Hadley

This is Hadley...she is my youngest kitty, a little over  2½ years old. She's really livened things up around here! The first time I saw her, she was at the neighbors' house across the road. They had a grown cat and she was following him around everywhere, crying constantly. I figured she was hungry and no one was home, so I talked their their grandma next door and she said the little kitten wasn't theirs. We stayed out there a while trying to catch her. It was stormy and lightning....I would have stayed longer trying to catch her, but my neighbor wanted to go inside. ;) So I left her with a can of food. The next day she was at my next door neighbor's house, sitting on top of his tire! I was worried about her getting run over, so after asking his permission, I spent about an hour trying to coax her from under his house with a can of food. I was pretty sure where she came from--just up the road there was a guy that had a lot of cats and she was about the size of some kittens up there. So I carried her up there in the sprinkling rain and she never complained at all, just purred and let me carry her. The man said she wasn't his and wouldn't even open the door to talk to me or look at her. So I carried her home with me, again in the rain, and she just purred and stared up at me with those big eyes of hers. I tried to find her a home, but secretly I knew she was mine after the way she looked at me! By the time I got her home, my hands were black from holding her. I tried to wash her off and let her eat (she was so hungry!). I took her to the vet to get checked out and she was fine. I just couldn't let the little tiny thing outside, so she stayed inside with us.

She is young and healthy, so no real problems. She was SO happy and energetic, she did something to her shoulder. We knew something was wrong when she wouldn't get up and play, just laid around. Usually she's pounce on our feet if we moved at all. The vet said she over-extended her shoulder. There were no broken bones, but we had to keep her still. Imagine keeping a healthy, energetic kitten still! I had to keep her in a kennel for a few days. She really wanted to play and tried, but couldn't put weight down on that front leg. She healed in a hurry and got back to wrestling with Pumpkin. By the way, she & Pumpkin are the best of friends!

She is a little smartie--she has learned how to shake (or give me 5) and to beg. Such a fun kitty!