Patience

I was looking over my past blog posts and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made a post about my new cat Patience.  She isn’t really new.  I think I got her in October or November of 2016.  She is a rescue cat and she is about 4 and a half years old, we think, not sure though.  She is a very special cat because of her history.

She was rescued from somewhere by someone in New South Wales and I think she had 4 kittens.  So then she was on death row in an animal shelter in NSW.  Then another person came along and rescued Patience and her kittens from the shelter.  Then for some reason Patience and her kittens were shipped by plane to an animal rescue organisation here in South Australia. 

After a while Patience’ kittens were weaned and she then spent a year in foster care until I found her.  When I went to visit her the first time, the first thing I loved about her was her ears, they are quite big.  She was curled up asleep in a cat run and she was very fat Lol!  She was very well looked after, along with other cats.  I was told that she is very quiet and that she doesn’t really like to do anything and sleeps a lot.  This suited me fine.  I really wanted a chilled out cat.  So I bought her home and she was very quiet for two weeks because she was in a whole new situation but she was really enjoying the backyard.  Over time she became really active and lost all her weight because she was able to get out and about and run and jump and climb.  I discovered she was a great mouser and rat catcher and she could stand her ground with all the other neighbourhood cats.  My Mum still can’t believe that Patience is the same cat we picked up and brought home over two years ago.  She seems so youthful now compared to then.  And she is very patient and slowly she is teaching me patience.  She would have to be patient to put up with me I think.  She is such a gem.  I feel so happy that I can provide a place where she can be active and enjoy herself, though I think she does more for me than I do for her.  I think what I love most about her is that she is a survivor and she is so cool about it and just takes it all in her stride.  I really have come to love her.