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Monty's Happy Ending Story

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on how Monty is doing. At this very moment he is curled up sleeping on his head on the living room window
seat, next to the beautiful Miss Nico (one of his many fans). As you can imagine, he was pretty scared the first couple of days, which isn’t surprising considering that he’s probably spent very little time -maybe none - in someone’s home. The poor guy was afraid of the ceiling fan, and had no idea what to make of the stairs. In spite of all that, within about three days he was meeting the other cats, and by the end of the first week he was out of “his” room and roaming around the house.

He’s a really smart cat and was spent the last month watching the other cats very closely. His first experience with the pet door to the screen porch was great fun. He had been out on the porch before, but didn’t know how the pet door worked. One morning he saw Ollie go through it, and rushed over so fast you’d think he was chasing a mouse. He immediately jumped through it without a bit of hesitation. Now he’s Ollie’s constant companion on the porch in the mornings, watching the birds and squirrels. His favorites are the hummingbirds and bunnies. We actually have some baby bunnies this late in the year, and they come right up to the screen to eat, which is thrilling for Monty. He’s also been discovering all the cat beds, climbing spots and windows around the house. He got up in my lap for the first time last night while we were watching TV in the den. Now, it’s well known that my lap “belongs” to Mina, so it will be interesting to see what happens if he tries to jump up there when she’s in it!

The past month has not been completely without spats and confrontations, but nothing serious. Monty has learned that it’s fun to harass the “old ladies” (Maggie and Geisha, a.k.a. Boo), and he likes to follow them around and make them growl at him. He’s never aggressive - he’s just has fun annoying them. Mina, the other “old lady” sometimes growls at him and sometimes plays with him, so she’s keeping him guessing. He loves the foster kittens and enjoys visiting them, though I suspect it has something to do with that yummy wet kitten food he’s always trying to steal. He’s definitely a rakish boy with quite a bit of mischief in him.
The most heart-warming part about having Monty, though, is that he has become a good friend to Ollie, which is exactly what we wanted. Every morning when my alarm goes off those two come trotting down the hall side by side, coming to remind me that it’s breakfast time. They also like to wrestle and play together, and have been known to have three-way games of stalk and chase with Nico. They have also been spotted snoozing together and grooming each other, but shhhh...don’t tell anyone.

Hope you enjoy the attached photos. Feel free to share them with other Monty fans out there. Feel free to check in on Monty anytime. He enjoys having a fan club. :)

Eric and Boone's Happy Ending Story

Here are a couple of adorable pictures of Eric and Boone, adopted by Liesl Dano.

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