The History of Cat Jack White

At the beginning of 2018, a pretty tabby, very pregnant, came to our backdoor. We left her food and she started coming back everyday. Time passed and one day she came by with a handsome tuxedo cat and four kittens. They come for the kibble but wouldn’t let us get near them. It was a long time building trust, especially after we trapped them all and had them neutered and spayed. But we persisted and over the years they adopted us. 

They were all very feral, super skittish and wouldn’t let us get too close. But the handsome tuxedo cat was different. Each day we’d leave the studio door open and bring the food bowl farther and farther inside and he would sneak in a little bit at a time. Then, one day, he let us pet him, just a little. Another day he played with a toy on a string. Finally we earned his trust! He let us pick him up. Winter was on the way and he started to spend the nights inside.

Of course he needed a name. After much deliberation (Mr. Fuzzy Face? Professor Purrington?), we settled on Cat Jack White. His girlfriend became MK, short for Mama Kitty.

MK and Jack’s litter was made up of two girl kittens and two boy kittens. The two boy kittens looked like twins, it was almost impossible to tell them apart so we named them Ronnie and Reggie (after the Kray twins of course). Unfortunately, they both succumbed to the hard life of feral kitties as did one of the girl kitties who we had named PP, almost breaking our hearts. The other kitten, the smartest, Arya, lives at the neighbors house. But then low and behold, Jack’s sister showed up and she is the spitting image of PP so we named her Winston, Winnie for short (after the cat in Pet Sematary). Yes, yes, we know, we have a twisted sense of humor.