you know somehow i just can't belive that.  bootsie was a tom cat that
i had for 10 years'\. he was a stray of about 1 to 2 years old when he
showed up in the ally behind my apt ( i live in a run down section of
and old new england industrial town) he was very hungry. i live on the
3rd floor. i took him upstairs and fed him. i already had a cat flap
on the apt door and the downstairs back door . bootsie could come and
go as he pleased he was not altered or neutered in any way he came to
me intact and he stayed that way . after the 1st day i had him he came
home 2 times every day 6am  6pm he stayed  just long enough to eat
mostly he wanted to be outside  sometimes if he had been in a bad
fight he would stay inside for a few day,s to heal and recuperate then
right back out.  i know for a fact he fathered more than 1 litter  he
would not let any body near him he avoided children like the plague
thats why i don,t think he ended up in another home  one time bootsie
got hit buy a car just clipped but bad enough he had to go to the vet.
the vet had to remove some teeth said he had a bad eardrum said he may
have broken bones in his face said he would have to be fed manuly by
me and  he could not go out  when i got him home the 1st thing he
wanted was food he had a huge appatite he did not need my help to eat
i put a board over the cat flap after a couple of days  he would get
down infront of the cat flap grab the board with all 4 paws and pull
and howl for about and hour he did this 3 or 4 times a day i finelly
let him back out  he  came in and out for 10 years but 1 day he just
did'nt come home  it's been over 2 years  i even have a new cat
bandito he,s neutered and has all his shots he has access to the cat
flap but tends to say inside and sleep 16 or so hours a day  he just
go,s out a couple a times a day for and hour or so hes a good cat
never uses the cat box always goes outside but personalty and
character wise he is just not the cat bootsie was but ilve him