Scootz was adopted from the Medicine Hat, Alberta SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) - an animal shelter - when she was about 9 months old. She is a female, neutered, and is now about thirteen years old.

Her favourite foods are tuna with whitefish, tuna with cheese, and especially tuna with tuna.

Her favourite daytime hobby is napping, her favourite nighttime hobby is sitting on the chest of anyone foolish enough to waste the entire night in sleep.