These guys are the original herd. Guster arrived in 2011 and Gertrude showed up in 2015. They get along mostly, but are polar opposites. Gus doesn’t care about you, doesn’t care to acknowledge your existence, and if he does it is full of contempt. Gertie, on the other hand, loves you more than you can possibly know even though chances are she has never met you. It is unfathomable to Gertie that your hand is empty and just hanging there when it could be scratching her ears. Guests, family members, axe murders, or anyone else that approaches her is the greatest person who has ever lived. Ever.

Update: Gus went to the big litter box in the sky in March of 2024.