I Forgot Chris’s Fourteenth Gotcha Day

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Yes, I did it again. Chris’s fourteenth gotcha day was Tuesday and I missed it. I remembered the previous Friday, but I was busy at the time and didn’t think about it again until late last night.

We adopted Chris on November 14, 2009. He was about six months old at the time. I first met Chris over a month before while cleaning cages at PetSmart. He jumped from the floor to my back and climbed me like Mount Everest. When he reached my shoulders, he started biting my ear and then my nose.

Can you imagine a kitten like that not getting adopted? Actually, he did get adopted but he was far too annoying and was returned the next day. A week or two after I first met Chris, I brought my wife to the Sav-R-Cats adoption center in Surfside Beach South Carolina to see him. That was on the third of October.

Chris meets Rose
Bad Cat Chris at adoption center with Rose.
Chris at adoption center with Rose.

Alas, we didn’t adopt him that day. We already had too many cats. We also had a cruise coming up as well as a business trip for my wife.

On the twelfth of November Rose was away on her business trip and I was at the shelter. I was a volunteer, and my job was to photograph cats and post them on Petfinder, but I never photographed Chris for some unknown reason. Chris got on my shoulders again and another volunteer photographed me with my phone. In 2009, I did not have a good camera on my phone.


I texted Rose with the photo and said, “Can we keep him?”

When she returned from her trip we went to the shelter and brought him home. He took over from the moment we let him out of the carrier. We didn’t do what you are supposed to do. We just unleashed the kraken on the rest of our cats.

28 thoughts on “I Forgot Chris’s Fourteenth Gotcha Day”

  3. Dakota/Caren/Cody's avatarDakota/Caren/Cody

    Happy 14th Gotcha Day Chris!! I love him sooo much and he was obviously meant to be with you both! I have seen this video but love it, his tail is high in the air as he investigates. He knew he was in Kitty Utopia!!!! So happy you adopted him! I love this boy!

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  11. databbiesotrouttowne's avatardatabbiesotrouttowne

    happee bee lated dood….for what itz werth, de gurl doez knot rememburr
    R gotcha dayz ore R birthdayz…ore if we like trout better N salmon….frank lee
    we iz sir prized her rememburrz her own mind ~~~ !! 🙂

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