Farrah

Farrah, aka Farrah Fawcett, came to us from the same place as Metis: left behind on a farm after the owners moved away. The farm cats' search for food brought them to a nearby home where the people fed them until RAPS was able to trap them all - a process that took more than a few months.

Farrah was the tamest of kittens born to a feral mother. While she's now as friendly as can be, her siblings never really stopped being wild. Gaye thinks if they'd been younger when brought to RAPS - they were no longer really kittens when trapped - staff might have had better luck taming the rest of them.

While Farrah's not pushy like some of the cats you'll come across in the back courtyard on a sunny day, she's just as fond of a nice cuddle. So you only have to seek her out once during a visit - after that, you're likely to have a furry shadow for as long as you stay within range of easy following.

Mini update -  June 8, 2010:

Ann has reminded of a "talent" of Farrah's that adds a little something to make her stand out: an excellent impression of the Billy Idol lip curl.
The photo below was taken shortly after an unruly garden hose escaped from plant watering duty and gave all nearby cats - and photographers -an unexpected shower.

Metis

With the large number of black shorthairs at the sanctuary, it can take a little while (to say the least) to go beyond rather generic impressions of little-black-catdom...

Metis first came to my attention among the various black cats roaming around at cage tops level with a flash of a paw and the sound of a loud slap. I looked up barely in time to see her give Leslie a solid smack in the head. Leslie's crime? She'd been stroking Metis and had the ill manners to break eye contact and look at someone else.

Some cats are sticklers for receiving a person's full and undivided attention. 

Metis was one of many cats left behind on a farm when the owners moved away. Over the better part of a year, the farm cats were slowly trapped and brought in to RAPS. In the mean time, a couple in a nearby property fed the hungry cats who regularly presented themselves at their back porch. Metis was named in their honour.