Casper

"Slywynk's Casper The Friendly Ghost Cat"
Surrendered to the Pottstown, PA Shelter, Adopted October, 2005

 

Pottstown, PA  April, 2005
Domestic Short Hair, Deaf

 

One day Wendy's employer came to her and asked if she wanted to adopt a 6 month old cat.  She wasn't sure what Noel would think about it so she went home and asked. "What's wrong with him?" he wanted to know.  All she could offer was all she knew,  was this was supposedly a really nice short haired white cat with 2 different colored eyes and he needed a home.  Noel said "OK" and they adopted him. 
 
It wasn't long before they noticed something was a little different about Casper. They noticed he could sleep through any volume of noise and only responded to vibration.  They did some research and found out that all white cats with blue eyes are deaf.  Casper had one blue eye and one green eye.  They found out that many times cats with 2 different colored eyes may be only half deaf, hearing out of the non-blue-eyed side, but their hopes were dashed. Casper is profoundly deaf.
 
They also came to realize another very interesting difference with this cat.  He has a voice and knows how to use it! When he gets stuck outside, he howls at the front door.  When he is hungry, he will push his food dish off the feeding shelf with a loud CLANG when it hits the floor.  He can't hear it but he knows we do.  When he comes in sometimes he howls just to see who will come find him! 
 
He is very friendly but still a little spooky around strangers. He hangs out in the barn with Fiona.  He also catches his share of mice.  Apparently you don't have to have ears to catch a mouse!  Or a bird, or a rabbit!  Casper is a hunter extraordinaire! Most recently, Casper came in and with his usual flare, pushed his food bowl off the platform.  However, it wasn't time to feed the cats.  But Casper disagreed.  Within the next half an hour, Casper showed back up in the kitchen howling loudly.  When Wendy went to see what was up, Casper laid the little dead bird at her feet, then jumped up onto his platform and asked to be fed AGAIN.  That was the first time he ever pulled that trick!  And no, he still didn't get fed!  Silly cat.  What was he thinking?
 
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