Luke

 This is Luke. He's about 4 and lives outside only. He did stay in when he first came so he could get healthy, but he didn't care for it. He has been acting like he wants to come in with Cricket when she eats, so the other night and I brought him in and he wasn't too happy about it. He couldnt' get out quickly enough! He came here as a stray with another brown tabby that I assumed was his brother. They came one year and I was never able to catch his brother (I called him Owen--Luke & Owen, get it?) The left and Luke came back without Owen. He was so, so skinny and sickly. After a little TLC, he got healthy. He's pretty chubby and its funny to see him running around in the yard in the mornings chasing leaves or bugs or whatever he sees to play with, then running halfway up a tree. My husband said he looks like a football running around. ;) He is pretty shy too. He won't come up to you, but he will let you walk up to him and pet him and even hold him. He likes it, he just isn't too sure about coming right up to you. He seems to be taking caring of Cricket lately too. I notice a lot of times when she is sleeping, he is sitting up beside her like he is protecting her. One day I will show some before and after pictures of my kitties. I am always amazed when I find one of what they looked like when they first came! I guess part of the reason poor old Luke wasn't feeling good in the first place was that pellet in his leg! I had completely forgotten that. He must have been running when he got shot because it was on the inside of his back thigh. The vet removed it when she was neutering him. I have had pellets removed from 2 cats (Luke, plus another that my cousin adopted) and another cat, Elvis, who is no longer with it was shot too. The vet thought with a BB, but it could have been a pellet since we've had 2 others shot with a pellet after that. I can't believe someone would do that and hopefully they have moved on since then.