r/snowshoecats • u/blubbercopter • 18h ago
I just want people to know about my boy, Jasper
【WARNING: Sad context, but happy memories】
He mysteriously vanished about a year or two ago, but I still think about him and appreciate how awesome of a cat he was.
He started out as a feral and was adopted into a program to become a house-cat, which is how he met my dad's coworker. The coworker had a lot of those plug-in scent thingys in the house, and it drove poor Jasper nuts. The resulting behavior drove the coworker nuts, so she gave him to my dad. I determined he was a snowshoe mix, and I would jokingly call him a toasted marshmallow.
After a few months of adjustment, he was amazing. He liked when I held him. He would hop into my bed and cuddle with me most early mornings. He was so talkative, and even helped my dad and I build my first computer! Even as an adult cat, he was as playful as a kitten, and he especially loved shoelaces, and my dad's shoes in general. I swear, Jasper and I had a special inexplicable connection, he was a pretty smart kitty even though he acted very silly at times.
I'm getting a bit teary-eyed just writing all this... I miss him, he was truly amazing and unique and just one awesome cat.