Bear, 2004

Bear was born to a feral cat that stayed around the house. All the literature suggested that he needed to stay with her until he was about 6 weeks, so we watched anxiously (there were hungry coyotes in the neighborhood) and didn't try to wean him from his mother (thus no good pictures). He got the name Bear because, as a kitten, he looked a lot like a little bear. You can see how tiny he is here just in comparison to the cat food can that we'd put out as a water dish. He's probably just a few weeks old here. (date taken is just a guess)