On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:12:03 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cheri wrote:
>>
>> Pets that are allowed to roam free often times come to a bad end, especially
>> in cities.
>
>I read once that in cities and suburbs, the #1 cause of outdoor cat death is
>getting hit by a car.
>
>To give hope to Julie though, I had a cat once that was indoor/outdoor. One
>day he decided to go on a "walkabout." After several days missing I
>constantly checked the SPCA and Animal Control to see if he was picked up.
>Eventually, I gave him up for dead.
>
>Then late one Friday night about 3 weeks later, I heard scratching on my
>front door and a couple of loud, "MEOWS." I opened the door and there he
>was and he brought home a girlfriend. A stray persian cat. I figured she
>was stray or abandoned because most of her long cotton-like fur was very
>matted.
>
>She became my new cat and eventually she trusted me enough to trim her fur.
>She was very standoffish. Even when she finally adopted me, she never liked
>to be held. She would always go into any room that I was in though just to
>be near me. I suspected that she was abused somewhere before she came to my
>home.

Your girlfriend's hair would be all matted too if all yoose did for
three weeks was to screw each other's brains out.