Thankful Thursday

Billy retro

August 25, 2022 /
Billy Mouse

Once upon a time, there was a little kitten who was a fussy eater.

His Mama was too busy with the other kits to deal with Mr. Fussy.

Luckily he didn’t starve, instead he got bottle fed by the Peeps.

Billy Mouse

He was very tiny for a long time.

So little that he looked like a mouse.

Billy Mouse

He got an eye infection.

He was at the Vet’s office more that most kittens.

The ladies who worked in the Vet’s office called him their ‘Little Man’.

He was such a loving and brave boy,

everyone loved The Billy Mouse.

June Bug and Billy

He made friends and had snuggle buddies.

Billy Mouse

And he grew up to be Cat Mom’s loving ‘Little Man’,

her sweet Billy Mousie.

I am so thankful that The Mouse was so brave

and pulled through all the issues he faced in his life.

I love all our kitties,

but there is something about those who face adversity and overcome

that just really touch my heart.

Have any of you had that happen with a kitty?

Tell us about it in the comments, we love happy endings!

21 Comments

  • Loulou

    August 25, 2022 at 6:59 am Reply

    Well, we have had wonderful luck with our past kitties and were always terribly sad at the end but we have not had adversities that were overcome like your little man’s WHAT A DARLING. Oh, for that kitty in our family, too. A perfect little mouse.

  • BellaDharma an BellaSita Mum

    August 25, 2022 at 4:53 pm Reply

    Oh you know it Catscue Mum….Purrince Siddhartha henry was my “Little Man”.
    He will be gone 4 years this coming Sunday…He was with me for 3 1/2 years & as you know stole my heart.
    And then the Panleukopenia stole Siddhartha Henry from me….
    I am so happy Billy Mouse aka “Little Man” survived & thrived!
    Much love BellaSita Mum & **purrss** BellaDharma

  • A ShutterBug Explores

    August 25, 2022 at 4:55 pm Reply

    Oh so glad Billy is still with you ~ he is adorable and precious and brave ~ sweet photos of this handsome kitty ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

  • messymimi

    August 25, 2022 at 5:46 pm Reply

    We’ve had those, and two stand out.

    A litter of 7 was dumped in a family’s yard, they couldn’t bottle feed babies and contacted the rescue. We named the girls Loxley and Marian, and the boys Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, King Richard and the runt was Lionheart. He had had a lion heart, having to have fluids several times, and was a very brave, special kitten. The family said they wanted to adopt him back when he was big enough, and they did. (Another story there, mom with 6 kids, dad was a firefighter who’d just been killed in the line of duty and oh, did they want a kitten. They were tight on funds, so i paid their adoption fee.)

    The other was Uno. A feral colony was being systematically TNRed. Much of the colony was inbred, and the last fertile female had her last litter, then she passed away and so did all but one of the kittens (heart trouble was most likely, just like the mom). Only Uno was left, and he was obviously different.

    He was a very slow learner, and very clumsy for a cat. As i like to say, if he’d been a child, he would have been special ed. We put him with a younger litter, and they had to teach him how to jump. They’d race across the kitchen floor, then jump down the one step into the hall, and he would follow, then stop at the edge. They’d keep coming back for him, jumping up and down until he would follow. Splat! He always landed oddly, mostly on his belly, but then he’d pop up like a cork and continue playing. He took longer to litter train and to teach him to eat.

    He was worth the extra time and attention, and got a great home with, of all people, a special ed teacher in training!

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