HERE'S KITTY!

 

I broke down and adopted a new kitty.

I’ve been thinking about adopting a friend for Ampersand for a long time—not long after I got her, actually (I’d hoped to find Bunny and imagined the two of them would become friends and I’d have one big happy family). From all accounts and one run-in, Ampersand gets along with other cats well, like Ichabod.

This kitty is a pretty kitty. She’s a grey and tan calico with white paws. Or will be white paws once she’s clean (the Mesa shelter? Yeah. Not the greatest at cat grooming if her response to my first brushing and the mass of fur I scraped off of her is any indicator of her two weeks of misery). This kitty was in with another unrelated cat and got on with other kitties in a kitty room, so I have high hopes that she and Ampersand will get along. She’s amazingly sweet for having been spayed, micro-chipped, and relocated all in one day. Most of this evening she’s been camped out under my bed (as you would be, too), but as soon as I made it clear that if she comes out, she gets brushing she’s been all, “OMG, I love you, don’t stop, yes, wipe down my bottom—when I had an accident at the clinic, no one bothered to clean me up. Is this WATER? OMG, I love water, let me lay beside it.”

And if I was wondering whether on not this girl was a lap girl, I have my answer; by not paying her attention for five whole minutes, I get a lap full of fluffy, purring, sharp-clawed kneading kitty. I only got two claws clipped before she cottoned on to what I was up to, but damn are those things loaded. Ha! Got two more! Note to self; might need to buy another scratching post (she’s punching holes in my faux-leather chairs like they’re wax).

Will post photos later. In the meantime, the cats will remain separated. For one, this kitty needs to acclimatize. Also, she’s sneezing and itching her ears a lot; I suspect she might have something like a kitty cold (like Bunny did when I adopted her from the shelter) and ear mites which I DO NOT want her passing on to Ampersand. 

New Kitty's Vet Trip and Name?

 

I’m holding off on officially naming the new kitty, but I’ve a pretty good feeling about Coco. Chere Coco Chanel, to be precise.

Tonight I brought her in for her wellness check. She needed shots, but I especially wanted to get her sneezes and ear scratching checked out. On the up side: no respiratory infection, no ear mites, both which would have been worse case scenarios. On the down side, her ears were irrigated because they were a) disgusting and b) have a bacterial infection. The sneezing is from what amounts to the common (cat) cold. That means the cats will remain segregated at least ‘til Monday. ‘Til Coco stops sneezing, really.

I’m a bit concerned about her. She drank water last night and I assume at other times today, but she refuses the food I’ve put out. Yesterday, I chalked it up to having the surgery. You just don’t feel yourself after surgery and all that crap. But still. No interest in food today either. I’ll get some chicken baby food tomorrow on the way home from work. If she won’t eat that, I’m not sure there’s any food she’ll eat.  I’d be worried if she were lethargic, or seemed miserable, but no. She’s happy, just. Not inclined to jump or do anything strenuous, which the doctor said was normal.

Will keep an eye out.

Bed time!