A Chat with Colston

Hi, I'm Colston! I asked the folks at Space Paws if I could tell my story.

I live with Ashton and a human family. It turns out our mom's biped baby is allergic to Ashton and me. Well, not just us, googies, too. But the bottom line is, fur babies are the only thing that make our little biped brother struggle to breathe. He has to take a LOT of medicine to breathe and even then he has problems. Mom and the man talked about this and talked about it and talked about it. Mom has been crying a lot lately. Even when somebody came to meet us. We thought she'd be happy, but she cried even harder.

Ashton and I have tried to tell her it's OK. We don't like our biped bro being sick and sure don't want her to cry. I thought if I told you about us, one of the nice Space Paws readers, or someone they know, would help find us a great new forever home!

So, about the two of us... first of all, we like to play! Together and with the people. (We like each other a lot and would really like to stay together. )



Me, I'm one laid back guy in the prime of life. I'm 12 (and don't let anybody kid you, life really starts at 8!!). If I do say so myself, I'm rather dapper, sporting a classic tabby in brown, with white accents. Suitable for framing, aren't I?

I find humans absolutely fascinating, particularly the smaller variety. Not every kitteh has figured out that you need to be as gentle with tiny bipeds as you are with kittens, but I caught on to that a long time ago. I'm not shy about speaking up and will be sure to tell you when it is time to crack open the stinky goodness.

I'm an indoor dude and I love to luxuriate, especially in a human's lap. On the days Mom works from home, I'll take up a post by her computer and make sure she sticks to the job. My heritage does come through sometimes! I'm a Norwegian Forest Cat and, when I see snow, I want out, out, out!!

My buddy, Ashton, is just a youngster of 6 and he's also a NFC.

He's been paying close attention to me and also knows how to play softly with the little humans. In fact he loves being around humans, period. He wears a reddish tan coat, also in tabby, and some people (especially that lady at Space Paws) find his white face quite dashing.

Ashton's particular specialty is sneaking into beds at night. Mom has figured out how to avoid his happy drool when she gives him his nightly loving (kids, they've got no manners!). He just loves the cuddles and our humans do give us plenty. We're on the lookout for a similar human family.

Ashton loves sports but can also be mellow, for a kid his age, and will hang out with me for some bird, bug and people watching.

Being responsible gentlemen, we allowed the vet to take care of those certain parts of our male anatomy (as the late night commercials would say) to be sure we didn't add to the kitteh population. The vet reports that we are in superior physical condition. Personally, I highly recommend vigorous play to stay in shape.

So please, Space Paws readers, talk to your friends and family... give us a hand finding a purrfect new home so our Mom and man can rest easy and our bitty biped bro can breathe easy.

And, Mom, we'll always love you... we know it will be hard on you not having fur babes and we'll be hinting to our new family that we should all stay in touch and maybe even visit, OK?