My name is Sweetie Pie #purrs-sweet-nothings!

DOB 2/24/15

Hey there, everyone! My name is Sweetie Pie, and you can imagine how I got my moniker: I’m a sweet, quiet, loving “torbie” gal with big green eyes. “Torbie” means that I’m a brown tabby with random patches of orange that look like I’ve gotten sprinkled with caramel in a candy factory.

My favorite spot is on Foster Meowmy’s lap because I luxuriate when she gently strokes my ears, cheeks, and chin. When she coos over how darling I am, I turn on my rumbling purr motor. At first we exchanged lengthy forehead-to-forehead nudging, but once I started trusting her even more, we started rubbing our noses, i.e. we Eskimo kissed. Surprisingly, being held brings me great joy, and when I was at the vet recently, I hugged one of the vet techs and purred sweet nothings in her ear when she snuggled me to her chest.

I’m a playful girl who enjoys carrying tiny stuffed animals around, dropping them by my food bowl, and then carrying them back to my bed so I can snuggle with them. My favorite interactive play with Foster Meowmy is when she makes my plush toys become puppets. In my pensive moments, I like to hang out in my kitty cubbyhole and look out the window as the world walks, scampers, or flies by. I’m fine alone while Foster Meowmy’s at work as long as she greets me by gently touching my head before my meals. Believe it or not, my favorite treat is malt-flavored kitty toothpaste.

I had been an outdoor stray who hung out on three porches at Foster Meowmy’s apartment complex for a few years. Two neutered male kitties protected me from other unfriendly cats at the community feeding station. The neighbors called me “Scaredy Cat” because I ran away when anyone got too close. Everyone assumed that I was an unsocialized feral cat, but when a HOPE volunteer trapped me, the vet discovered that I was already spayed; so my ear was notched, and I was released back outside.

But then I experienced a blessing in disguise: I injured my leg around Thanksgiving. So Foster Meowmy brought me inside to recover (it's now 100%) and ended up keeping me inside because of the freezing winter weather. Well, I made a miraculous transformation once I was inside and proved that I had probably been someone’s pet in the past who unfortunately was abandoned or had gotten lost. It took being safely inside again for my sweet disposition to shine and to enamor all my hoomans, including the vet staff!

I’m ready to find my forever home now! Foster Meowmy thinks I’d be perfect for anyone who’s looking for a quiet lap-companion to binge on Animal Planet or Netflix with them. This could be retirees, adults, or even well-behaved children. I need to be an only pet-child because I’m scared of dogs and cats from my hardscrabble days of fending for myself. Arrange to meet me today! Incidentally, there are advantages to adopting a mature kitty who’s past the mayhem of kittenhood. I’m much less likely to cause chaos in your home or break any of your treasured accessories.

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If you are interested in Sweetie Pie and would like to fill out an online Cat Adoption Application, please go to http://www.homelesspets.net/adoption-forms/cat-adoption.php . Submitting an application does not obligate you to adopt, but it initiates contact with us and gets the process started.  If you have questions prior to filling out the application or want to find out which adoption site this feline will be this week-end, email us at hope@homelesspets.net , and a volunteer will get back to you.