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ORIGINAL: sweetnygirl

My boys showed up on my doorstep a month apart & that was 10 years ago & am I ever so happy they did. They're my babies all 25 & 17 lbs of kitty.

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ORIGINAL: quietkitten

All my babies are rescues. My black lab was just a wee pup.. maybe three months when I saw a neighbor of my sister screaming at her and hitting her with a leash as hard as he could. I calmly went over and asked if he would like someone to take her off his hands. He almost threw her at me. She is almost 6 years old now and is the best dog I have ever had.
Cricket my siamese was dumped at a shelter because she had a small hernia, she is so sweet and very smart. She sleeps on my head :)
Oreo my tuxedo cat was orphaned at four weeks and my lab started lactating and nursed him!!
He still thinks she is his mom. He is four years old now.
Pepper, my smallest cat is 3 1/2 years old and she was really sick when I found her in a ditch mewing her head off... It took nearly 12 weeks to get her back to a healthy state.. she is the size of a six month old cat.
I wouldn't know what to do without them....

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ORIGINAL: imtempting

My cat slept against my back last night. A queen size bed and he finds the only spot to sleep is against my legs or back.. arghhhhhhhh

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ORIGINAL: MadameDahlia

Gizmo is definitely my baby...

However... I've got the ugliest, meanest looking alley cat by the name of Shadow. He's the tallest, biggest kitty we've ever had. He kind of looks like Neanderthal kitty with a pushed in forehead and a protruding brow. He's got a wide nose and the largest diamond shaped head. Anyway... he's twenty pounds of muscle and bone and looks like something right out of Pet Cemetary.

But he's very playful in the way a kitten is... he just doesn't understand that adult sized kitty claws and teeth hurt quite a bit more!

Tabitha looks like a silver furred fuzzy slipper. Shortest legs... tiny head and tiny ears... extremely fluffy! I think she was a botched Munchkin because of how short her legs are. Hopefully it was a really botched job because Munchkins aren't terribly healthy for too long. Tabitha, like Shadow, was a shelter kitty. She's also very skittery and is still somewhat terrified of her much taller, much larger two legged counterparts. But she allows mom and I to give her ample love.

Houdini, yet another shelter baby, was probably abused in his other home. He's absolutely gorgeous. Terrified of plastic bags. And the poor guy was declawed in the front. I'd pop his last owner in the nose if I knew who tortured the poor sweetheart. I can't wrap my mind around why someone who loves their furniture more than animals would get one, knowing full well that their furniture may very well be doomed as a result. There are ways of preventing scratching. But I'll get off that before I start ranting... I'm off to hide the soapbox!