Mercy Me!

White Cat!

Around our house, the largest animal you'll ever see is a dog, but just 8 miles down the road to where Mom works, the facility is surrounded by mountains and fields, and there are also cows, boars, deer, and coyotes in the area.

Unfortunately, mean people sometimes dump cats around there. Fortunately, if they make their way inside the gated facility, there are enough animal-loving people who will watch out for them. It's not unusual for Mom to hear about a kitty that was found via an e-mail with pictures.

A couple of days ago when Mom was headed home to see us during lunchtime, someone called out her name. It was her cousin who works there and he was telling her they were throwing food to a white cat hanging around outside the cafeteria. They were up a little hill so Mom couldn't see the cat but she didn't want to backtrack at that time and continued on home.

When Mom went back to work, of course she had to go see if the cat was there and sure enough, it was still hanging around. She could see that beneath it's dirty fur was a beautiful long-haired white cat but when she tried to get closer it went around the building away from her.

Yesterday, the cat was even closer to the cafeteria building and was being fed by people throwing food to it again. Mom crouched down to get a better look and saw it's beautiful amber eyes. Just when she tried to take a picture with her camera phone so we could show you, it decided to walk away.

Today, Mom ran into a friend who had just finished feeding tuna to the cat, so the friend took her to where it was. It was walking back and forth outside the doors, waiting to see if there was more food. When they walked outside the cat decided to leave but Mom followed at a distance and saw it take a path down to where the dumpsters are.

Later this afternoon, Mom decided to go down to where the dumpsters are and look around. It was about ten minutes before she saw the cat. She was actually wondering if it was a female and had kittens, but she thinks it's a male.

Mom went back to her office and decided to send a chat message to Coco & Chloe's mom (The Furbies), who also works there, and now she wanted to go see the cat! So, the two of them went back and found him under one of the dumpsters.. The cafeteria was closed so they hit the vending machines looking for tuna and crackers and got a paper plate and bowl from someone on the way for the tuna and water.

While the two were on the ground, a few people walked by at different times and knew about the cat and what they were doing. Just so you know, there are over 2,500 employees there. One guy said he was planning to rent a trap and had already made the phone call to get one. He was also going back this weekend to leave him food. The cat doesn't appear to be old but he's not a kitten either, though obviously on the thin side right now.

In case it's crossed your mind, the answer is no, Mom does not want to bring him here. We really don't have a good temporary room for a cat that size and everyone would be miserable, especially Dad!

The cat should be okay where he is for now. He's already very popular! Mom is determined to get a picture of him.

Love,
Mercy