RAPS is short for Regional Animal Protection Society, a registered charity and operator of a sanctuary which houses and cares for nearly 500 homeless or abandoned cats in Richmond, BC, Canada. The Neko Files is a celebration of the sanctuary and all those who live and work there.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Pumpkin

Trapped as a feral at a recycling plant, Pumpkin came to RAPS back in March of 2000. He has the distinction of being one of the original FIV cats at the sanctuary.


All this time later, he's still maintained his feral attitude, subjecting staff like Ann to a little head-clawing as she tries to work around him. Even so, perhaps inspired by her success in getting some cuddles out of our hissy Sissy, Ann has been experimenting with trying to get past Pumpkin's defenses.


She describes a recent attempt:
"He was sleeping back to back with Jeremy on day. I was scratching Jeremy and Pumpkin was threatening to kill me. So I just started scratching him up and down his back. So funny, he stops mid hiss, mouth hanging open.... Now if you're careful you can reach around and scratch him. But I warn you, it's like scratching a newspaper written in Braille!"

3 comments:

  1. That second picture sums Pumpkin up completely!!!! I love it!! Tonight I could feel his hot, hissy, breath on my face!!
    Ann

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  2. He almost has the Elvis snarl!

    Plus, Ann could experiment with hair products to create the full helmet head and yet still have bounce and curl...

    Karen M

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