Orange and White Cat Walked Into This Family's Life Right After They Wished for One
You know how, as humans, we sometimes decide that we want to have a pet? Then we go through the process of ensuring we can financially support the pet, have enough equipment to take care of it, and make room in our hearts to love it—it's a whole thing.
However, you do not truly have a pet until that pet decides to accept you as its owner. For some, this doesn't happen, but usually, you end up with a clingy creature who loves you more than anything.
Sometimes, though, the pet takes the whole process into its own paws and just shows up one day.
A'Lana Bates asked her mom what she wanted for Mother's Day, and her mom decided she wanted an orange and white cat. The family assumed they would adopt a kitten in a few months.
Instead, not long after their conversation, one stormy night, a stray orange and white cat wandered into their yard to take shelter from the rain!
A'Lana told The Dodo:
“At first, he was very rough-and-tumble and only wanted us to bring him food and water on the deck. Slowly, he started coming into the house, but we couldn’t touch him.”
“We had a stray show up in the early nineties who was an orange and white female we named Carmel, and she was the best cat. A couple of years after she died, we adopted an orange and white barn cat we called Spooky, who was simply a joy. He died in 2008, and Mom has been wanting another.”
It took a while to gain his trust, but Tom decided he loved them and wanted to be the next orange and white cat to steal the family's heart!
Even though Tom isn't exactly sure how to be a proper cat, he knew exactly which family to choose to be his!
“Tom wants to be a lover but isn’t sure how. I am pretty sure the moment he showed up, my folks knew they were keeping him.”
Has a cat ever just strutted into your life like this? Tell us the story in the comments!
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