Birthdate: 09-15-2005
Gender: Female
Weight: 8lbs
Breed: Domestic Mediumhair
Colorization: Dilute Tortie
Biography: Puffin was born to a feral momcat called Magic Cat, who was the first born kitten of Mama. Before we could get Magic trapped and neutered she gave birth to Puffin and her brother, an orange and white tabby who we never saw. He was adopted by our landlord's brother. We hope he is having a wonderpurr life. Magic sadly disappeared in December of 2005 never to be seen again. :( Puffin stayed around with her grandma, Mama until April of 2006, when she too disappeared. The last time we saw her she was ill with a URI but was too feral to seek help from us. We were very sad that she was gone. By some miracle that we cannot explain, Puffin showed up again in January of 2007 and took up residence in an igloo. She stayed in that igloo for 2 months...her entire pregnancy! On March 17, St Patrick's Day, she gave birth to 4 beautipurr babies... Smudge, Toes, Mellow Yellow and Buffy. Mel and Buff were adopted my loving furmilies and Smudge and Toes came inside to live with us, Puffin, however, remained illusive. Since she was still not neutered, she became pregnant again right away. At this point Puffin was beginning to trust us more and i could scratch her head while she was eating. On July 8, 2007 i saw my opportunity and scruffed her and inside she came! Several weeks later she gave birth to 4 bundles! Angel, Moose, Moon and Zany were born on July 24, 2007 and since they were born here, they stayed here. Puffin was happy to be out of the elements but was not integrating into the furmily very well. She took up residence under a love seat and we made that "her area". In September we were able to get her into a carrier, take her to the Humane Society where she was spayed. Now she is here with us as a member of our large furmily and she has her own routine. She will never be a "lap cat", but we accept her on her terms.

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