My name is Alphonso and I am an orange tabby male so I am a sweetie.  My cat Momma, Hannah, showed up in late March, 2010.  Momma and Daddy were worried about her because she looked so young and was getting fatter everyday.  They trapped her on April 10.  They took her to the vet the next week and Dr. Groberg said she was going to have kittens at any day. 

I was born April 19, on KJ’s birthday.  I was originally named Alpha because I looked like the oldest and Momma and Daddy were not going to keep me originally and they did not want to get too emotionally attached.  My eyes were the first to open but I was the last one to start eating the wet kitten food.

When Momma and Daddy went to Miami for Daddy’s eye appointment, we went to the vet to be boarded.  The plan was to leave us kittens and bring Momma Hannah home but I had a heart murmur so I came home, too.   Dr. Diane thought it would not be a good idea for me to be adopted out because she did not know if the heart murmur would get worse.  My name was changed to Alphonso because it is a good Italian name.

When I went for my second round of vaccines, Dr. Diane said the heart murmur is still there but only when my heart rate goes up.  I think I will out grow it. 

I am a big baby and I love to be held.  I am also a Daddy’s boy.  I am noisy and will cry for my Daddy.

I like it here and Momma thinks I will be the Alpha Male some day.  I hope to be as big as KJ and Giuseppe, whom I love to hang out with.