Charlie and Cammie two kitties who stole my heart.

When I was about nine years old my Mom Surprised me for my Birthday I had asked to get a dog,but when I opened this tiny package there were two cat collars inside. Mom had said that I could have a cat (even though she herself was Allergic) and My brother could get one as well. well a few days later or so we went to a local pet store called "the crows nest" well we went in and looked at all the kittens there were lots of Siamese but I did not really want a Siamese. I looked in one cage and there was this little black and white one who just seem to have my name written all over him he was sweet cuddly and loving, I eventually named him charlie while my brother had found a very timid yet sweet tortie which he named Cammie. now shortly after we got them we had taken them to the vet whose name was Dr Paul and we found out that Cammie was very healthy but that charlie had Feline Leukemia ugh I thought I was going to lose this kitty that I had just fallen in love with, well I did not and we became fast friends he was always patiently waiting at the back door when ever he heard the school bus at the end of each school day. if you think you cannot train a cat to do tricks guess again my mom and I taught this cat to roll over on command. Eventually as time went on the whole family fell in love with a lot of Charlie's antics. When my Uncle moved in to live with us He figured out how to jump from the fence to the roof to get to my Uncles balcony and if it was at night he would meow as loud as he could until my Uncle would come out pick him up and literally carry him downstairs though the house and put him in the Gigantic dog house that we had to put the cats in at night to keep them out of fights and harms way. Going down thought the house was Charlie's way of saying good night to all of us his Family. Well one night after charlie had done this I was holding Cammie as she had been waiting at the back door to be put way for the night,and my Uncle was holding charlie well we went out and opened up the top to put both cats in well when we did that I looked in and there was this black and white skunk well my Uncle thought that it was charlie until I pointed out that he was holding charlie needless to say the cats stayed in the laundry room until the skunk had gone. we eventually found out that it was a baby skunk but nobody wanted to get sprayed so we played it safe and let the cats sleep inside that night.

Well Charlie soon figured out how to get out each morning and figured out where my Bedroom window was well each morning that was my wake up call was his very LOUD Meowing. I later found out that charlie was what is known as a Tuxedo cat and that they can have some Siamese in them and that is why they are both very vocal and loving and almost dog like. Charlie would actually come when he was called and then look at you like you called and here I am.

Now Cammie was very different she was very independent she would go off and we would not see her for days but one thing that she loved was Salmon and she always seemed to know when ever mom had gone to the store because there she would be at the back door waiting. She also loved to almost sort of carry on a Conversation with you if you asked her "hi Cammie how are you"? she would look at you and then just meow right back. as she got older she got less and less independent and would stay in the back yard more and more.

one Memory I have of Charlie is when I was in about 6th grade and he followed me to the bus stop I could hear meowing though the bushes and I looked over and there he was it was as if he was scolding me for being out of my yard the way I would scold him for being in the front yard because we lived on a very busy street. One summer when we were on Vacation charlie did not understand why my Uncle was the only one home so my Uncle made the mistake of leaving the back door open well Mr Charlie snuck in and was running around Meowing as loud as he could and looking for everyone. once I was in high school my Senior year they let you take your picture with a friend well I chose Charlie because to that point in my life he was my Best friend. One of Charlie's favorite things to do was to ride around on my shoulders he would be purring as loud as he could and kneading at the same time. He also love to lick people I later learned that when a cat does this they consider you part of their family. One thing that mom and I both loved charlie for was he loved to hunt and he knew what he was allowed to have and and what was not ok because several times he would come to the back door with a bird still alive and sometimes if you told him to drop it he would and the bird would fly away other times you would have to pry his mouth open because he was so proud that he had brought you a present. I also later learned that this is a cats way of thanking you for feeding them. charlie was such a good hunter that if you asked him where a mouse was he would look and look and listen trying to figure out where it was.

Later on after high school and college and I had grown up and moved away from home I was very sad to learn that Cammie was sick with kidney disease one night mom had her in the dog house that they slept in and and it was getting late and mom gave her some water and she meowed later before mom went to bed she checked on Cammie and she was gone. that same year in June charlie suddenly got very sick and passed on I strongly believe it was because he missed Cammie so much and it was because they had be together since they were both kittens. I have also learned since then that tuxedo cats do have some Siamese in them they are very social cats and love to please their owner.

I do miss all 3 of the cats that I grew up with I think I miss Charlie the most because he was my bud its funny how you can get so attached to an animal they just love you no matter what. Cammie she was a sweetie in her own way she did not like to be held too much charlie the more you held him the happier he was lol and bandit well he was just the bud.

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