7 Beautiful Cats

I came to Taiwan with only 1 cat, Chocolate! I flew Chocolate in from Australia to Taiwan, in fact, he 's (and 6 others) the reason why am still here in Taiwan today after 7 years!! (TOO LONG!!) I almost took off 2 days after I got here, culture shock!! But stayed on because it wasn't that easy leaving with a cat, Taiwan may consider herself a 'rabies free' country BUT no other country recognizes that as they tend to associate Taiwan with China which is definitely NOT 'rabies free'.

Trapped! Yes, it has been 7 years already...

So I have 7 beautiful cats! Am thinking about adopting the 8th one!! But if there was a better home who could give her individual attention and love, she'll be better off there... All I can offer is a roof over her head, clean food and water everyday, love and kisses and hugs, a bath every month and 7 (+1 toddler) other siblings.

Ok, let me introduce our cats to you:

1) Chocolate
My majestic looking cat, also the King in our house! Sleeps on the pillow next to me or on top our my head every night. Chocolate actually came to me when I drove back for my exams in Gippsland. Didn't like cats then, fed him, found a box and cushioned it with my old sweater. He would sleep outside the dorm, till 1 day, I saw a note on the board "Thanks for feeding him whoever you are, we've taken the cat". Oh well, I did feel a lil sad....... 3 months down the road, (have kinda forgotten bout the black cat) was at my friend's for mahjong, they had 2 cats. Stayed over on their sofa, this black cat kept purring and nudging me!! Hmmmm... could it be 'my cat'??
Sure it is!! It was my cat!! :) FOUND!! I asked to take the cat back to my home for awhile, and that little while became forever!


2) Snowy
Snowy was given to me by a pet store in RuoHe Night Market. I couldn't comprehend why they would give such a beautiful cat away!! Their story was, he was delivering pet food to the owner and saw the owner about to set the cat free... how cruel!! She was only about 2-3 mths then. Well, I soon found out the real reason! ;) Snowy had really bad diarrhea and would make a HUGE mess on herself, I had to wash her about 5 times a day and brought her to many doctors for treatment. Look at her now! Such a beautiful and obedient girl!


3) Berry
Oh, my sweet little Berry. Also the Mother of Fuzzy and Spotty. She's a little kitty who is so tiny and sweet with the prettiest blue eyes, accompanied me throughout my pregnancy, we used to hug each other to sleep then. She doesn't do that with me anymore. :(

4) Vanilla
The talking cat! Also Berry's brother. Look at the difference in size!! Nilla is also the 'vacuum' in the family, 'sucking' up all the canned food and shrimps!! He can be really annoying at times because he'll keep meowing in the mornings till he gets fed!

5) Rocky
Our lil crazy puking cat! What can I say? He had an eye infection when I picked him up on the streets behind Sogo, I did not have the intention of keeping him back then, only wanted to take him to the vet and nurse him. But we ended up keeping him, he's one cat who pukes everyday!! Sigh~~ well, he did teach Bren the word 'vomit'!!

6) Fuzzy
Berry's daughter! I suspect Fuzzy is a lil blind, Berry used to follow her around and is still extremely protective of her! She is the only cat who is not neutered, I couldn't bring myself to neuter her in her condition. So almost every month when she is in heat, we'll have to put up with her 'calling' and keep her under our watchful eye. She is also an affectionate lil one who likes to sleep on our pillows.

7) Spotty
My cute lil Spot!! At times I wonder if he is actually a cat, he LOVES water!! Ihave to leave the tap running or sprinkle him with water everyday!! He's also my favorite lil one and Bren's playmate. Spotty was actually 'motionless' at birth and Berry had refused to lick him, I kept rubbing him till he moved and kinda 'forced' Berry to lick and nurse him. He nursed till he was more than 1 yr old, in fact so did Fuzzy.