I’m raising a Scottish Fold and a tuxedo cat now. The Scottish Fold gave birth to a litter of Li Hua mixed – breed kittens, so I think I’m qualified to answer this question.

When I was a child, there were three cats in my family, an orange tabby and a Li Hua. The orange tabby was brought home to my grandma by my dad when he was working out of town. I wasn’t even born when we started raising it. In those days, there was no cat food. Grandma used to cook small fish with rice for it. The orange tabby was said to weigh twenty pounds, and it lived a long life until it passed away.

The Li Hua was also brought home by my dad. I was in the first or second grade of primary school at that time. It also ate the small – fish – cooked – with – rice diet. Anyway, they were both very affectionate towards people, but also fierce. They could catch birds. In my memory, the Li Hua in my family was like a big sister, always protecting me. She was very gentle. She often looked at me as if I were a little kid and would cooperate with me when I clung to her. It was more like she was accompanying me to play. She would accompany me to the toilet in the middle of the night, just like a big sister, gentle yet imposing.

Later, she also grew old. In the two days before she passed away, she cried like crazy. Finally, she left on her own. I cried and searched for her for a long time but couldn’t find her. She left without saying goodbye, accompanying me from the age of three to thirteen. I didn’t even have a single photo of her. She had never eaten cat food or cat cans, only the small – fish – cooked – with – rice and sometimes the birds she caught herself. That was her whole life.

I’m really sorry…

Later, we picked up a tuxedo cat, and soon after, a Scottish Fold came to our home. Both of them are easy to take care of. They love to eat cat food and cans. They don’t make trouble and are gentle and considerate. The Scottish Fold was already pregnant before coming to my home. She gave birth to four kittens, all Li Hua mixed – breed.

I think all cats are easy to raise. They are not picky eaters, naughty, cute, and furry. Anyway, for me, the Li Hua is really of special significance. I think the Li Hua is the best.

As for the influence on the owner… probably since I was three years old, I’ve become a cat lover. I love cats the most.

Raising cats is more like a kind of redemption for me… I have depression, and it’s these furry kids in my family that accompany me. There’s no way. When you’re lying in bed feeling down and don’t want to do anything, they quietly come over and rub against you, and you have to get up to feed them, refill their water, and clean the litter box… When I don’t want to communicate with people, I talk to the cats. They just tilt their heads and look at you, neither noisy nor disturbing, just accompanying you.

I thought they didn’t love me that much at first. Until the day I took the tuxedo cat to get spayed. She’s very fierce, so fierce that she’s well – known in the hospital now. But during the time I’ve raised her, she’s never been fierce to me. She only meows at me in a soft voice.

She was growling in the incubator. When I went in and called her name, she was still under the influence of anesthesia. After recognizing my voice, she became quiet, and her tail gently patted the ground one by one.

She has never been fierce to me or hurt me.

And the Scottish Fold, I picked her up and started raising her halfway. We had only known each other for over a month when she gave birth. I thought she would hide the kittens everywhere and growl at me. I was mentally prepared to stay away from her and the kittens… But after she gave birth, the first thing she did was call me over to see her kittens… And during those days, she didn’t allow me to leave her and the kittens for even a moment. As soon as I walked away, she would come to find me…

Anyway, there are so many things like this. For me, these are all good things. I can feel that when I’m with them, my condition eases a lot. I hope I can be a good owner and take care of them until the end of their lives. That’s it.