We wanted to get a cat anyways, and we figured that taking him in would have special meaning. A time lapsed between us actually adopting him and his friend’s passing.

He was left outside most of the time and acquired fleas and ear mites. We had to fight the critters pretty hard to get rid of them.

Cricket has seemed a lot happier since he’s not getting bitten all the time. He seems to sleep all day, but gets very hyper active in the evenings and early morning. He’s become our natural alarm clock…one that pounces on your face!

He seems to like just about any toy (or non-toy) we put in front of him. He is also fond of our vertical blinds (at least someone likes them). I don’t think he’s particularly smart since he’s chases shadows and does some obviously unintelligent things regularly.

But he’s cute. He’s my Cricket.