Right before they connected, my fiance Melissa had just started fostering cats, and there was a need for volunteers to foster pregnant mamas. So she jumped at the opportunity to help these mamas left on the streets.
Her first pregnant mama was Topsy, yes Topsy came to her as an abandon pregnant mama. It is hard to believe how someone would leave a cat like Topsy, who wants to be everyone's friend.
Melissa, after fostering Topsy and her 4 kittens, yes she was a mom of 4 kittens; decided to adopt the lovable feline. She felt a connection with Topsy from the beginning. Topsy would go on to be the Tia (aunt) to over 100 fostered kittens, that Melissa would foster throughout the next 5 years.
The first time I was over Melissa's home, Topsy immediately came to greet me. All of my prior experiences with cats, were that they like to hide, and only came out if they thought it was safe. So seeing how Topsy just came up to me was strange.
It took no time at all for her to make herself at home on my lap, and in fact for the first few months, I needed a pillow. She loves to dig in, when she is on people's laps, and I definitely wasn't prepared for that. Now I am so used to it, she can literally jump on my lap when I have gym shorts on, and scratch my bare legs, and I am not fazed.
Topsy is just a kind lovable soul, but has her moments. If the litter box isn't clean daily or at least once every two days, she let us know. She'll poop on the floor to get her point across lol, but those incidents are far a few between. Melissa has other even worse stories, but the 2 + years I have known Topsy, she hasn't done any of that.
Before she met me, she met Philly, and oh boy is that a story. She was still technically a foster, and was drying out after her pregnancy, so she hadn't been spayed yet. She escaped her foster room, and basically put herself in front of Philly as to say here I am, have at it haus 😹.
Throughout the years they had an up and down relationship. They would fight a lot, but mostly because Topsy would annoy Philly, as she would not cover up poop in the litter box. That wasn't all, she would also annoy him in other ways too.
Since Philly was a bigger cat, I would always come to Topsy's aid, after a fight and yell at Philly, the poor guy. They might have fought, but you could also find them together very often taking naps.
Our Philly was diagnosed with cancer last October, and he left us after an heroic battle in May. If you follow my videos, and have seen Philly's playfulness in action even at the age of 14.
One of my first and most popular videos, is actually of Topsy attacking Philly, which never happened. It was a few months into cancer, and I think she knew he was a weaker cat. However the one thing the video doesn't show is, he did retaliate afterwards, as to say I'm sick, but not that sick 😸. For more about Philly read his story
After Philly's death, Topsy was left alone until the last couple of weeks. If you have been following and watching my most recent videos, you know Vernon our foster cat. Verny is very playful and a handful, and to this day Topsy has yet to accept him.
Although Phil and Topsy would fight, it was mostly because Topsy got in Phil's way. Vernon however seeks out Topsy to play with, but she has no interest in doing so. If Vernon gets her, you often hear Topsy screaming.
Melissa is convinced they will work it out, and things may be getting better, but I am still on the fence. Vernon is very good to his humans, but if he is effecting Topsy's quality of life in anyway, then we can't keep him.
He has blood work to be done along with a dental procedure next month. Afterwards we will have to make a decision whether to keep him or not. I am hoping between now and then his and Topsy's relationship blossoms. For more about Vernon read his bio
Well that's a little bit about our girl Topsy. After writing about Philly, and then Vernon, I felt I was leaving Topsy's story out. Her story is as unique as they other two, and needed to be told too. If you have any questions about any of these cats feel free to leave a comment or contact me.
