This is our cat,
Neko-chanThis is my second cat. Our first cat I had from when I was 5 - my mum rescued her from a co-worker who's cats had kittens and he was going to kill them if nobody bought them, so the family story goes. She was a black and white moggie girl, sadly I have no photos digitised but she was a really lovely cat - super calm and delicate. Sadly she passed away in 2007 from old age and illness. Her name was "Cat", which is because apparently when I was a little kid I came up with a new name for her every day and my parents got fed up of this and said "that's it, we're calling her Cat"
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Neko-chan, I got in 2008. She's a ginger girl, her name is a joint homage to our first cat ("Neko-chan", roughly translated means Ms. Cat in Japanese), and also a nod to my deep involvement in Japanese culture and anime throughout my teen years. She's a lot more sprightly than Cat and has had a couple of accidents but she's still fighting fit and a very happy and contented (and spoiled!) pussy. When I got her she had fleas, worms and was in a bit of a state so I gave her a good home, warm bed, fancy food and sorted out those fleas and worms, got her chipped and she now gets her proper yearly vet checkup and monthly de-flea and tri-monthly worming pills and is faring much better!
Warning: I have approximately
five hundred yottabytes of cat photos so I'll try to be good and just post this one...
Other pets I've had include guinea pigs (my sister's, technically), goldfish, and two cornsnakes with my ex a few years ago. I'm very much an animal lover so hoping to get more animals when my living situation allows it - probably get snakes again, tropical fish, a rabbit.. Would love to get kittens but I don't think Neko would be very happy!