It's A Boy

I'll tell you what, the strays in this neighborhood sure know a pair of suckers when they see one. The other day Chris and I were walking to Starbucks and a cat came running out from under a parked car and started meowing at us. Naturally we bent down to pet it and he was so adorable and obviously starved. I could tell Chris was tore up about it so we bought some milk at Starbucks and took it out to the kitty who just started to lap it up like there was no tomorrow. I told Chris to pick him up and we would try to carry him home where we had an abundance of cat food to feed it (I picked up the wrong cat food which neither of our current cats will eat. It is amazing how quickly they turn into picky eaters). I never actually thought the cat would be carried the mile and a half home but he stayed right where he was purring away the whole way home. Naturally we fed him outside then went to the grocery store at which point we got torrential rains. I figured the kitty would take shelter then head back where he came from.
Nope.
After it stopped raining a few hours later we went outside and here comes the kitty meowing away wanting more food and petting. He stuck around the whole weekend so we finally relented and called the vet to start shots and get him neutered. We were thinking the whole time that we would be giving him either to my nieces or to one of Chris' friends.
Nope.
Damn cat is so freaking cute that despite both us not wanting to have a third cat we are gonna keep him. Yep, three cats now. So far the new one (who we are calling Tiger Kitty. I know, really freaking creative, eh?) has been sequestered while he finishes healing from getting his berries lopped off so it will be interesting to see how they all get along. This is gonna be interesting.


5 Comments:
Congratulations on your new addition! And bless you for your kindness. I have never walked away from a stray...it's just not in my nature. It looks like Tiger Kitty picked you for a reason.
Thanks! We are all still getting used to him but I know why he picked us. . .all you have to do is take a look at our other two fat cats and you'll know that we spoil them way too much.
Reminds me of Morgen; cats seem to know they can rely on him for a good home too. He has five so far. (and in addition to that, sometimes he likes to do the foster-home thing and find good homes for strays that pop up now and then.) He makes a good "cat mom" and it's really very sweet. :)
And I suppose I should admit that I'm a sucker too. I've got three cats as well, when I should probably have just two.
But they're just SO cute, it's hard to say no.
Five is way too many but I can understand how that happens. Of course Tiger Kitty is way too cute to ever think of not keeping. He loves to sit in my lap and watch me type. . .it is too freaking cute.
he looks so much like my Newton that left me almost 2 years ago. I believe that the pet picks the person as often as the other way around.
just remember - more than 3, you become an official Crazy Cat Lady.
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