We adopted him from the North Melbourne Animal Shelter in 2005. All we know is that he was about 5 years old and he was found wandering around Frankston. There were only two cats to choose from that day and we chose him! (the other one was a cute kitten but I decided on the puffy full grown man).
He has had many names:
Juno
Boobie
Vlad
Handsome B Wonderful
Bobo
Bobo McSnaggles
Boab
Jame Bond (after Thailand's inability to remember the "s" in James)
Boobilina
Petunia
... but his name is Bobo - but I sometimes call him Boab. I think he has a few aliases at various vets around town, so we'd probably never remember exactly who was when he went there.
He's an inside man who yowls when I go to bed every night until he realises "oh hey, you're all in bed now.... let me join you". In winter Bobo sleeps between Stef and I under the doona and yes, it's very annoying.
He once got crystals in his penis and was in a lot of pain. He stayed in the hospital for a week and cost a lot of money and has eaten very very expensive cat food ever since (and remained penis-crystal free!) but we love him so it's ok.
He's also the most unphotogenic man around. Observe:
and
If I had a load of money I'd take out a full page ad in the paper and say "Hey, if you used to own this cat - we have him now and we just want to let you know he's alive and well and we love him heaps. You can never have him back."
If you hate cats... then I feel very sorry for you.
If you hate cats... then I feel very sorry for you.
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Oh what a big beautiful ginger boy! Such a boy!
I love cats, always have, i had a ginger boy,oddly named 'Ginger' for 17 years :o), my heart broke into a gazillion pieces when i found my boy had gone to kitty kat heaven, it took me along time to get another.
Anyways, i went to the shelter to get a little ginger boy, and came home with an adult female black and white princess! She is beautiful, her name is Ophelia, a.k.a Phee Phee(our dog at the time was Hamlet..:).
Oh, and yes, i feel sorry for cat haters too!
Sharnee #2
Awwww, I'm glad to hear that Ginger had a long life (17 years is pretty good!!!) but I know what you mean about your heart breaking.... pets are such good friends. xx
Love me some Bobo. I have 2 cats I adore. They keep getting sick & scaring me. I have had them for 16 & 11 years; they are a big part of my life and sleeping ritual (both on me as we adjust and move around the bed). My Jiffy is as big as Bobo, but Eggplant is 1/4 the size.
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