Honey Girl the three-legged cat
The animal control shelter in Spokane, Washington, contacted us about a three-legged cat who was found as a stray. The cat had a mangled leg, and the shelter staff took her to a veterinarian to have the limb amputated.
Although this cat was just as sweet as can be and loved people, no one was interested in adopting her. Because of her friendly and affectionate disposition, the shelter staff had named her Honey Girl.
She is a complete ham and a show-off, and she will do anything to get attention. Alayne calls her 'Pretzel' because of her ability to twist herself into all kinds of odd shapes.
She is usually on the perching shelves that line the walls of the cat house, and as soon as we walk in, Honey Girl begins throwing herself upside down or rolling on her back or hanging off the shelf. In other words, she'll do whatever is necessary to get you to notice her.
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In that photo of her on the left, you see exactly the kind of thing she does. "Over here! Look at me!" In case the visuals aren't enough, she often chatters with little meows as she goes through her routine. So while Alayne calls her Pretzel, Steve calls her Showgirl.
June 2008
