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Luca
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
 
2005-07-25, 09:51


This is Spicy.

My family adopted him after he kept showing up at our house hungry. He was still very young at the time. He hadn't been neutered, he had no tags, and he was very skinny; almost bony. We decided that this poor guy was going to die pretty soon if we didn't do something about it, so we got him a flea collar, we neutered him, and eventually we went all out and got him tags. We had to bring him in to the vet because one day he came back with a huge wound on his neck. There was some necrosis in the area and he would have certainly died if we hadn't brought him in. Well, there goes the "free" aspect of this "free cat."

Anyway, he's a really nice cat. Very large - about 12-13 lbs. He has a very thick black coat and a mane. We're not sure quite what breed he is but we think he's related to the Norweigen Forest Cat, a breed known for their large manes. They had to shave the fur off his neck when he got that big wound, but it's since grown back and he's looking as good as ever. He has beautiful yellow eyes and a really laid back personality. He's obviously very powerful and could easily hurt you if he wanted, but he never really does. If he gets annoyed with something you're doing to him, he always gives several "warning bites."

During the day, he sleeps on the couch. All day. On his back (?). Yeah, he's funny that way. It looks like he's dead or something, but for some reason he sleeps on his back during the day. At night we let him outside and he hunts. We've seen him carrying around dead mice, squirrels, birds, and even a rabbit once. But he doesn't present us with his kills, we think he just eats them. One time we even saw him stalking a deer. So he's a bit of a dumbass, but he's really sweet and we love him.
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