Hello, my name is Magnus. I came to live here July 7, 2005. I was about 4 months old then. I was adopted from a rescue in Gainesville, Florida. My foster mom found my real mom pregnant at Café gardens. She took her in. I almost wasn’t born. My mom started bleeding and my foster mom had never had a kitty in labor before. She took me to a vet, who wanted to take me out of my mom and put me to sleep. In order to keep my foster mom’s “numbers’ down. My foster mom didn’t let this happen, and I was allowed to come into this world. My new mommy is thankful for this, as she loves me very much. My new mommy agrees with spaying pregnant cats if it is done very early, as there is a pet population problem, but she does not agree with spaying a cat who is about to give birth or more importantly, pushing a responsible person like my foster mom to dispose of kittens that they are willing to accept responsibility for. As to how I found my mom, my new mom wanted another kitty. She had four, but the kitties had shifted. Cosette was a loner without Lestat. Tasha hung around Claudia, who got here in February and Dante played with Claudia but was used to tasha spending all of her time with him. She only played with him occasionally now. My Meowmy went on Petfinder. If she found a kitty, she’d adopt one. If not, she’d wait til one came along. She saw me and sent an email. A few days later they called her back. It just so happened my foster mom was at the directors house when they called and mommy got a chance to talk to her. My personality sounded just like what Meowmy was looking for. My foster mom thought my Meowmy would give me a good home. Mommy and my human sisfurs were very excited. My human sisfurs kept my petfinder picture on the computer desktop. My new mommy drove to Gainesville to see me the next day and took me home. Meowmy took me to her vet. I was a month behind in size but the vet points out that could be due to being bottle-fed and neutered early. Plus she says I’m probably gonna be a long skinny cat, I threw a fit when she took the blood for the fiv/felk test. I throw tantrums a lot, especially when no one is paying attention to me. Mommy has never heard a kitty be so demanding and sound so angry for attention. She plays with me a lot and I sleep on her bed. Of course, my human family loves me. But here is the thing…my kitty family loves me too. ALL of them, which is something Mommy did not expect. At first, Claudia was hissy but she started to play after a week or two. Tasha is friendly but passive. Dante loved me from the start. Meowmy thought it would take time for him to get used to me like he did with Claudia. But he saw me, came right up and cleaned me. He is very protective of me and tries to gently teach me how to behave myself. That was not the biggest surprise though. Mommy had weak hopes that Cosette would attach to Claudia. Cosette was lonely after Lestat died but didn’t like other kitties. She did not attach to Claudia. Meowmy had no hope she’d attach to me, the thought did not cross her mind. She saw me occasionally, paid no attention but at the same time didn’t hiss. Meowmy went on vacation for a week. She took the dogs but left us at home, having grandma look in on us everyday. She was gone for a week. Grandma kept saying she couldn’t find me but she was pretty sure I was with the other one hiding. Meowmy thought she meant Claudia. Mommy got home and wanted to see all of us. Dante, Tasha and Claudia all ran to her. A glance confirmed Cosette was in her usual hiding place. She could not find me. She looked under all the beds, the closets and the the couches 3 times. She became frantic and started to wonder if Grandma let me out without noticing. Grandma, knew exactly where I was and told Mommy I was with Cosette. Mommy didn’t listen, because she thought it was impossible. After an hour of searching, my human sisfur Marian checked Cosette’s hiding place more closely. I was curled up with her. I like her well enough, but Meowmy is more thrilled that she loves ME because now she has a friend too! I am a happy, attention needing little guy and I get it here. My family loves me and I’m happy. More about Magnus: Where I got my name: Meowmy adopted me as well as Claudia in memory of Lestat Magnus was the vampire that made Lestat. My name was Edwin before but that didn’t seem to fit. meow my called me Edwin magnus, then magnus Edwin until I learned my name My birthday: March 19. That makes me on the Pisces Aries cusp. Close to spring equinox and during mercury retrograde. What I like: Attention! My toys and anything that moves My Care2 Photo Album Magnus won at the West Pier the second week of October...yay! Home Tarot Readings By Starbreeze True Tarot Readers