Hey Cats

[kluurs]

nice names. Some friends named their cats Puss and Boots - which I helpfully renamed Bus and Pootsy.

[Doctor Phibes]

They're gorgeous, Mik. I really miss having a cat around the place.

[Mik]

Yeah, I got up this morning to find my daughter's cat (visiting) outside my door eager to greet me and get pets. it was nice. We have bonded this past week.

[LuFins Dad]

Excellent! You will need to get your Sheltie soon, then!

[Mik]

Probably not a Sheltie with cats. Herding dogs are not the best choice. Maybe a sporting breed of some sort.

[Catseye3]

@mik Or some kind of caretaking type, like a St. Bernard? Okay, a small St. Bernard.

Probably you don't want a Jack Russell. "Ohboy, cats! I love cats! I could play with cats all day! Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty . . . "

[Mik]

No, Terriers are out. They were bred to go after small prey like that. As are St. Bernards - friendly but too big. The big breed I like is Swiss Mountain Dogs.

[LuFins Dad]

@lufins-dad said in Hey Cats:

Excellent! You will need to get your Sheltie soon, then!

That's too bad, I know how much you love them. At any rate, I would imagine that acclimating them all early would generally be a good idea?

[Doctor Phibes]

We were told not to get a cat with a Jack Russell, as if the cat gets stuck in a door or something, and makes the squeaking noise, the J.R. will completely forget how much he loves her and go into grab-and-shake mode.

Which, it has to be said, ours does with abandon. We have been within a whisker of homemade rabbit pie a couple of times.

[Mik]

Honey and Moon will be at an adoption event today and we are going. It is also MFR's birthday so you know how this turns out.

[Catseye3]

What is an adoption event? Is it like an auction? (I hope not.)

Happy Birthday to YFR.

And yes! good luck at the event.

[Mik]

They hold them all the time at big box pet stores. Rescues and no-kills bring a few pets and try to drum up some adoptions.

Saw another kitten we liked this morning.. Skye

[Mik]

Moon came home with us. Very sweet cat. Honey and Skye were both taken.

Now she's hiding under a dresser.

[Catseye3]

(Nodding.) She's acclimating. In no time, she'll own the house.

A shame about Honey and Skye. But if there's one true thing in this world, it's that when it comes to cats, there are plenty of fish in the sea.

Wait, what?

[Mik]

Yeah, we brought her upstairs now to get used to our room as her sanctuary.

I think we are going to rename her Luna.

[George K]

Congratulations! She's lovely. Good name, too.

Leave her alone for as long as she wants she might take up to a week (or longer) to acclimatize herself. Some people suggest locking a new cat in a bathroom (with litter, food, etc) for a few days, just so the cat knows that there's a safe place to be. Then, leave the door open after a few days, and surely, she'll explore on her own.

We babysat D3's cat about a month ago. Carly stayed in the front bedroom, door locked, and I would go in, lie down on the bed to read. After a day or so, she hopped on the bed. Then, we opened the door. It took her another 3 days to leave the bedroom.

Congratulations again.

Keep us updated.

[brenda]

Congrats on the new kitty! Luna is a wonderful name for this baby. Maybe you said before, but is Luna a male or female? About how old is Luna?

[brenda]

Aha! Luna is female.

[George K]

I just love her markings.

[Mik]

She's 15 months old, birthday 3/11. There was another tuxedo there, Delilah, that was very sweet, about 9 months, that we would have taken too. Alas she was spoken for.