My name is Roxbro. 

I am a very fortunate kitty that I was born along with my sisters and brother under the best conditions. Both my mother and my dad have pedigrees and ribbons displayed proudly on the walls of the cattery where I was born. They said we were white, silver shaded chinchilla persians. We were given the best of everything and that also included being raised and treated with love and affection. When I became old enough a very nice lady came to visit with my brother, sisters and I. She visited with mom and dad and saw my aunts and other family too. I could tell I was her favorite because I was showing off for her and she just kept laughing and patting me and picked me up the most. I was so happy when she said she would take me home and be my new mommy. When she went up the stairs to fill out some paper I followed her and she let me come with her. After a little while, she said we were going for a car ride and it was time to say good-bye to my brother and sisters and my human friends that took care of me. I was so happy that this lady, my new mommy was going to take me on an adventure. She brought a kitty carrier so I would be safe in the car for the ride which she called my new home. I talked to her excitedly all the way home and she just laughed and told me stories of what this new home would be like. She told me I would have other brothers and sisters but that they would not look the least bit like me like the family I just left. I was excited and couldn't wait to meet them. When we got to my new home, mommy had a special place all set up for me. She had new food dishes, a brand new litter pan with wonderful clean sand in it. She placed me in it to show me that this was where I should go potty and I wanted to show her I liked it so much that I did that for her. She laughed and told me I was a good boy so I went in and tried again but I didn't have to go potty anymore and she still laughed, talked and patted me anyway. There was a white and gold brass bed for me, and toys...lots of colorful toys. I was so happy and I told her I loved everything. I think my brothers came to the closed door but mommy didn't let them in. She said I needed to adjust to all my new things and slowly I would meet them. I was just so happy I fell asleep in her arms. When I woke up I was in my new bed and it was so comfy that I stretched and fell back asleep. Mommy and my new human brother and sister would come in and visit with me. The next day Mommy said it was time to put all my new things into a bigger room. I liked that room too. I could tell my other brothers were coming to visit me because I could hear them come to the bottom of the closed door and try to smell under the door. Mommy said that after I left the little room they went in there and sniffed it out. I bet they were looking for me but mommy said in a few days I would meet them. Everyday, mommy changed me to a new room and then they were allowed to go into that room and see if I was there. I think we were playing hide and seek and it was fun. Mommy said that they would get used to my scent in the house which I though was funny because I didn't smell. One day mommy left the door to my room open just a little bit. The first one to come and peek into the door was one of my big new brothers BrandyCat.

He wasn't very friendly and he didn't talk to me. He just starred at me through the door. I ran and jumped at the door for him to come in and play with me but he hissed at me and walked away. Oh well, I would just have to play by myself for awhile because I know mommy will be here soon. Pretty soon I saw someone at the door again and guess who? It was BrandyCat again. This time he lay at the door and watched me. Mommy and I played a trick on BrandyCat the next morning. She took all my things and me and put me into another room and left the door open just a bit like she did before. I bet BrandyCat was wondering where I was when he went into the room and I wasn't there. This was a fun game. Finally BrandyCat found me in the other room and lay at the other side of the door. This time when I ran to the door he didn't make that hissing noise. He just watched me so I showed him how I could play with my new toys. I had another visitor come to the door too. She was so big and she was black with white and some brown markings. Mommy said that was BunnyDog and that she was a collie X.

BunnyDog was laughing and mommy let her into my room. She sniff me and licked me and almost pushed me over with her tail. I liked her. She lay there while I jumped on her tail and she just smiled a lot. I showed her how I could play funny and she just always smiled. I went to her big nose and she kissed me then smiled again. She was my new big sister and I knew we would be good friends. Mommy told me a story that when BunnyDog was a pup, she was the runt of the litter and now that she's older, 15 or 16 I think, she has arthritis all in her back and her butt and she also has allergies and mommy likes to tell people she is allergic to humans because of what they say about being allergic to animals. Sometimes when BrandyCat went for a nap in one of the bedrooms, Mommy would bring me downstairs and I would play with my new family and BunnyDog. That's when mommy said I had even more brothers and sisters. I was so so happy here. Mommy took me to this funny big cage thing and something really strange was in it. I didn't know what it was but it came to the front of the cage thing and mommy called it Chico. She told me I shouldn't get too close. I wanted so badly to see what Chico was because he looked very strange.

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Mommy said he was a Quaker Parakeet and sometimes he could bite. I put my little paw to Chico to say 'hi' and Chico tried to pinch me with his beak. Maybe I should try again. Ouch! This time it hurt a little bit. I think mommy was right and I should just watch him and not touch. Chico doesn't call me Roxbro like mommy and the rest of the family. He calls me Baby. Probably cause mommy calls me her baby. Mommy explained that Chico came from a very neglected home. His feathers were all gray and he didn't have a tail. He didn't talk but mommy taught him. She didn't even know what kind of a bird he was until he finally started to get color in his feathers and grew a tail. Then she took me to another big cage. There was something in there that mommy called a Condor and said her name was Polly.

Polly just nodded her head at me but I knew I better not wave 'hi' to her or she might pinch me too. My mommy said I was a smart little baby because I was learning very fast. She told me the story of when she rescued Polly she was totally bald except for some feathers on her head. Her skin was white and her belly was sunk in. She said she was close to death and she didn't know what a nut of any kind was. Mommy had to show her how to open them and then show her there was food inside. Now all nuts in shells are her favorite treat but she like fresh fruit and vegetables too. Mommy said she would take me on one more great adventure before I had to go and rest in my room again. WOW! It was amazing! She took me where there was a whole lot more of those cages but when I looked there was ten other kinds of birds. Mommy said they were called Cockatiels.

I could tell they liked me too but I knew better than to wave at them. Chico taught me that. They were showing off for me and playing with bells and swinging on swings and hanging upside down and even coming to see me. But I didn't wave. I just watched them playing and I was happy they liked me too. They made funny noises for me so I just sat there listening and watching them. Mommy told me that 3 of them were rescued from places that neglected them and ended up with mommy needing to nurse them to health with proper foods, vitamins and special care. She already had one bird Benny and once Baby was fully recovered after a couple of years, Mommy let Baby and Ben make babies. She only allowed them one breed once a year but then she couldn't part with them afterwards so she says NO MORE! She did give my gramma, her mommy, 2 baby birds and 2 cats so when they go to visit they have pets there too. My new home was so much fun. The next day mommy was sitting with me in my room but she left the door wide open. I was playing and guess who came into my room? BrandyCat! I ran to play with BrandyCat but he hissed at me with his ears back. Maybe he doesn't want to play. I just lay down and watched him. He lay down too. I saw his tail moving like BunnyDogs so I thought maybe I could play with it. Bad move I think because BrandyCat hissed at me and even tried to hit me. I thought then I would lie down just like BrandyCat and take a nap like my new big brother. Mommy said that once I fell asleep BrandyCat walked over to me and sniffed me all over and then came to mommy and slept on her lap. She says sometimes BrandyCat gets miserable because he is 9 years old and has heart murmur and on medication everyday for it. She was very happy because now I had met my whole new family. She also said it was time for me to explore the house on my own. She showed me where everything was and it was so exciting. I even decided to go potty in BrandyCats box like a BIG boy! BrandyCat told me he was the boss of this home and as long as I remember that, that we could become good friends. He taught me I never eat first. Always wait for him to finish and then it was okay. At first he didn't want me in his window but now he shares it with me. I can even lay on the chairs and the beds now when he's there. I let BrandyCat be boss and he protects me. One weekend when mommy and daddy came home from up north, they brought home another kitten named Petu.

Mommy said he was going to be my brother too but he was very rude and loud. Mommy said she brought him home because the man that had him was tired of him and was going to put him out in the bush to eat blueberries. He wasn't neutered and she said he smelled up the house so bad at first. She was going to change his name to Phew! She said his ears were so bad with ear mites that the insides of his ears were bleeding. He was a year old and he thought he was going to be boss but BrandyCat told him differently. One day mommy fed us and BrandyCat ate first and Petu decided he was going to trade places with me and go second. I didn't say anything but BrandyCat got so upset with Petu and made him go third. That's when I knew my big brother BrandyCat was my HERO!