Waiting in Line for a Place in the Sun

Starsky the cat almost always beats the dogs to this sunny spot. He does it by anticipating and getting there before the sun does. Not bad for a half blind cat. He’s certainly earned his spot in the sun.

The dogs aren’t much in the way of being planners so they end up lining up to wait for their chance. Sometimes they get and other times they don’t but they never complain.

Jess, The Pet Whisperer

My son Nate and his SO Jess are visiting.  The dogs and cat gravitate to her and she’s always so gentle with them. He’s pretty much out of the shot but Reilly was sitting in front of the chair waiting for his turn.

Grabbing Some Lap Time

Starsky is a rescue cat. He was considered unadoptable because he has FIV and additional health issues so he was the shelter cat. That is, until we met. The minute I saw him we connected. I wasn’t planning on taking a cat home but immediately asked about adopting him and was turned down because he was, after all, the shelter cat.

One month later I got a call asking if I still wanted to adopt him. Apparently since we met he had been a changed cat. He was getting into mischief overnight and they had to keep him crated whereas he had previously had the run of the joint - open crate - at night. What kind of mischief, you ask? Once he managed to call 911 in the middle of the night. Another time he took down a cat nip display, opening every package and tossed the contents about. As they explained it, “He’s a cat with a serious cat nip problem.”


Starsky takes our Jack Pack in his stride and always has. He is now blind in one eye and is not as playful as he used to be but he’s doing well having lived several years past the expected lifespan for an FIV+ cat. He has a daily routine, which he pretty much sticks to. He has twice daily eye drops and an herbal squirt that he takes like a trouper.

All in all he’s one amazing cat and we feel blessed to have him here. Oh, and he still loves Cat Nip.