Boo, Brought to You By the Letter B

Meet Boo.

Look how small Boo is
compared to littermates

Boo is one of a litter of five kittens that a semi-feral mama cat dropped at my door when they were about 4 weeks old (she brought the first litter at 3 weeks a few months prior.  'Nother story).  There was 3 gray, one black and white and little black Boo in the bunch.  Boo was the smallest, and while the rest of them took to the softened kitten chow fairly easily, Boo would have none of it and had to be bottle fed for a few extra days.

When I sexed them, I had Boo pegged as a boy, but when he didn't develop as the rest of them did, I took another look.  Must be a girl.  As a responsible pet owner, I made the appointment at the appropriate time  so as not to add to to the kitten population in Ross County (I had already trapped and had mama cat fixed and released).  The vet called that afternoon and said that Boo had come through the surgery just fine, but that he was indeed a he and not the little girl I had dropped off that morning!

I was told that it happens all the time, that even the local cat rescues don't get it right, but it was still embarrassing.  He really was a little thing for so long, and to be honest, once I had decided he was a girl, I never really looked again.  Regardless, Boo will be neither having babies nor making them, since the deed was done.

Boo with his Halloween Candy Corn

I'm taking part in the A-Z Blogging Challenge, where I will post something from each letter of the alphabet on the corresponding day in April, except for Sundays.  I will be posting on at least one of my four blogs daily.  You can see my other blogs in the sidebar - More of Marie Anne.