I'm Sam
(Sam's page 1)
Sam wandered up to our house in the early summer of
2002 .
He didn't have a name or a collar, but he just seemed like
"Sam" when he showed up.
He didn't have a home that we knew of and inquiries with
the neighborhood confirmed that he had been hanging around for some
months but
no one knew where he belonged. He had been going house to house
and
getting handouts, but nobody had adopted him.
He was also still intact., so if he had an owner, he didn't
have one that cared
about him enough to get him neutered.
(Sam -October 2002)
Sam became more comfortable and less afraid. Soon he had made
himself at home,
so we took him in to get neutered and to get his shots and
tests.
That's when we found out that he was FIV positive.
We were reluctant to integrate him into the house with our
inside cats,
so he spends his days hanging out in Alan's office,
which is detached from the main house, or romping around the
yard.
We've converted our back yard into a fenced in area with
Cat-Fence-In which prevents him from leaving the yard and other cats
and critters from coming in. This keeps him in our yard so he won't
spread FIV to other cats. It also keeps other cats out so he won't pick
up any other diseases or get
hit by a car etc..
(Sam -October 2002)
Sam has mellowed quite a lot in the last few months.
On October 15, 2002 we had a micro-chip implanted in him in
case he gets out of the yard.
The chip allows an animal shelter to locate his people if he's
lost.
(Sam -October 2002)
Sam loves to climb on his jungle gym.
Sam shares his space with Samson ans Colleen
(March 2005)
