The Welcome Committee

wrote:
Caroline S. wrote:

We'll keep you posted. Pippin and Mithu have handled newcomers
before, but it's been a few years.

Purrs for them to accept him easily. Because you have just moved in,
your cats don't quite own the new territory as much as they would have
in your old house, so all 3 of them are more on equal ground in this
situation. I hope that'll help.

Excellent point!

Good luck to all of you. It's wonderful that you took him in!

What she said

Jill

Caroline S. wrote:
Well, we moved into our new house in Hillsboro just 2 weeks ago.
Yesterday we had the pest control guy out to do a general look-over
and treatment (boy howdy are there a lot of spiders here!) and to try
to get the squirrel out of our attic crawl space. I looked outside
while the pest guy was sweeping out the roof overhang, and there was a
young white kitten, scrawny and dirty, roaming around in our side
yard. Long story short, I caught him easily, saw he is an intact he,
fed him a can of Fancy Feast (inhaled in 3 seconds flat) and caged
him. Called the neighbor, she had no idea who he was, and gave me the
name and location of the nearest animal shelter. Not wanting to get
too attached, and seeing how neglected he was, we took him straight
away. Lots of back and forth discussion at dinner. Heart says yes, we
should adopt, he found us, etc. Brain says no.

Well, today, the heart won. We've filled out the papers and "claimed"
him at the shelter. He's still technically "on hold" at the shelter,
he'll be neutered tomorrow, get his tests, and vaccs, but we can bring
him home tomorrow evening. He's probably 4-6 months old, with Turkish
van coloring (white with tan tail and ears), blue eyes, loud meow.
We've tentatively named him Louis/Louie after DD1's best friend back
in Virginia.

We'll keep you posted. Pippin and Mithu have handled newcomers before,
but it's been a few years.

Congratulations and good luck! Can't wait to hear more about the little
fellow.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Caroline S. wrote:
Heart says yes, we
should adopt, he found us, etc. Brain says no.


Glad the heart won over the brain

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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"Caroline S." wrote in message
...
Well, we moved into our new house in Hillsboro just 2 weeks ago.
Yesterday we had the pest control guy out to do a general look-over
and treatment (boy howdy are there a lot of spiders here!) and to try
to get the squirrel out of our attic crawl space. I looked outside
while the pest guy was sweeping out the roof overhang, and there was a
young white kitten, scrawny and dirty, roaming around in our side
yard. Long story short, I caught him easily, saw he is an intact he,
fed him a can of Fancy Feast (inhaled in 3 seconds flat) and caged
him. Called the neighbor, she had no idea who he was, and gave me the
name and location of the nearest animal shelter. Not wanting to get
too attached, and seeing how neglected he was, we took him straight
away. Lots of back and forth discussion at dinner. Heart says yes, we
should adopt, he found us, etc. Brain says no.

Well, today, the heart won. We've filled out the papers and "claimed"
him at the shelter. He's still technically "on hold" at the shelter,
he'll be neutered tomorrow, get his tests, and vaccs, but we can bring
him home tomorrow evening. He's probably 4-6 months old, with Turkish
van coloring (white with tan tail and ears), blue eyes, loud meow.
We've tentatively named him Louis/Louie after DD1's best friend back
in Virginia.

We'll keep you posted. Pippin and Mithu have handled newcomers before,
but it's been a few years.


YAY and Congrats Caroline and family. You've had a proper welcome to your
new home.

Pam S. cheering for you all

Caroline S. wrote:
Well, we moved into our new house in Hillsboro just 2 weeks ago.
Yesterday we had the pest control guy out to do a general look-over
and treatment (boy howdy are there a lot of spiders here!) and to try
to get the squirrel out of our attic crawl space. I looked outside
while the pest guy was sweeping out the roof overhang, and there was a
young white kitten, scrawny and dirty, roaming around in our side
yard. Long story short, I caught him easily, saw he is an intact he,
fed him a can of Fancy Feast (inhaled in 3 seconds flat) and caged
him. Called the neighbor, she had no idea who he was, and gave me the
name and location of the nearest animal shelter. Not wanting to get
too attached, and seeing how neglected he was, we took him straight
away. Lots of back and forth discussion at dinner. Heart says yes, we
should adopt, he found us, etc. Brain says no.

Well, today, the heart won. We've filled out the papers and "claimed"
him at the shelter. He's still technically "on hold" at the shelter,
he'll be neutered tomorrow, get his tests, and vaccs, but we can bring
him home tomorrow evening. He's probably 4-6 months old, with Turkish
van coloring (white with tan tail and ears), blue eyes, loud meow.
We've tentatively named him Louis/Louie after DD1's best friend back
in Virginia.

That sounds like a flame-point Siamese! (I had one like that - named
him "Miu", which was far too gentle a name for him.) He was one of six
kittens, the only one of the litter whose appearance betrayed the
Siamese ancestry. I've often sympathized with the folks who adopted his
brothers and sisters, with no clue to what was WRONG with them, when
they began behaving like typical Siamese cats!

Caroline S. wrote:
Well, we moved into our new house in Hillsboro just 2 weeks ago.
Yesterday we had the pest control guy out to do a general look-over
and treatment (boy howdy are there a lot of spiders here!) and to try
to get the squirrel out of our attic crawl space. I looked outside
while the pest guy was sweeping out the roof overhang, and there was a
young white kitten, scrawny and dirty, roaming around in our side
yard. Long story short, I caught him easily, saw he is an intact he,
fed him a can of Fancy Feast (inhaled in 3 seconds flat) and caged
him. Called the neighbor, she had no idea who he was, and gave me the
name and location of the nearest animal shelter. Not wanting to get
too attached, and seeing how neglected he was, we took him straight
away. Lots of back and forth discussion at dinner. Heart says yes, we
should adopt, he found us, etc. Brain says no.

Well, today, the heart won. We've filled out the papers and "claimed"
him at the shelter. He's still technically "on hold" at the shelter,
he'll be neutered tomorrow, get his tests, and vaccs, but we can bring
him home tomorrow evening. He's probably 4-6 months old, with Turkish
van coloring (white with tan tail and ears), blue eyes, loud meow.
We've tentatively named him Louis/Louie after DD1's best friend back
in Virginia.

We'll keep you posted. Pippin and Mithu have handled newcomers before,
but it's been a few years.

Cheers
Caroline S.


Congrats!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek