Cats And Music

Cats, along with many other animals enjoy listening to music

My cat Snoopy

I once adopted a stray cat named Snoopy. She was starving when we first met her. We felt sorry for her, and fed her and after that she never left.

At first she was granted a blanket in the sunroom, along with a mat on which we placed food and water. When I worked in the garden or read in the sunroom, or when we ate dinner on the patio, she would hang out with us. We’d pet her, talk to her, play with her. But when it was time to close up shop, she was left outside.

Over time, though, she wore down our defenses.

I asked the neighbors if she actually belonged to anyone. Apparently one neighor had had several cats, but fed them all from the same large container. None of them were spayed, either.

So we adopted Snoopy. We thought she was a half-grown kitten. Turns out she was over a year old, but malnourished and she’d had a litter of kittens.

We immediately took ownership. I took her to the vet after getting her washed and brushed. She did not like that, but I wore my old leather fencing gloves and her claws proved no match.

After that came her vet visit, and we set up a place for her to recover, but she was having none of that. She wanted to sleep in our bedroom, with…