Gotcha Day for Grace & two babies

Like Timmy, Grace's gotcha-day story is pretty much tied up in her "how I got my name" story, so we'll tell you about who else has the same gotcha day in the same forever home ... two of her four babies!!

Grace had four tiny babies, and all five of them were rescued and housed by Deb and ML ~ and then Grace's blog was begun, to advertise that she and her babies needed forever homes.

Brutus (the BIGGEST of the kittens) and Marigold (the smallest of the kittens) were immediately claimed by Rose in New Jersey. 

Grace was immediately claimed by Marilynn in Texas ... but she couldn't get those other two kittens off her mind. So guess what? She took MommaGrace AND the two middle kittens, Pete and Foster. Gotcha Day itself was June 6, 2006 ... a wonderfully fun-filled day!!

 Baby Pete, at about 6 weeks; he was re-named Audace.

Baby Foster; he was re-named Ruse!

And here are some places to see them when they were just beginning to grow up and still hung out with their momma!

Sept 2006 <~~click here

My Gotcha Story

The first photos of Oui Oui.

Years ago, I was a tiny kitten in a scary place with cages and loud, noisy cats and dogs.  For a while my brothers and sisters were there, but they left one by one, then I was all alone.  I hollered and yelled cause I didn't like it.  A man put his finger in my cage and I tried to hold on but couldn't.  So I yelled some more, but no one came.  A girl looked in.  I was still yelling when a little later a lady looked in.  She had a person open the cage and she held me and scratched me.  I could hear her heart and it sounded good, so I purred and purred.  She was showing everyone what a nice kitty I was, but no one looked and the man was following, telling people I was a bad scratching kitty!  She told the man it was only cause I was lonely and he shouldn't have pulled his finger away.  But still no one was interested in me, so the lady got mad and said she'd "take" me.

A couple days later I went home with the girl who looked in and the lady.  I was SO HAPPY!  When they let me out of the cage, I ranned and ranned all around the room for 15 minutes cause it felt so good!  I did stop to look at some toys, but then I ranned some more while they laughed at me the whole time.  But I didn't care.  The lady wanted to call me Jubilee, and the girl insisted my name be Sweet Pea (Oui Oui is only my nickname).  The lady, who was now the mom, and The Girl laughed cause they were there at the loud scary place to help The Girl's granny find a dog, so this is also the story of how they helped find granny's dog.

Thanks to everyone who posted!

We just love reading Gotcha Stories.

Purrs,

Your Furriend Oui Oui

TwinkletoeTails

My Gotcha Day Story - Fitz Tomcat

Hi Tabby Cats. Timmy here.
Since my Gotcha Day was an integral part of my Whats in a Name story I figured it is high time to introduce the other Tabby Cat who resides at the Tomcat Home. She has a great story so...
Take it Away Ms Fitz!

Thanks Timmy!

Hello to all the TCC members. I really hope I meet the very competitive requirements to join your esteemed organization, but, watch your paw steps Man-Cats, I am one tough Kitty.

My story starts after I was abandoned at a farm in Gilbertsville Pa. My brofurs Buttons, Fred and I were lucky as this is a Barn Cat farm and the nice lady who lives there works with Spay and Save. She saw that we were somewhat friendly so we went into the socialization program. Dad had just finished fostering a litter and took us  in July 8th 2011.

I was just 7 weeks old and I was really sick. In fact, if I had not been sick I would never have gone with the nice lady. Nothing personal. I was a bit wild compared to Fred and Buttons who are all Happy-Go-Kitty. I said in a little voice: Hiss.

I did not feel good. Dad was very worried. See my Box? Hiss!

So there I was in a big cage while my brofurs had the run of the place. Hiss.

I got medicine every morning. Hiss I got medicine every evening. Hiss.

Every day Dad cleaned my pan and gave me something to eat. Hiss, Hiss, Hiss.


Whenever Dad came into the foster room, Zip, I was in my box. Hiss.

As time went by Fred and Buttons were working with Dad on socialization and started going with him to Spay and Save adoption events. Traitors! Hiss.

I had to have a second course of stronger medicine which, finally, made me feel a bit better. I still was not happy with anything and Dad was trying to figure out how to get me to lighten up a bit. Hah. No Way. Hiss.

Well I must admit that Dad is a pretty smart guy. When he was playing with Fred and Buttons he would wave the feather toy really high so I could see it over the edge of my box. After a day of seeing it I just had to peek. I would look over the edge of the box and watch. Dad totally ignored me. Curiosity did get this cat and I climbed out to see and play a little.

I came out and started to play.

Dad started leaving the cage door open and I decided to come out. I hid for a few days, but, slowly and surely started to come out to play. Whee! I LOVE to play.

Hi Dad. Can we play?

Dad said: "Well little Miss Hissy-Fits since we are friends you need a name. How do you like Ms Fitz?" I liked it! Meow!

So time went on. Fred said goodbye and went to his forever home. Mr Buttons did too. We had another litter of kittens move in. Buttons came back due to FIV. (that is another story) Through it all I would go to events and lay there in the meatloaf position.

Dad took videos of me to show how fun loving I was at home. People would come by on adoption days and ask if I was sick: "Is that cat sick? What's wrong with that cat?" Dad finally stopped taking me to events. The new kittens were adopted and it was just me and Buttons again.

Adoptions drop off steeply after New Years so Dad decided to give Buttons a home on Jan 21st 2012. I was now alone in the foster room. Wonderful. Purrfect. Just the way I like it. Dad would come down a couple times a day and we would play.

Dad saw no sense in just keeping me in the foster room so he decided to give me a try in the Tomcat Home. He introduced me and after a few quick Hiss, Hiss, Hisses I decided to stay. He made it official on Valentines day 2012. He said I was going to be his Forever Valentine and this was now my home. Thanks Dad. 

So my story is a bit long, and a bit sad, but it has a happy ending. In fact I can still do what I like best, Play!

Grrr! My Rabbit Head Toy from Etsy - Heather Bays

One of my Favorite Toys of all times. Dad laughed a lot that day.

I Love my Forever Home this much!

Even Brofur Rumpy, sometimes, a little tiny tiny bit.

So that is my Gotcha Day story. I really hope you liked it.

PS. Tomorrow is a big day at the Tomcat Home. Stop by and see!

Bye for now Tabby Cats.
Ms Fitz

My Gotcha Story

I was rescued along with Hannah and

100 other cats from one house by the RSPCA.

We were taken to their cattery and given our

lady operations and suffered lots of stabbing

with needles so we weren't going to be sick.

Mum came into the Cattery as her beloved Emma

had gone to Rainbow Bridge and she wanted to

make a home for another cat or two.

The above picture of us was taken on the day we

arrived in our furever home.


We had never known such peace and quiet

and we could go where we wanted!

Here I am on Mum's lovely quilt

it's where I snuggle with her and Hannah every night now

when she sits to watch some TV or to read,

but we'd never been loved before.



I hope every cat finds a loving home and has a full tummy.




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My Gotcha Day Story - Moosey

Hi everybuddy!  It's me, Moosey!

Mommy and Daddy first met me while they were volunteering at PAWS.  I have to tell you ... I was very lucky to end up there.  PAWS rescued me, and a whole bunch of other cats, from a shelter where animals did not get unlimited time to find a forever home.  We all ended up there after we were discovered in a hoarding situation.  Oh, and guess what else?  We all had ringworm when we first got to PAWS, so we had to undergo regular sulfur dips (yuck!) until we were ringworm-free.  It was SO not nice!  But Mommy and Daddy say that through it all, my sweet, playful and easygoing nature never wavered.  And they fell in love with me.  And I fell in love with them, too. I have lived here with them for almost five years now.  :)

So that's how I gotcha'd my forever family.  Pretty neat, huh?

Fanks to Oui Oui for hosting this fun event!

Hugs and headbonks!

Moosey

My Gotcha Day Story by Prince Sockie-Pooh

My human Mom's cousin's wife got a cat ( my Cat Mom aka Miss Kitty), she didn't have her spayed cause she was going to be an inside only cat and would never be around male cats. Well when she went into heat she drove them nuts so they let her outside and of course she got pg. They kept 2 of the boy kittens but they gave Miss Kitty and the rest of her kittens to Grandma & Grandpa.

Grandma & Grandpa have lots of cats because they refuse to get their cats spayed and neutered. I am distantly related to Arty Mouse, she used to live at Grandma's house too and all the cats there are descended from my Cat Mom Miss Kitty. All Grandma & Grandpa's cats live outside, so I was very glad to come live here where I gets to live inside.

Technically I am youngest boy beans cat.  He adopted me when I was around 6 weeks old. Miss Kitty had a new crop of kittens and youngest boy bean's cat (Princess) had died. So Mommy said he could have one of the kittens if she could catch one. He picked me out and Mommy (who was much younger then) swung down from the deck and snatch me up. I wish they had a picture of that cause she was hanging upside down from the deck. I really wasn't expecting a human to pounce on me from so high up. Anyway after she captured me and managed to swing herself back on the deck while still holding me she took me around front and feed me bacon and eggs, and petted me until I was gentle. I came home with them the next day and meet my cat brother Whiskers. We became best friends right away. We didn't have a blog way back then so Whiskers never got to blog. ~Socks from Alasandra, The Cats & Dogs

My Gotcha Day Story - Abbi Leala

Hi everybody. I've been waiting for this neat event because I like to read about how other purrsons came to live with their families. Thank you, Oui Oui for hosting this event.

Can you believe the little, thin kitty above was me? Yep, this was me when I was living in a Guardian Angel Animal Rescue foster home with my babies. Some nice people found me alone with my four (or was it five, I can't remember) kittens. My kittens were all very cute. They were adopted first, and I ten months old and still waiting for my forever home when Mama decided she wanted to foster some cats who needed a cage break. I was so lucky because I was Mama's first foster.

I was overjoyed to be out of the cage and in a nice, big sunny room with my own things. I purred and purred so loud and kissed and kissed Mama. After a couple days, I'd had enough of what Mama calls the nursery. I wanted to come out and check things out, so I did. Ateret and Livia were very shocked to see another furry purrson. Because they didn't know what to make of me, I decided to take matters into my own paws and just play and find happy spots like I was already part of the family. 

My happy ended after several days when Mama got a call that I needed to go back because somebody else needed a cage break. Mama cried and cried. I was very upset, too. Mama couldn't stop thinking about me. She cried every time she saw me, so she talked to her friends about adopting me. It took a couple weeks, but I came home for good, new name and all on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. The rest is history.

My Gotcha Story by Raz

My Gotcha Day wasn't that long ago so I remember it well!!   I was rescued from a trailer park in South Florida by the Space Coast Feline Network.  My brothers and I went to a nice lady near our house and my Mom went to another home.  The Florida Furkids Mom was sad because Tamir had gone to the Bridge and was looking at the SCFN Petfinder page and saw my page (click HERE to view it).  After a couple of missed attempts due to Hurricane Sandy, Mom got to meet me at Pet Supermarket.

It was love at first sight.....wasn't I cute?

She was deciding between me and my brother Rory but Rory had an "accident" in his cage and couldn't come out until he was cleaned up.  I grabbed the chance to impress her....

Next thing I knew I was swept up into a PTU and on the way to my new home with the Florida Furkids!!

The good news is that my brother Rory did find a home too!  I'm sure happy to be a Florida Furkid!!

Thanks to Oui Oui for hosting this fun event!

Heres Looking at You - Timmy Tomcat

Well here I am. A bit late but... Looking GOOD!
Meow.

This is me right after I moved in with Dad.
Here I am teaching him how to behave.

Here I planning the next lesson.He needed a LOT of work!

Today life is good with a purrfectly trained Dad.

Purrs to all my TCC friends
Timmy Tomcat

Here's Looking At You!!!!

This is me when I first came to live with 

Mom, Dad, Samantha & Maverick

This is me NOW!!

Hugs,

Clementine

From Life From A Cat's Perspective

Here's looking at you!

Grace says, "Hello! Did you wake me from my nap for some crunchies? Or some playtime?"

=)

Here's Looking at You by Raz

OMC My Mom is soooooo fired after this - I almost missed my OWN event - Here's Looking At You!

This cutie pie picture of me was from when I was just a little guy.....wasn't I cute???

Now I'm an official ManCat and I have a more ManCatly look....

Now.....can anyone tell me where I can get a new Mom....this one defiantly needs to be replaced?  Oh wait.....did I hear the treat bag....hmmm.....NEVER MIND.

Fuzzy Tales: Here's Looking at You

Thanks to Gracie and Raz for hosting the "Here's Looking At You" event, to tie in with the new TCC blog makeover!

We're not sure you can bear to look at our tabby handsomeness, it might be too much for your humans (hey, why are you laughing?!), but here you go:

Nicki: "Hey, where are my ears?!?"

Derry: "No, lady, I'm not going to look at the camera!"

This was an easy event for the human to do--apparently "easy" is the only kind of event she can manage. LOL.

Happy Friday, and happy long weekend (Victoria Day weekend) to any other Canadian kitties in the club!

Purrs and peace,
Nicki and Derry

Celebrating National Straw Hat Day!!

I cannot improve on excellent work. 

I just love this photo of Grace, with her hat included. 

So wonderful!

Happy National Straw Hat Day, everyone!!

Happy Late Birthday Raz

Happy Late Birthday Raz!!

Oh how could it have happened? I missed my adopted little bro's, Raz, first birthday, argh. The mom dumped me the whole weekend so I missed out. Well I took matters into my own paws and today presented Raz with his birthday gift from me, the 1960 Batmobile.

We are spending the day together making up for lost time. Now to the Batmobile!!!!!

Happy Birthday Miss Oui Oui!

Please come join us as we celebrate sweet Oui Oui's 7th Birthday!

All your friends from TwinkletoeTails.

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all the mommies a very Happy Mother's Day

Gracie & Mom

 

It's my Birthday!!!!

I'm so excited since today is my 1st birthday.  I hope you've had a chance to stop at my blog today to start the festivities.  If not, click HERE to have some great noms but don't forget to come back through the teleport machine!!

Isn't this a great graphic?  The Zoolatry human made it for me and I love it.  Mom calles me Raz-a-ma-taz a lot!!

If you've had your fill of noms, lets start the party!!

We have games...

Make sure you keep your claws in when you go in the bounce house...

For those who don't mind water...we have a great water slide...

Karaoke anyone?

How about a game of Catbox 360?

For those who are more techy.....how about a game on the iPad?

When you get tired, find a spot on the kitty condo and take a nice snooze...

Please take a nip favor with you when you go home...

I hope you enjoyed my party.  If you're still hungry, please stop back at my blog for a snack!