11/02/85 - 08/01/06
Human family: His human Jay
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Sharkbait

Sharkbait was one of my first rescues . I picked him up at a vets office. I had just lost a 21 year old that had been with me for 5 yrs. I was told of this cat at the vets that had been there for a year. I went to look at him and still rember this x large,not fat just big, cat hiding behind the x ray machine. They were busy so I would come back the next day to see if the cat and I could make a conection.

Now , you see Sharkbait had been there for a Year. After the vet knew he was being abused. The original owners had brought him back a second time for being hit by a car ( he was so beautiful he never was hit by a car much less twice.) After putting in the second pin in his leg the vet jacked the bill up. This time the people would not pay it and leave the cat(Sharkbait was what they called him).

They were not going to let a male adopt him because he was so afraid of everybody ,especially males. But he had been there a year and let me have a look at him anyway . The next day when no customers were around I was sitting Indian style on the waiting room floor, about 25 feet away the door opens and a vet tech comes in with him in her arms. She says" I don't think this will work" sets him down and Shark makes a bee line for me and jumps into the circle of my legs. Her jaw drops and I tell him he is coming home with me.

It took a little more than two years for Shark to loose the reflex flinch when i would pet him. He was about 6 and stayed with me for 15 years. He was the dearest cat , so big but with this sweet voice . I miss him dearly even now years later .

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