Lucky

I was going to continue on where I left off, but I tend to get side tracked sometimes. So Lucky is sitting next to me and I have to say as cats go he is a very interesting character. He came to us literally when he was less then 24 hrs old with his mother and another sibling that didn't last the night. He was born with a deformity. Most cats have a joint by their paw, Lucy has an extra joint by both of his front paws. This means he has two joints instead of one. This makes his legs look like they bow inward, and when he walks his butt goes way up in the air with his front end being so low to the ground. Kind of like being a wheelbarrow. He Also has a kink in the base of his tail which seems to help aide him when he sits up on his hind legs. This is the position he takes the most when he is begging for food. It is also the position he takes that makes him look like a bunny rabbit.





After all the years we have had him I would say a better name for him would have been Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. Of all the cats we have ever owned he is definitely the wisest of them all. What he lacks in mobility he certainly makes up for it in character. He is the only cat I have ever had that comes and gives kisses to anyone walking by once a day and his boxing abilities when he fights are not only comical, but wonderful to watch, and his favorite thing to do is play fetch for the little blue tab from the carton of milk. He will play fetch for hours and he does it with some one or he can even play by himself. He actually throws the tab with his teeth.

When he is not scooting across the floor he spends a great deal of time sitting up on his hind legs waving one of his front legs to get some one's attention. When he was a very tiny kitten and I first realized there was a problem with his legs and he was not more then a week old I took him to the vet. The vet was absolutely amazed by his deformity and he told me that he figured he would probably learn to overcome his front legs however over time they might start to give him problems as he got older. I can honestly say that as time has gone on there is not sign of them giving him an ounce of problems. Lucky is now 7 yrs old and with no sign of ever slowing down.

Unlike some of the other cats I own now or have owned in the past Lucky does not like sitting in any one's lap. He prefers perching up near your head on the back of a chair or the back of a sofa. His gentle ways and lovingly face rubbing that he does warms any one's heart that sits near him. In the seven years that we have had him he has only sat in my lap twice and I think Rose's once. They always say cats have staff and dog's have friends. Lucky is one of those cats that would never make you feel like you were his staff, even if you are.

OK more about Lucky later.