I rescued a cat some years ago. She turned up at my farm /weekend retreat one sunny Sunday in late October.

I rescued a cat some years ago. She turned up at my farm /weekend retreat one sunny Sunday in late October. She was a sweet calico and liked people so I thought she was someone’s pet, even though the nearest home is a mile away. I left to go to work for the week.

Next weekend she was still there, living under the house. It was getting cold and snowy, and given she had not gone home she would starve/freeze, I took her to my far – away home in the city.

I quickly found she was not housetrained. She also really liked the outdoors and was not keen to be inside a house . I took her to the vet , where she had no chip and had never been fixed. She was in fine health and got her shots.

The vet insisted to wait 2 weeks before having her spayed. She didn’t like our home, but loved the warehouse and offices I had at work.

I sure she was a barn cat from a nearby dairy farm. They have lots of cats and occasionally one get forced out. It’s unusual for a barn cat, but she was very warm, affectionate and fearless.

Warehouse/construction equipment and machinery did not scare her, she knew to get out of the way jump on a shelf and watch, as she probably did in the dairy barn.

In that 2 weeks she was due to be fixed, she had a date with a tomcat and became pregnant. The vet was quite prepared to spay her and remove any kittens…. but I just could not do that…. so in a few weeks she had the 2 cutest little kittens you ever saw.

Once they were weaned, I gave them to my parents (who loved them) and got mama fixed.

Life for my kitty was good. Our warehouse overlooked a ravine/wilderness/river so she roamed the wilds during the day and came home before closing, and slept in my office. During the winters, when it was cold and snowy outside she was happy to roam the warehouse.

She never touched a bird but was the best mouser and rat-catcher you ever saw, and did us a big favor in keeping the place free of pests.

She had loads of love, affection, smarts and personality, very interactive, more like a dog than a cat. She even learned to respond to commands….. not words but hand-signs. I never met another cat quite like her. I’m thankful we found each other.