've always enjoyed your stories about Chester! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha thanks, Lee > >he was at animal control, then the no kill shelter got him out of the death > >sentence, then we adopted him, the only information I had was that he was [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. > -Buddha >Adult cats are always so much harder to re-home than kittens. > >And, at the shelter, cats are very stressed. Often, they can't show >their true selves in a short visit. Indeed. Roxie and Odessa didn't allow themselves to really shine uintil we'd had them for a few months, and both were shelter cats. they were adults; Brandy was a shelter baby but a kitten, and started off on her hoolikitten career from the start. The Ladies took a while, but Roxie is a pinnacle of grace and manners and Odessa, who was a fraidy cat for months, learned to take a laissez-faire attititude with everyone. She is a flirt though and prefers the attentions of men, the dear little tart! >But obviously, Chester chose you to be his human; so that's a happy >ending, to be sure. He does indeed sound like a great fella, and must love you mightily to have chosen you to be two-legger. Blessed be, Baha he might have been scared, when we first met him he was at petsmart and there were less animals there, he had NO trouble reaching out of his jail and grabbing my skirt and hanging on for all he was worth, Lee > >Adult cats are always so much harder to re-home than kittens. > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Message posted via CatKB.com > http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200709/1 I'm so glad you found each other! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > I am not even sure if I posted about how we got Chester but we have had him > for a little over a year now and I am still just mystified as to how he [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Lee
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