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Coloration: Black
Likes: being the boss
Pet-Peeves: being touched too much. her little brother, Vincent
Favorite Toy: catnip, fishing rod style toys, paper bags, boxes, long, wispy branches
Favorite Nap Spot: the windowsill
Favorite Food: she gets turkey sometimes
Skills: she kills huge rats. sorry rats!
Dwells:
indoors and outdoors
Arrival Story: In September of 2003, I had a very sick orphaned kitten I called "Peepers" put to sleep on the advise of my vet. I didn't know if I'd done the right thing. I was so horrified and heartsick, I kept crying and crying. I didn't know how to quell this horrible sadness. I went to the animal shelter and looked at cats and kittens. I almost adopted a big, sweet, orange, adult cat, but just as they were about to box him up for me, his real owner came in and recognised him. So he got to go home with her and her kids, who called him "Punky." She was very thrilled to have found him, and planned on having him micro-chipped immediately to prevent his nearly being adopted out to a stranger again. Hopefully he was never lost again, I could tell she loved him a lot, and her children must have to.
Later, I was told by someone at work about a family whose cats had just had kittens. I figured if I kept one of them out of the pound, maybe the pain of not being able to save Peepers would calm down a bit, and I'd have a kitten to fill that terrible void Peepers left.
On October 31 of 2003, I got Ming from a home where there were 2 queens who had littered at once, so she had 8 siblings. All of the kittens were black and white. About half had short hair and half had long. I think there was only one other who was almost solid black, like Ming. There were also numerous human offspring in the household who were rather rough with the kittens, although their mother was trying to teach them not to be. The queens and kittens were being kept in a garage along with trash and dirty diapers. At least one of Ming's siblings, who looked like a runt and was crying pitifully all the time, didn't make it, but the rest were large and robust in appearance and very good at getting away from the grabbing children. Supposedly, homes were lined up for eight of the kittens, although none had specifically been selected, so I was to pick from all these similar-looking kittens. I thought about taking the runt, but thought it would be more likely to live if it nursed longer. Of all the kittens I picked up to look at, Ming was the only kitten who wanted to stay on my lap, the others were all understandably wary of being touched. I also liked that she had long fur like Peepers, and that she was solid in color like her to. So I took her home, my little Halloween kitten. She was a mere 4 weeks old, and would have done well to be with her mom longer had the conditions of that place not been so terrible. Moppet and my bunny Chub were gradually introduced to her after she had her shots, tests, and first exam.
Many is the time I look back and regret that I didn't find a way to get all those cats and kittens fixed. An acquaintance who knew their humans said she planned to get the 2 queens fixed as a gift to her. I can only hope that happened, and now I can only vow to do what I can to fix kitties and encourage others to do the same. Spay and neuter, if you are too poor, ask your local humane society about assistance programs, use the Internet to find spay and neuter assistance groups, beg and borrow from anyone you can, do whatever it takes to spay and neuter, even one litter costs lives. And if you know someone with unfixed cats, do what you can to get their cats fixed. The number of homeless cats is totally out of control, and spay and neuter is the only hope for the kitties of the world to have the quality of life they deserve.
Bio: Ming's best friend was Chub, the rabbit. They loved to chase and chew on each other. She is named after "Ming the Merciless" of Flash Gordon fame, as she was a vicious little kitten and her mom is a cheesy science fiction geek.
A note from Ming:
"I clawed my way up from the gutter, the very dredges of existence. I survived great danger, squalor, and hardship. I've faced down wretched brats and stinking dogs, and killed rats almost as big as me. I tamed the vicious, wild bunny Chub. Now, you can get off your can and play with me like I told you to!"
Lives Remaining: 8 of 9
Forums Motto: Ming- queen of the universe
The Groups I'm In: ♥ =^..^= 4 The Love of Cats =^..^= ♥, Black Cats Crossing our Paths, "Just One Litter" Is Still Too Many, Catster Marketplace, Pawsome Pages, Pets with Crafty Parents, THUNDERCATS*, Voki Madness!
The Last Forum I Posted In: Lost 2 kitties in a period of 5 months
I can't even stand to write that abhorrent word, but guess who stands accused? Me, innocent little me!
Sure, I don't leave the house as much as I used to, and sure, it was just my size, and sure, it was in the bathroom doorway, as if placed there by someone who would have gone outside, if not afraid to pass that bully, Amity.
Alright, I probably did do it. But it is mommy's fault for not being here to let me out the back door as I prefer, and mommy's fault for not re-homing that stinking Amity, she knows I hate. So who left the T? I believe, in fact, mommy should take the blame, because it is ALL HER FAULT! Bad mommy!
-Ming
Mom had my dream last night. She dreampt she caught the mouse that is loose in the cabin, but she had to carry it in her mouth! And it had tiny lice on it. She woke up spitting "Phtah, phtah!"
She's been having a lot of dreams with us animals. She dreampt one of her runt kids died the other night, and in the morning, he really was dead, poor guy. She'd better not dream I die!
Mom, maybe you should spend a little more time with humans. You are getting really, really weird. And taking MY dreams! Get outta my head! I would have enjoyed that mouse dream.
Another strange thing, one of us made puking noises last night, but this morning mommy didn't find puke. Phantom puke? Maybe the mouse ate it.
-Ming
Compter i no better! theytok the las of momy's money and the keyboard still s not rkin right.they ddn't even test it, did they? Over a week hey had it, what were they doing all that time? I wll type wit my little paws and every few words the hing msses leters. Maes everytng take forever. Mommy can't use it much ether. Useless. Over a week and $150 latr and the keyboard is stl just rrible. I am so ad! Mommy never does anythin right. She's jinxed to. I think I wil chuck the 'puter off a cliff now. Bye bye, momm tought she ws doing good kepg it ou of the landfill but she was wron, That whre the 'puter wants t go!
-Ming
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