Sharon and her husband, Vic, raised seven daughters and a foster child, but today their lives “are all about our animals”.
Seven years ago, they went to a pet store to buy some aquarium fish. Vic also looked at the adoptable cats. and instead of fish, they left the store
purr-oudly carrying Mew-fasa. A year later, they returned to the pet store again looking for fish. Somehow, they missed the small print that there was a big cat adoption drive that day.
Sharon fell in love with a beautiful black long-hair kitty, Magic, caged with an orange tabby, Simba. When they discussed adopting the black cat, the staff suggested that the couple also adopt the orange kitty. The couple looked at each other, grinned, and left with both Magic
and Simba.
“We were happy with our three fur babies who were allowed to go outside. Magic was extremely friendly and went up to anyone, even strangers. But one day, he didn't come home. We drove all around looking for him, but we couldn't find him.”
The heartbroken couple were paws-itive that he had been stolen. Nevertheless, they constantly searched lost internet cat boards and humane
shelters.
For the next four years, while driving, they kept a vigilant lookout for their cat. The black felines they saw never checked out to be Magic. They were convinced they would never see him again, yet they never broke the habit of stopping and checking out black cats.
One day, a microchip company phoned Sharon and asked, “Do you own a black cat called Magic?” Someone had found her cat twenty miles from home and on the
other side of the river!
“I was ecstatic and cried,” said Sharon. “They told us which shelter Magic was at and when Vic arrived home with Magic, I cried all over again. It was pure joy seeing and holding him again. (Magic, that is, but Vic is a charmer too!)”
When Sharon put kibbles and kitty treats down, as much as the cat tried to eat them he kept dropping them. Sharon realized that he couldn’t chew, so she gave him canned food,
which he ate like he hadn't eaten in days (and he probably hadn't). They are taking him to a vet for his teeth. Many starved cat’s teeth rot and fall out which appears to be what happened to Magic.
There were some things about Magic that Sharon had forgotten like sittting with the tip of his tongue sticking out. He likes sticking his wet nose against her face, giving her head loving head butts, and he purrs so hard that he
drools.
“Magic is happy to be home,” said Sharon, “and he and his kitty siblings are getting along. He is NOT happy that we aren't letting him outside because I'm afraid of losing him again.”
During Magic’s world travels, Sharon and Vic adopted Shelby, a 160-pound St. Bernard. Poor Magic is trying to figure out if Shelby is going to eat him, but the dog’s calm nature is winning over the “new” family kitty.
“I
think that, in time, they will be best buds,” said Sharon, “because each day they are sitting closer to each other. We are so happy to have Magic home. We are thankful to the microchip company, the shelter staff and the family who recognized that Magic was a stray and took him to the shelter.”
