Shadow the Cat & Hurricane Ike
I have another friend to introduce you to today. I have had Shadow’s picture for a LONG time, but today is a perfect time to introduce you, because Shadow and his owner, Heidi Caswell, live in Texas. So does Betty, Copper’s owner.
We are thinking of all of our people and pet friends in Texas and the other states that will be affected by hurricane Ike and praying for you. Here is a picture of Shadow…I’m a dog, and not supposed to like cats, but have to admit he sure is pretty for a cat.
Here is what Heidi shared about Shadow in her email to us back in June…as you can see they are no stranger to nasty weather, and may be in for another dose of it:
This is Shadow, he loves attention, loves hanging out in the house. A big chicken at times. If we have company he is hiding out.
He lives to get between me and the computer monitor if I’m on the desktop. One time he hacked up a hairball on my keyboard. No problems since. If on my laptop, he has learned to curl up at my feet instead of plopping down on my keyboard.
He was outside during our nasty April 1 hail storm. Very happy see us and come inside. A few weeks ago, during a nasty storm he was acting very nervous. He’d pace back and forth, rub against me and leave, etc. Then the tornado sirens went off (funnel cloud spotted within a mile, headed my way) .
So I did my laptop, cell phone with blanket and bottle of water routine. Shadow climbed on my lap, then left for the bathroom. He opened the towel cupboard, climbed in, and somehow shut the door behind. It was hours before he came back out.
He loves to play soccer with tin foil balls up and down the hall with his little sister.
He believes it is his job to keep all flat surfaces cleared off. The other day he knocked a big jar of pennies off my son’s dresser. Shadow does a great job keeping everything cleared off.
He will tag your ankles when walking by and take off. Missing car keys? Check his stash. I watched him knock mine off one day and followed him, and there were other keys in his stash. Now I can blame lost keys on Shadow instead of menopause or ADD.
Please be safe, friends in the path of Hurricane Ike.
Aspen, great to see Shadow, I’d almost forgotten. Been thinking of storms and pets, I bet you could write a great article on such. I know one pet owner who went home early on bad weather days, or had a friend sit with her dog. Hard to imagine how the pets are doing with those who must evacuate.
Thanks. I’ll keep you updated on the storm, let your owner know.
Pixel and I are thinking of Heidi and Shadow and Betty and Cooper as Ike sweeps over their homes. Pixel is concerned and wants to know if Shadow and Cooper have enough cookies and toys to weather the storm?
I love seeing Shadow! Thank you Aspen for posting his picture and bio!
Copper and Betty in Texas are safe. The worse of the hurricane has passed by us. We do have some flooding, some trees down, but no damage at our home. Thanks for the prayers!
Oh, so cute! I love Heidi’s kitty!!
Thank you for sharing our friends stories and photos.
Sending hugs to you, Shadow! Be safe and take care of your Mommy!!
Sally
http://www.drsallywitt.com
Not bad looking – for a cat! Good to meet you, Shadow! I hope you are safe from the storm! I don’t like storms much and always curl up in Mom’s lap whenever we have a bad one. I know Mom is praying for everyone in the path of the hurricane.
I read that you can get in cupboards and close the door behind you. One of my cats can do the same thing! Must be a special talent that cats have. Or maybe you and JoyBelle are related. Have you ever been to Arkansas? I just wish I knew how you both do that, because sometimes JoyBelle will jump out of the cupboard suddenly and scare – I mean surprise me!
Be safe, Shadow! Go curl up in your Mom’s lap and she’ll take care of you!
And Aspen, thanks for introducing Shadow to the rest of us. I guess it’s okay to hang out with a cat now and then.
We have a cat named Shadow too – he’s a black burmese cross and loves to be around people. This Shadow is just as beautiful as ours. Must be a good name for a cat!