Behind the Whiskers

Name: Sally (Part II)

Location: Battle Creek, MI (USA)

Story: "... She had a couple of habits learned in hard times such as saving food for later and hiding her toys so no other cats could take them. I gave her a small cardboard box to put her toys in, and she used it for quite some time. After 11 years, she has mostly forgotten her fear of not knowing where her next meal was coming from, but she does still save food for later. One day early on, I saw her killing and collecting crickets. She had a pile of them in the corner of the room under the stereo, and I knew she was saving them for later so I didn't clean them up. That evening, she lay down with them and ate them with obvious enjoyment. She no longer eats bugs."