SNOWBALL

by BECKY
(BOONE, NC)

MY NAME IS BECKY. I HAVE A WHITE MALE CAT, SNOWBALL. HE IS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD. HIS MOMMY WAS A STRAY CAT AROUND OUR HOME. I REMEMBER SEEING A WHITE CAT 1 TIME ALSO. SHE WOUND UP HAVING A LITTER UNDER OUR HOUSE. WHEN THEY STARTED COMING OUT WE FOUND A GREY KITTEN FIRST. MY NEICE TOOK IT. THEN WE FOUND ANOTHER GREY AND WHITE KITTEN AND MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE VET BECAUSE IT HAD A WOLF IN ITS SIDE. A WORKER UP THERE KEPT IT. THEN THERE WAS THE WHITE KITTEN SITTING ON TOP OF OUR LAWN MOWER. WE CAUGHT HIM AND I IMMEDIATLEY FELL IN LOVE. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS FEMALE. LATER ON WE FOUND OUT IT WAS MALE. HE HAS BEEN INSIDE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF HIS LIFE. WE DISCOVERED HE IS DEAF, AND AFTER TALKING WITH PEOPLE AND RESEARCHING I FOUND OUT ALOT OF WHITE CATS WITH BLUE EYES ARE DEAF. MY SNOW BALL HAS THE GREEN EYES. I READ THAT ONLY ABOUT 20 % OF THE ONES WITH GREEN EYES ARE DEAF. AFTER LEARNIGN THIS I REALIZED THAT WHEN WE CAUGHT HIM HE WAS MORE RELAXED AND TAMED UP QUICKER THAT THE OTHER TWO. AT THIS TIME I WAS AT HOME WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SINCE SHE STARTED SCHOOL I HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK, SO I AM LOOKING FOR A COMPANION FOR SNOWBALL. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT JOY IN MY LIFE.