My cat Baby had passed away in 2014 after being with me since she was 6 months old. I found her as a stray kitten on the property where I was living, and she was with me for 18 years after that.
I had gotten to know the employees at my local Petsmart as I shopped there every week for 18 years. One day, I went into Petsmart to say hello to everybody, without knowing they were having a cat adoption event from a rescue group. I saw cages and cages of kittens and knew I would not adopt a kitten out of fear that she would outlive me and would have to go back to the rescue. Then I spotted an older cat.
Her story read that she was 10 years old and named Apple. I stayed around for a while talking to the employees, who told me most people coming in were looking at the kittens. Apple looked so sad that I decided then and there to put in an application for her. They called me the next day, and I went to pick her up.
I called her Apple for several days and she did not respond to me at all. I started to wonder what I got myself into with an unfriendly cat. Then I sat down and read all of the papers that came with her and found a handwritten note from whoever brought her into the rescue. It told me her background, which was pretty sad, and said her name was Rocky.
As soon as I called her Rocky, she meowed and came to me. It’s been all uphill since then. I’ve had her for six years now.
LAS VEGAS, NV
