Meet our APRIL Pet of the Month: Percy

 Formal name

Percy 

Nickname

 Percy is such a perfect name for this cat, there’s no need for nicknames. More on that later.

Favorite treat

Catnip

Favorite activity

Chasing chipmunks off the deck.

Favorite season

fall

Best friend

 Any squirrel that allows him to get close.

What his catchphrase would be if we could understand what he said

Percy is a complex cat, I can’t begin to generalize him in such a way.

If they had a human job, what would it be

Butler

Any other fun tidbits for their profile? 

We got Percy from a shelter. A week or so after having him home, it was realized he had a serious nasal condition… and ringworm. It was a rough start, quarantined in the basement for a month or so. We weren’t fond of his given name, but once we realized how sickly he was, we thought, “No… Percy actually IS a pretty good name for this cat."

He has such an amazing personality though, despite all this. He continues to amaze us with what comes out of his nose (apparently if these nasal conditions go unchecked, the problem will persist). If we have a party, Percy walks around the house, working the crowd. Very dog-like.

I joke with family that I’m going to write a children’s book, called “Percy’s Promise.” It will be about a cat who, as a kitten, was so expensive and sickly to keep and care for, but had such an amazing personality and was so cute, his conditions (which continued well past kitten hood) are able to be overlooked by his owners. Based on a true story.