Cricket kitty

This is cricket, she was given to me by my sister. She used to live in an SF apartment and now is a 'farm' kitty. She loves being able to go outside and play in the dirt. Unfortunately, in may she was hit by a car. She survived, but her tail had been ran over & broken. Many vet bills later she's doing well and has had her tail amputated. A cat's tail has alot of nerves that control bowel & urinary functions. So cricket does not have control of either of those. We tried diapers, and I was successful at making cat 'suspenders' but soon her poor little bottom was not happy. I started building a 'cat house' for her.  in the mean time she lives in the backyard, which she's adjusting to. She was an extreme indoor kitty, she slept with me every night. now she can't even sit in my lap:(  


She sleeps in a crate every night because we have coyotes in this area. Recently since it's gotten quite a bit colder I slipped a heating pad under her crate. I turn in on low and it heats her bed in there. I think she enjoys it. So life is very different for 'pee pee' kitty. but I feel she is happy for now.


So it's sad she can't be my lap cat anymore, but I'm happy she's still alive and doing well. and she's proven that you can train a cat to a crate. Every night she runs right into the crate for bed time. 


here's her being cute laying on a box on the patio.