2 years ago a dirty, skinny kitten got trapped in a warehouse between some boxes. The little girls who crawled in to get the kitten out wanted to keep it, but their mother said NO. A man standing there told the mother to just put the kitten in a box and he'd take it out and shoot it later, which made those sweet little girls burst into tears and made me very angry! I promised the girls that wasn't going to happen, that I would bring it home with me and told them to pick out a name for it.
They decided that the "calico" kitten should be named Butterscotch because its ears & tail looked like they had been in butterscotch pudding. When I got the kitten home, fed and bathed, it was NOT a Calico ... it was pure white with the butterscotch markings ... From later reading a breed profile, I think he is probably at least part Turkish Van. True to that breed, he is extremely vocal, loves to play in water and just keeps growing. He now is over 3' long nose-to-tail and weighs 21 lbs. If he keeps true to breed, he will probably not stop growing until he's 5 years old. He's a very loving cat who demands to be the center of attention. I'm certainly glad that I brought him home!!
Milan, MO
