Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times

Becky Hawke holds Geronimo, the cat who gained fame in spring by jumping off Radford's Memorial Bridge into Bisset Park.

RADFORD -- More than seven months after she rescued a kitten that survived a jump off Radford's Memorial Bridge, Becky Hawke can't go for a run under the bridge without picturing tiny, orange Mo flying through the air.

But Mo -- short for Geronimo -- doesn't seem to have any lasting effects from the 80-foot fall.

"He's doing great," said Hawke, the city's spokeswoman.

Hawke picked up Mo from West End Animal Clinic on May 19, her birthday and four days after his ordeal began.

At lunchtime on May 15, Radford animal control Officer Chris Gardner got a call that a kitten was on the bridge and went to rescue it. But as he approached, the kitten jumped, falling to the Bisset Park tennis courts below.

Gardner took the kitten to West End, where staff members named him Jumper and took care of him until he could be adopted. His only injuries were a scraped paw pad and a punctured lip that may have been pierced by a tooth. Both healed quickly.

Hawke had always loved orange cats and said she felt that Mo was meant for her. He joined three other rescued animals: cats Jenna and Tyson, and Jake, a 75-pound German shepherd and Chow mix.

"He's settled into this family well," Hawke said.

Mo is a bit of a bully to the other animals. He chews on Jake's ears and bites his neck -- "love bites," Hawke said. He pushes the cats away from their food, and when he sees Jenna or Tyson sleeping, he "divebombs" them and makes them get up from their spots so he can lie there.

"He actually has to be kept apart from all the other animals at night so they can get some sleep," she said.

Sometimes, though, she can't get Mo out from under the bed to send him downstairs.

"Two o'clock in the morning all of a sudden there'll be a ruckus," she said. "I think he's just like an annoying kid brother to the other cats."

At about 8 months old, Mo is already twice as big as 6-pound Jenna and almost as big as Tyson. His paws and tail still seem too big for his body, so Hawke said she thinks he has more growing to do.

While he's rambunctious around his housemates, Mo is scared of loud noises and strangers.

"I can't imagine not having him as part of my little animal family," Hawke said.