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Boichek
1988-2006
To describe Boichek as a special cat is not doing him
justice: he was a person trapped in a cat suit.
We often joked that we each wanted to elope with him!
One way we knew how unusual he was (and this was only on of
countless ways) was his eclectic palette - like the time he
got a Chinese food carton stuck on his head with sesame
noodles raining down on his head (he couldn't be happier) or
the time he stole my half of a papaya out from under my nose
and ran out the door with it. Other than peanut
butter, there really wasn't a food he wouldn't sample.
He was also a loving surrogate parent figure to the 2 new
kittens we adopted a few months after Boichek's sister,
K.T., passed away. He was so depressed after her
death, he wouldn't get up for breakfast so we knew we were
in trouble. He took to the new kittens instantly
(well, after one incredible hiss), and he groomed them and
nuzzled with each of them as though he were their parent -
they adored him. We only hope that wherever he is now
features a big salad bar, where he can prance from bin to
bin, from grated cheese to hard-boiled eggs to cantaloupe,
saving for last the bin with his beloved papaya. This
for him would be the ultimate kitty heaven.
Nancy & Gwen
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