Pasha Pickles was one of about 28 feral cats around my house. When it got to that point all of them were caught and taken to the vet to get neutered. Pasha Pickles was one of the last and really didn't want to go. After that he would come into the house once in a while and got really friendly. He disappeared the winter of '06/'07 when my old house was torn down and we built a new house. He came back in the late winter, with a bent left paw, and has been in the new house ever since.