Due to that fact we almost didn't get her as the particular shelter that had her (and I'm assuming other shelters too?) pull their black cats before Halloween to keep them from being adopted by people with the wrong intentions. On a side note, I simply cannot believe that in this day in age that this kind of thing would still go on, but I see enough of it on the news that I know it does and that saddens me.
Francis did help take Boots attention away from Emily somewhat, so I suppose that was a success. Early on, she was a very social cat and hung out with everybody, including me a lot. I suppose part of that was simply that J, M, and M2 all worked overnights and P was still in school so she was normally in bed. I often stayed up late so she'd come visit. She was a very athletic cat and could run and had an incredible vertical leap. Probably not as much of a leap as Boots had (he can really jump), but she was much more playful. And she was tolerant of Boots - he has this fascination with cleaning other cats and he likes to pin them down while he does it. Emily does not take kindly to it, but Francis seemed to tolerate it pretty well.
Over time Francis decided to hang out in the basement more and since M2 spends a large amount of time down there (we have a "game room" and a "workout room" down there) - she became attached to him and had less desire to hang out with me or anyone else. Due to her desire to hang out in the basement along with the fact that in the dark you would only see her eyes, we gave her an informal name of "Bat Cat".
Up until the time that we adopted Princess (Cat #7) - we also referred to Francis as Switzerland, since she literally got along with everyone - be it the other cats or any humans. However, she (and Boots) have for some reason taken an intense dislike to Princess so we have to stay on top of that. She's the sneaky one though - unlike Boots she tends to try and corner Princess when she thinks she can get away with it and she's quiet about it.
She does have one unique trait among our seven and that is that she really could care less about the Fancy Feast - in fact she almost always prefers dry food. Now on occasion she'll eat something wet, but she gravitates towards the dry and the occasional cat treats.
But that issue aside, just like the others she's a great cat. If I have a regret with her it's that I don't have many photos of her as she tends to hang out with M2 and spends a lot of time in the basement. Although every couple of months she'll go through a phase where she'll spend time in our bedroom for a couple of days. No rhyme or reason as to why, she'll just do it. Other than Princess, she's our youngest cat, but she's starting to age and she's gotten a bit chubby so she's nowhere near as playful as she once was, but as with the others she's still a wonderful part of our family.
So I'll part with one last photo of Emily giving Francis a bath as they were bird watching.
- M
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