Sunshine Sunday and Scruff

These two kitties belonged to Mimi. Together with her other three kittens, Rockafella, Midnight and Copper.

Sunshine was the smallest of the lot, but also the liveliest the first time I picked them up. He was white with orange spots. Had the cutest face.

Unfortunately, he fell sick somewhere along the way, and passed away in his mom's presence one night when Dyan was fostering them. We do not how and why exactly he died. Dyan gave the fella a good burial. He was probably about 3 or 4 months old.

Scruff on the other hand was one of the unfriendly, shy ones. She always kept to herself. Not as sociable as the other 3. She took on after her mom exactly, orange, white, black blotches all over, otherwise known as calico cats. Scruff was also unique in a sense that she had panda eyes. Both eyes had black rings round them. That made her look pretty different.

Scruff was with me after Dyan passed the whole family to me. I was happy the day Rodney told me his colleague's sister was interested in her after showing them pictures. After some talking, reassuring, form filling, explaining and praying, Scruff was picked up and officially adopted by this family. I said bye to her with the hopes of seeing her soon to spay her, because she wasn't ready to be spayed at that time yet. She was about 5 months old.

I do not know what made Scruff want to sneak out, and I do not know why her owners did not double check before they left the house that morning. But when they returned, their neighbour gave them the tragic news, that Scruff had been killed by their own cat.......... this was a month ago yesterday.

Anger and guilt. Two things I have to deal with. How do you keep these animals safe? You give them away, making sure they go to good families. Because although you would like to shelter them and keep them safe yourself, you just can't keep adding the animals on. You have to make way for the next one who may come along and need a temporary foster home. So the cycle has to keep moving. But how do you make sure these things do not happen? People call me paranoid, obsessive, mad. All I can say is, Scruff would still be here today if I was the one leaving her alone in the house that day.

They gave her a good burial. It seems the sister was very upset and couldn't stop crying. Yes. Please learn from this lesson.

It takes a lot. Dealing with these homeless wonderful doggies and kittes. You have to do it with an open heart. If you start feeling the weight, then you were not made for this. But all of us are capable of giving, if we just allow it.

Midnight and Copper may have potential homes. I want to give them away together, because they have been together for so long. That's the condition for adopting them.

Rockafella is happy in his home according to Dyan. He will be neutered soon. Together with his sisters.

As for Mimi. I may keep her at the back, since she is the original Godmother of Stray Cats..... or at least, she acts like one. Let's see.

R.I.P. Scruff and Sunshine Sunday. Sorry Scruff, that I sent you to your death, technically. God bless.