01/21/2025
My 11 year brother was chosen!
My brother called me the other day, walking home from the bus stop in our neighborhood. He tells me there is a cat following him. There are lots of strays in our neighborhood, but they usually run away if you even get within a block of them. He said this one was following him and every driveway he passed, it would walk up the driveway, turn around and noticed he wasn't following, then run back down the driveway and continue following. He then gets to our driveway and leads my brother all the way to the front door. He have him on the ring camera, just walking up to the door as if he's home.
I open the door and after hesitating because he saw our dog, he walks right on in like he owns the place. We have 3 other cats along with the dog, so I didn't know what to do. He looked clean and he was super friendly, that I was sure he wasn't one of the feral cats from the neighborhood, but wasn't sure if he had anything I didn't want my other pets to catch. It was going to be cold that night, so we didn't want him staying outside. We set him up in our closed off laundry room with a blanket for a bed, a makeshift cardboard litter box, and of course food and water (which he completely inhaled). My brother also gave him a name.
The next day, I took him to the vet, with the intention of just checking for a chip, I was sure someone just lost him. No chip, but the vet did find bite marks from another animal on his back and ear mites, which were both treated. They said he's probably just over a year old, he has all his adult teeth, but still plays like a kitten.
He is the sweetest cat and loves to cuddle. My dog has no problem with other cats, he's lived with cats his whole life. The other cats are coming around. We did some tricks we found online by letting them sniff his blanket or eating not too far from where he was. They aren't exactly going to curl up with him yet, but they don't scream and go running from the room when they see him anymore, so yay, progress!
I work from home, so he has become my new office cat. Everyone, meet Oreo!
