GreyKitty 1991–2006

GreyKitty died today. She took a turn for the worse last night, so I had her admitted to the local veterinary hospital. They did a blood transfusion (she was exceedingly anemic) but she did not respond as we hoped; I made the decision that she had been through enough this afternoon.

She started life as an abandoned kitty, living with her kitty siblings behind a farm house in Amherst. I moved into that farm house and over the course of a few months managed to tame her enough to bring her inside. She was very practical, and after spending her first year sleeping in a trash shed she found sleeping on my down comforter much preferable and adapted quickly to pampered house pet.

Other than desperately wanting to eat my pet rabbit, Grey was a very good cat. She moved with me many times in her 15 years and dealt with each move very easily. When Xing died six years ago, she quickly adjusted to being the solo cat, and when I brought the two boys home the next month, she adjusted to being Alpha cat to our new brood.

She was demanding and pushy; she was loving and sweet. I will miss her terribly.