Betty

As I mentioned in my previous we've got a cat named Betty who likes to bring gifts home.

Betty came into our lives 11 years ago as a kitten when someone left a basket of kittens at the library where I worked as a substitute. We found homes for the others but decided to keep one ourselves.

Betty is pure black with long hair and as best we can tell we think she's part ragdoll and part maine-coon. She's a tiny little thing, despite her age you'd think she was only a few months old. But she's incredibly sweet and good natured.

Betty loves to hunt and she brings a variety of critters home for us. Mice, birds, rats, rabbits, lizards, moles etc. Usually she just leaves them at the back door for us but sometimes she'll bring home live prey. It's a rare day when Betty doesn't leave some kind of gift.

I've lost track of how many times she's brought something live home and into the house. We try to remember to make sure she doesn't have anything when she scratches to come in but sometimes she still sneaks something by us and then the chase is on.

Never a dull moment around this house, that's for sure.