Sweetness does not have a mean bone in her body. She is all sweet. Allergies do bother her, but 1/2 of a Chlorpheneramine tablet during allergy seasons (purchased at a very reasonable price at WalMart) keep the allergies under control. Sweetness has sat in our laps for 30-45 minutes at a time, not curled up like a cat, but sitting up with her back against our chest while we visit with friends. Our friends say it is like having a kid wanting to be at the grown up table. This beautiful girl could stand to lose a couple of pounds. We leave free choice food out because we have so many cats to feed. If Sweetness were fed twice daily only, she would no doubt slender down quickly. She is very laid back and gets along well with all of the other crazy cats here at The Ranch. We have fallen in love with her and of course wish we could keep her forever. But again, we know that she would like to have a human of her own so that she does not have to share the attention with the others. Come visit us and let Sweetness touch noses with you.

Peepers has some issues with gingivitis. We add powdered L-Lysine to his dry food and it keeps any problems at bay. He does not shed much and loves to be brushed. He will come running to you when you call his name and is always very happy to see his people. Make Peepers your one and only and he will make you his.

Lockhart , the swirl tabby,is very outgoing and talkative. He will let you carry him forever. I think he would stop walking entirely if someone would carry him everywhere. He is a snuggler. Little Lockhart was sitting on the side of Hiway 183 near Lockhart during a scorching 105 degree afternoon. We are guessing that he went out for a walk and became so hot that he could not walk anymore. He was panting very hard and we had to cool him down with bottled water. He did not mind at all.

Gorgeous George, the beautiful long hair orange and white boy has just as great a personality, only he is much more refined in his actions. That is until he and Lockhart start playing. It is the best entertainment you can find. Both of these kids know their names.
Gorgeous was abandoned at the end of the UT school year in the summer of 2006. He was wandering the streets looking for food. Gorgeous likes to sleep under the covers and loves to be brushed. It will be very hard to see these two kids leave the ranch. But, we know that somewhere out there is someone or a family wanting to share the good life with two very deserving kittys.

On Monday morning, John was leaving for work at 6:30; it was still dark. As he stepped out onto the front porch, he called to me to get a towel (I know what that means now).  The torti’s little sister was eating out of the bowl that we have on the front porch for the feral kitty.  John picked that little girl up and she was just as scared and hungry as her sister had been two days earlier.  

Both of these little girls had ringworm and internal parasites.  But other than those two ailments and being underweight, they were in good health and rebounded quickly.  We named them Half-n-Half and GeeGee (for Gray Girl).  We quickly determined that these two were not going to be easy to find homes for.  They were just barely on the tame side of feral.  Neither of them liked to be held and they prefer the company of other cats much more so than that of us humans.  Both girls are still with us.  GeeGee rarely talks, but Halfy gets to playing by herself each morning and has the best squeaky voice we have ever heard.    We are of the opinion that our feral, The Gray Ghost, is the dad of these two.  He and GeeGee have the same face.  And when The Ghost comes up at night to eat, GeeGee and Halfy are the only two cats in the house that start pawing at the glass door.
We think they remember him.