I�m Basil! Not The Great, not the Holly, not the Italian and, definitely not the Thai basil! I�m simply �..Basil the Good Boy. My mother was rescued off the streets by this good family when she was pregnant.
She had a litter of four and she had the luxury to nurse us until we were about three months old. The good family kept my mother, me and my brother and their relatives adopted the other two kittens. We all have good homes now and good, caring people.
Actually I was born right in this room you can see in the picture (above). The room is our human grandma�s bedroom. I love this room so much that sometimes I don�t even want to leave it to go eating. During the day my human grandma sits in her favorite armchair solving puzzles and I sleep in her bed. At night we switch � I�ll take the armchair and she�ll sleep in her bed.
But I need your advice as we have big problems with my brother and I�m afraid he�ll get in trouble. See, his name is Aristotle which I think our parents rush to name him so (after a dozen of other names which none fitted him) � he is no philosopher nor is he wise. The minute he gets indoors he jumps on our human kitten�s bed and pees right there. So, he is mostly an outdoor cat because of this! While outdoors he gets in fights with the west end guys over territory! My mummy can�t catch him on an empty stomach to take him to be �fixed�. We need your advice � how do we catch him before he eats? Once fixed I think he�ll make a really good, wise philosopher!
But�. until then?
Yours
Basil, the good boy
Dear Basil,
I don't like thinking about the snip, castration, fixing, neutering, sterilising - those are the words used by humans. It makes me feel uncomfortable. It happened to me and because I don't know what life would be like if I still had my mating tackle, I can't be sure if it was a good thing. But I certainly don't pee in the house or get into fights, roam from home looking for sex or get sexually transmitted diseases.
If Aristotle wants a good life, he will have to submit to this. Perhaps your humans could borrow a trap from the local cat shelter and get him to the vet that way. In ancient Greek literature, I think in a book by Plato, an old man is asked how he feels about no longer being interested in sex. "I feel I have escaped from a violent god," he replies.
A wise philosopher! Humans get into fights, roam round looking for sex, and end up in the STD clinics. But they don't neuter each other, do they? If it is such a good thing, why not?
I leave you with that thought.
Yours
George
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