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Our three cats, Poofy, Oliver, and Sunny enjoying some relaxation time in our little house in Monterey. Sunny is ill and on the decline, and Poofy doesn’t feel great, either. But Oliver is full of energy and mischief. It’s a good thing that Poofy has too much arthritis to catch Oliver because she would like to take some of the spring out of his step.
Sunny and Oliver are getting in the holiday spirit in Monterey. We’ve got the tree up that I brought back from Forked Meadow and there’s even a LEGO train around it (not pictured). I’m sure the kitties are looking forward to opening all their presents on Christmas morning!
Over the last several months, we’ve seen this big tuxedo kitty hanging around outside. We saw his owners once maybe nine months ago. At the time they called him Ofius. From what we could tell, his parents left Monterey maybe six months ago and left the poor kitty behind.
He had a collar with a tracking tag but the tag was dead and there was no way to get information out of it. We had to loosen it several time We had his chip scanned and he was in the system. However, when the SPCA tried to contact the owners, the number was dead and there wasn’t enough information for the SPCA to identify the family. In the SPCA’s system his name was Mr. Steele.
We took him to our vet to get checked out and had all his shots updated. The SPCA had given him his initial set back in the fall of 2019 when he was a kitten.
We then initiated a transfer of his chip information to us with the SPCA. After a few weeks, the news came back that we’re now his parents! Now introducing…
Mr. Oliver Ofius Steele Van Reiff!
I understand that he will complete his doctorate soon.
