It's possible that my Gussy was part of an abandoned litter, but we never found any other kittens in the vicinity, nor did we find any adult females who didn't already have a home. I asked around the neighborhood and at the corner store (everyone went there at some point, so if anyone was looking for a lost cat there'd have been a mention).
The answers were all negative, so I felt absolutely certain that keeping Gussy was the right thing.
He was with me from October 1993 to November 2007.
Maddy was born in June 2007 and I adopted her in August. So for 3 months, Gussy tolerated her crawling around, sometimes cuddling up to him... he was elderly by then and suffering from arthritis.
It's a bit scary these days... Maddy is now almost as old as Gussy was when he died... and he was the longest-lived of my male cats.
The answers were all negative, so I felt absolutely certain that keeping Gussy was the right thing.
He was with me from October 1993 to November 2007.
Maddy was born in June 2007 and I adopted her in August. So for 3 months, Gussy tolerated her crawling around, sometimes cuddling up to him... he was elderly by then and suffering from arthritis.
It's a bit scary these days... Maddy is now almost as old as Gussy was when he died... and he was the longest-lived of my male cats.