People & their Pets

One of my closest friends, Rana Al-Omani from Kuwait have always loved cats.. I've known her since I was 13, she have been adopting cats ever since I've known her.. her love for cats have brought attention to her, and Arab Times a Kuwaiti daily newspaper approached her to write this article about her Cats.. I hope you like it.. My first pet entered my life on my 14th birthday (I’m 28 now), when I got my first Toota as a present from a dear family friend. Then my mom bought us Alberto (Siamese) in the following year to keep Toota company, but they never got along up to this day! Well then came the rest. We adopted Ricky from the street, a lovely tabby-long-haired cat that was simply irresistible. Ricky and Toota fell in love, and then came Cuddly, Cutie-Pie and Ricky Jr. unfortunately Ricky (the father) got hit by a car right in front of our house, and died in my arms. I still remember every minute of that day! So keep on counting, we got 5 cats in the house as of now, of course the kitties grew up fast and they too started having their own small families. We were forced to giveaway some of them for adoption (you know how moms love having pets in the house) but we struggled to keep few of them, Miss Pooh and Silvy were the only two that we kept, but again we lost Silvy in another car accident. She was so young. Miss Pooh grew and she also gave birth to two short-haired tabby kitten named Cleo and Petra. As a male, Cleo decided to live his own life out in the streets, but we still got Petra here with us, and since she’s still young, we decided to semi-adopt Tiggy from the street, a cute little naughty white cat. We let him in the house when mom is not around! So are you still counting? Cuddly also passed away last year, she got caught with some kidney infection and she couldn’t come through it! We also had Gizmo (another Siamese) that I bought from the Friday Market. Once when I was there, my heart was broken when I saw him in the small cage and he was just calling for me to take him home, which I did with the help of a dear friend Steve (‘cos I didn’t have KD 20 in my pocket). Gizmo had an amazing personality, a cat that ate everything, and I mean everything! Less than 6 months since we got him, he was also hit by a car in front of our house!! We always try to remember that we gave him the best 6 months of his life. So the total now is 6, yes 6 cats that range from 14 yrs old (human years) to about 1 year old, not to mention the cats that live outside the house (believe me you don’t want to get into that chapter). We love all our cats with a passion, each with different character and a story to remember for a lifetime. Mom always tells us “I hope one day you’ll take care of your own kids as much as you take care of those cats!” I would like to end this story with a small word of advice: Please watch out for cats crossing roads when you drive! The Cats Are: The first Image, the Black cat with pink highlights is Miss Pooh The 2nd Image, The tabby is Petra The 3rd Image, The Siamese is Gizmo The 4th Image, The Black Persian Cat is Toota