The chives and crocus sprouted in my garden recently and were summarily eaten by varmints. Could have been rabbits, could have been packrats, could have been squirrels - I don’t think snakes are vegetarians. Whomever...I was not about to stand by and watch the fruits of my labor be eaten by someone else. I had rescued two feral cats last summer when my tomatoes began to disappear, but the relocation was unsuccessful – the cats ran away from home at their first opportunity, never to be seen again. This go-round, I decided to adopt a domesticated cat who simply preferred to live outdoors.
Fate intervened and I learned of a young black cat named Kismet who needed a new home. I went to Albuquerque to pick him up and used the opportunity to purchase a cat door so he could have a home in the feed room but go out hunting whenever he felt like it.
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The moment the barn cat arrived and took one look at Hank, Lyle, George, Alan, Wynonna, and Willie, he said, “If I’m going to fit in here, I need a name befitting a rough-and-ready ranch cat.” So I call him Deets, after the very cool tracker/cowboy in Lonesome Dove, who happened to be black. Option 2 was Clint...Black, but Deets seemed to be a better fit, and it also opens a new category of names should I ever expand my herd, since I was running out of options in the first-names-of-country-singers-whom-I-really-like category.
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So this is Deets. He hangs in the feed room by day and keeps me company while I prepare all the meals; once it’s dark he goes off hunting. It’s only been four days since he joined the herd, but I’m pretty sure he’s loving his new life.
And welcome to Deets - what a gorgeous cat!
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