Bubba The Cat Has Three Legs And A Larger-Than-Life Personality

"He got injured when he inadvertently got into our car engine"

Damjan

• Published in Animal Stories
• July 7, 2021

Nur Qistina found Bubba as a stay kitten in 2014, and he was in bad condition. “He got injured when he inadvertently got into our car engine, so we had to take him in and nurse him back to health,” she told the reporters.

Unfortunately, the poor kitty had to have one leg amputated. But that doesn’t stop him from enjoying life to the fullest. He makes good use of his three legs – while he was younger, he could match any cat on the block when it comes to agility. “

He knew how to play fetch with a crumpled paper ball when he was young, but now he is too fat and lazy to play,” Nur Qistina laughs.

Bubba is not only physically different but also has an eccentric personality. “His mood shifts from one end of the spectrum to another. Some days he is clingy and affectionate; other days, he is like an old man,” Nur says.

“He can be friendly or he can be fierce. It really depends on his mood. He’s 48 in human years, after all. No wonder he’s grumpy.”

Besides being grumpy, he is also very shrewd - Nur Qistina says Bubba will only eat kibble and never touches human food.

“Sometimes, I wonder if it’s the way different foods smell. Maybe he thinks our human food is not up to his high standards,” she ponders.

When it comes to his interests, Bubba is just like any other domestic cat – he likes watching birds, getting cuddles, and hiding in cardboard boxes. Of course, like any cat, he also loves sleeping.

“Every night, he climbs up to my parents’ bed where he sleeps in his own little bed at my dad’s feet, complete with his own pillow,” Nur Qistina explains.

Bubba weighs the same as this pineapple:

Even though he is well-adjusted and a happy cat, hints of his traumatic past emerge from time to time. “Sometimes he has separation anxiety, so he follows where the humans are in the house just to be near us while minding his own business,” she adds.

But these moments are rare, and Bubba is a very independent cat - he loves spending time outside and eating grass.

“Bubba is having a hard time staying indoors too,” Nur Qistina says, referring to the current Movement Control Order (MCO). “He is always ‘yelling’ at us to let him go outside. It’s really funny how he also cannot stand our MCO enforcement on him!”

Damjan