Karen Chuplis
August 11th 03, 02:22 PM
in article , Gandalf at
wrote on 8/11/03 1:05 AM:
> I went to meet my new co-worker's wife and 2 young daughters: Aurora, a
> very sweet 2 YO with big blue eyes, who never stopped talking, although
> I only got about 1 word in 5, and Genevive, at 5 weeks, who mostly
> slept.
>
> But I completely *forgot* that their LH black cat had 10 week old
> kittens!
>
> Three absolutely adorable, and virtually identical LH brown tabbies,
> with just a little white around their mouths, and a LH black kitten.
>
> It's been a *long* time since I've gotten to play with a litter of
> kittens! They are *so* adorable!
>
> At one point, I had all three tabbies on the sofa on their backs, giving
> them tummy rubs. As I only have 2 hands, I had to switch between the
> three. They would try to hold on to my fingers with their tiny, needle
> sharp claws, when I would switch to the next kitten. And 2 of them would
> alternately lick, and softly bite at my thumb and I rubbed their soft,
> warm little tummies.
>
> Two kittens are spoken for, but they would love me to take one or both
> of the remaining 2 female tabby kittens.
>
> So tempting!!
>
> But I doubt my resident queen Kenzie would take kindly to a new kitten
> in the house; she's been an only kitty most of her life, except the 2
> years she shared the house with my beloved Blizzard (RB) Kenzie never
> did make friends with her. They just avoided each other, mostly.
>
> Poor Blizzard, she lived her whole life playing and sleeping with Lucky
> (RB) my tuxedo sweetheart, and when Lucky was gone, she wouldn't accept
> a new cat, and lived out her remaining old age with only me for company,
> when I was home, that is.
>
> Sigh..... I'm gone for so long at work; usually 12 hours a day. Kenzie
> doesn't seem to mind, but a kitten needs to have their human around for
> proper socialization. It wouldn't be fair to leave a kitten home alone
> with a full grown cat who almost certainly would not like a new kitten
> *at all*.
>
> Oh well, perhaps I'll dream of kittens tonight. I hope so.....
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Life without cats would be only marginally worth living.
> TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.
>
> How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
> - Robert Heinlein
>
I bet she'd get along with a boy kitty......
Karen
wrote on 8/11/03 1:05 AM:
> I went to meet my new co-worker's wife and 2 young daughters: Aurora, a
> very sweet 2 YO with big blue eyes, who never stopped talking, although
> I only got about 1 word in 5, and Genevive, at 5 weeks, who mostly
> slept.
>
> But I completely *forgot* that their LH black cat had 10 week old
> kittens!
>
> Three absolutely adorable, and virtually identical LH brown tabbies,
> with just a little white around their mouths, and a LH black kitten.
>
> It's been a *long* time since I've gotten to play with a litter of
> kittens! They are *so* adorable!
>
> At one point, I had all three tabbies on the sofa on their backs, giving
> them tummy rubs. As I only have 2 hands, I had to switch between the
> three. They would try to hold on to my fingers with their tiny, needle
> sharp claws, when I would switch to the next kitten. And 2 of them would
> alternately lick, and softly bite at my thumb and I rubbed their soft,
> warm little tummies.
>
> Two kittens are spoken for, but they would love me to take one or both
> of the remaining 2 female tabby kittens.
>
> So tempting!!
>
> But I doubt my resident queen Kenzie would take kindly to a new kitten
> in the house; she's been an only kitty most of her life, except the 2
> years she shared the house with my beloved Blizzard (RB) Kenzie never
> did make friends with her. They just avoided each other, mostly.
>
> Poor Blizzard, she lived her whole life playing and sleeping with Lucky
> (RB) my tuxedo sweetheart, and when Lucky was gone, she wouldn't accept
> a new cat, and lived out her remaining old age with only me for company,
> when I was home, that is.
>
> Sigh..... I'm gone for so long at work; usually 12 hours a day. Kenzie
> doesn't seem to mind, but a kitten needs to have their human around for
> proper socialization. It wouldn't be fair to leave a kitten home alone
> with a full grown cat who almost certainly would not like a new kitten
> *at all*.
>
> Oh well, perhaps I'll dream of kittens tonight. I hope so.....
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Life without cats would be only marginally worth living.
> TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.
>
> How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
> - Robert Heinlein
>
I bet she'd get along with a boy kitty......
Karen