Happy Birthday Bowie!

My cat Bowie turned 3 yesterday! :) I thought I'd take this opportunity to let out my not-so-inner crazy cat lady!

My handsome kitty!  He was originally called "Fluffy", but doesn't he just look like a "Bowie"? :)

Bowie is my Turkish cat. I'm not 100% sure whether he is a Turkish Angora or a Turkish Van, but I'm leaning towards Van because he looks more like one of them and he has the same personality traits that they are known for. He's just the sweetest, most affectionate cat I've ever seen. He really does think he is a dog. He loves to chase around balls and will even fetch sometimes, sits on my lap when I'm sitting down, loves company and he is very talkative! He yells at me sometimes when I come home late at night. He's also a bit of a mama's boy, he likes to follow me around the house and starts to whine when he can't find me.

Bowie's Story:

Bowie is a "rescue cat". A girl I know found him one day when she was driving to work. There was a car stopped on the side of the road, and the driver was placing a basket on the ground. She saw a cat jump out of the basket and realized that the driver was abandoning it. She got out of her car, picked up the poor petrified cat and started yelling at the driver. She said that she had never seen a cat so scared and that Bowie was trying to get back into the car and had no idea what was going on. 

As she was leaving, the driver came after her and gave her all of Bowie's documents, including his vaccination card and microchip certification. He was just six months old. 

One of the first pictures I took of him. He was so small back then!! He is definitely a big cat now!

She asked me if I wanted the cat, and I wasn't sure at the time because I was just leaving my job and was going on vacation soon. I kind of wanted a pet though, so I agreed to meet the cat. I went to meet them at the vet (she wanted to give him a check up) and it was pretty much love at first sight! Even the vet was confused as to why someone wouldn't want him. She said that he was a pure breed (we thought he was a chinchilla at the time), and obviously someone had spent a lot of money on him. He's also so obedient and good natured, it just didn't make sense. She said that if my friend hadn't found him, he probably would have died. 

Hiding under my dresser

I took him home that night. He was whining in his basket so I popped it open a bit and he climbed onto my lap and just sat there and purred (I have never done that since that time as I realize how dangerous that is!) I brought him home and it took him a few days to get used to things, but he was soon walking around the house like he owned it!

Trying to take a nap, after a presumably long day!

Anyway, that's how I came to be a Cat Mama. Bowie is the first cat I've ever had. I was very much a dog person. Luckily, I have a cat who thinks he is a dog! Whenever I get home from vacation, he can hear my voice from downstairs and starts meowing like crazy! We're a perfect match because I've finally found something as emotionally needy as I am! :)

Anyway this is a long post so I'm going to end it and just put up some pictures of the birthday boy :)

Snuggle Bug

Doing his best superman impression. Check out how long he is!

Is she STILL taking pictures of me? *face palm*

Stuffing himself onto one of his Christmas presents.

Practicing yoga on the bed

Just waking up from his evening nap

Rolling around on top of his scratching post

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