Squeak

Rick decided that Squeak should come inside for the next week because of the frigid cold.  The temperatures are dropping to a wind chill this week to -20 degrees below zero.  Tonight it's -3 degrees below zero right now.  The last time we brought Squeak in because of Winter frigid temps, several years ago, it took her about 3 days of hiding before she came out to greet us.  Today it only took her a couple of hours to make her appearance and now she is here laying beside me on the love seat all cuddled up with my warm, fuzzy housecoat.

This picture on the right is of Squeak when she was younger.

The picture below is a more recent picture.  It's only around 10 years old tho, so it's not that recent.

Squeak must be around 16 years old now.  I would have to check my records.

Squeak and Jybow were put outside around 2016 by Rick.  He doesn't like animals in the house.  Jybow was an indoor/outdoor cat so she loved it, but it took Squeak some time to get used to being outside since she had been a cat that never liked going outside.  Being with Jybow helped and she soon got used to it.  Jybow at 21 years of age was killed by a pitbull that had gotten loose.  She was caught by surprise because she could no longer see very well, smell or hear, so the dog snuck up on her.  We all were very upset that this happened to Jybow, especially Squeak who stood right by her side as she was laid to rest near P.J. and Daisy's graves in the backyard.

After the death of Jybow, Squeak was lonely.  After about a year she got to be buddies with a young kitten and I quit worrying so much about her having someone to snuggle with on those cold winter nights, but then the kitten decided to cross the road one day, and there went her buddy.  

Squeak is a kind of a strange cat.  She doesn't much trust anyone.  She took up with Jimmy and she loved Brian.  She just kind of tolerated me and after Jimmy and Brian were gone, she was forced to be my friend.  Now Squeak completely trusts Rick because he feeds her twice a day, and chases away any predators that might come around to harm her.  Rick can burst loudly out the front door, to scare away tomcats and Squeak just stands there.  When Rick first started doing this, Squeak would run away frightened, but she has learned to trust Rick now and she realizes what he's really doing and just sits right there until Rick is finished and then she'll go to the edge of the porch and take the credit for chasing away the toms.

Anyway, Squeak is inside tonight, and she hasn't forgotten anything about the good ole days when she once inhabited the house.  She'd rather be outside now, and would probably survive the cold just fine in her heated cathouse, but it just makes us feel safer to bring her inside for now.  She's such a good kitty, and we want to keep her safe.