Tom Cullen

Date of birth: 6/28/05

(L-R: Callie, Bear, Sugarbutt, Smitty)

We got Smitty, Sad Eyes, Barrett and Little Cal when they were almost 12 weeks old, on September 11, 2005. They'd been staying with another foster mother for about a week when she needed to go out of town, and so they came to stay with us until they were ready to be adopted.

Three of them (Sugarbutt, Callie, and Smitty) went up for adoption at the pet store on October 18th. Bear was limping and seemed unlike himself, so we kept him for a few more days. After a couple of days of being the only kitten in the house, Barrett wormed his way into our hearts, and we decided to adopt him.

We immediately renamed him Tom Cullen and at the time of this writing (November 7, 2005) we're tending to call him Tommy.

A friendly little monkey, Tom Cullen throws himself at life claws first without worrying about silly things like consequences. He loves to sit on my lap while I watch TV and has gotten attached to me to the point where even if he's dead asleep, if I get up and move to another room, he wakes up, follows me, and flops down to go back to sleep.

He is the most determined cat I've ever seen. Some cats will climb up in your lap and dither for a while before settling down. Not our Tommy! He climbs up in your lap, lays down, and goes to sleep. He knows what he's doing, and he does it. He's a quiet little sweetheart and loves to be held and snuggled.

You can see more pictures of Tom Cullen, here.

See his Catster page, here.