What makes Merfyn so mean?
Merfyn was a wee stray who hung
around our house during a very cold Thanksgiving 2 years ago.
He looked so like Misty, one of our four neutered cats, that
we mistook him for her - except he was missing a tail. We
fed and watered the obviously starving cat, then, as he was
clearly male, decided to take him to an animal shelter.
When Bob picked him up he screamed and thrashed so much that Bob
had to have a tetanus shot. So, of course, we kept him.
He has oversized ears, eyes of different sizes, a habit of
telescoping his torso to 2/3rds its size and/or lifting one
paw and tilting his head when he wants something, and a
heart-stopping yawl when he can't locate us for 10 seconds.
He was appraised on-line as (possibly) a Japanese Bobtail by an
expert at the CFA, which explains a lot.
He cost us $500+ in initial vet
bills then took over the house, terrorizing us & our other
cats. He'd wait next to the cat flap from the house to the
laundry room, where the cats eat, ready to pounce on an
unsuspecting feline coming through. (We have to leave it
open to give them a sporting chance.) He'll literally bite
our ankles or chew toes if the food service isn't speedy enough.
He uses our beautiful Mexican pine armoire as his personal
scratching post. If we leave him in the care of others
when we're away, he'll leave us half a rodent on the new
carpet as a welcome home present.
Photo submitted by: Julia and Bob
Date last updated: 09/14/07
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