Well, I Guess I Have A New Cat

I drove over to see the kitty after my ride today, the location being a
seaside community (Huntington Beach, CA) about fifteen miles from my
ride start/stop location. She turned out to be a quite small kitty,
super soft, and extremely friendly. She didn't even get upset at the
owner's chihuahua, about her size, who kept trying to nuzzle her.

So off we went. She started meowing rather loudly in the car, so I let
her out of the carrier. She explored my car as I drove, and finally
decided to camp out on the dashboard right in front of my face as I was
driving 75 MPH down the 405. Then, miraculously, she returned to the
carrier as I was a couple miles from home, making things really convenient.

After a small can of cat food got eagerly devoured, she decided she was
scared and hid under a bed for a half hour. All of a sudden, the house
must have been OK because she jumped on top of the bed and is now curled
up with my wife, clearly happy and purring away.

Emma is the only one who has seen her, and to my surprise only gave a
half-hearted hiss, far less aggressive than she normally is with the others.

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

Art

On 7/31/2011 3:58 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
I drove over to see the kitty after my ride today, the location being a
seaside community (Huntington Beach, CA) about fifteen miles from my
ride start/stop location. She turned out to be a quite small kitty,
super soft, and extremely friendly. She didn't even get upset at the
owner's chihuahua, about her size, who kept trying to nuzzle her.

So off we went. She started meowing rather loudly in the car, so I let
her out of the carrier. She explored my car as I drove, and finally
decided to camp out on the dashboard right in front of my face as I was
driving 75 MPH down the 405. Then, miraculously, she returned to the
carrier as I was a couple miles from home, making things really convenient.

After a small can of cat food got eagerly devoured, she decided she was
scared and hid under a bed for a half hour. All of a sudden, the house
must have been OK because she jumped on top of the bed and is now curled
up with my wife, clearly happy and purring away.

Emma is the only one who has seen her, and to my surprise only gave a
half-hearted hiss, far less aggressive than she normally is with the
others.

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

Art

Wow, what a gorgeous cat! That tail seems longer than usual - I
*lusrve* long cat tails.

I don't think I've heard of an easier integration - wow again, I hope it
continues to go as smoothly.

Con-cat-ulations. I look forward to reading all of her adventures as
she makes a new home in your house and your hearts.


--
Hugs,

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Art Shapiro wrote:

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

She's gorgeous! She looks a little like Persia. I don't think she's
lacking in assertiveness, either.

Joyce

--
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good
many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.
-- Joseph Wood Krutch

On 7/31/2011 4:41 PM, wrote:
Art Shapiro wrote:

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

She's gorgeous! She looks a little like Persia. I don't think she's
lacking in assertiveness, either.

Joyce


Same thing I was thinking - she just seems a bit darker and may have a
bit longer hair, but seems a beautiful Russian Blue.

--
Hugs,

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On 7/31/2011 3:03 PM, CatNipped wrote:
she just seems a bit darker and may have a
bit longer hair, but seems a beautiful Russian Blue.


Thanks for the good wishes on poor Calico, everyone. I'd say of the
roughly 18 cats I've had, she's probably #2, and one of the few that
qualified for that difficult-to-define term "special".

That quickly-snapped picture is just a little darker than reality; the
picture looks closer to black than she really is.

Watermelon has come inside, but hasn't yet noticed her. Giovanni is
still outside, but on the property sitting on the back lawn. I suspect
that Raven is too small for him to condescend to notice, so I don't
expect any issues with Giovanni.

I hope she "understands" traditional clay litter; she's housebroken but
I didn't ask what sort of litter they used. I had shown her one of the
boxes as soon as she came in, but there's no interest yet.

Art

On 7/31/2011 6:19 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
On 7/31/2011 3:03 PM, CatNipped wrote:
she just seems a bit darker and may have a
bit longer hair, but seems a beautiful Russian Blue.


Thanks for the good wishes on poor Calico, everyone. I'd say of the
roughly 18 cats I've had, she's probably #2, and one of the few that
qualified for that difficult-to-define term "special".

That quickly-snapped picture is just a little darker than reality; the
picture looks closer to black than she really is.

Watermelon has come inside, but hasn't yet noticed her. Giovanni is
still outside, but on the property sitting on the back lawn. I suspect
that Raven is too small for him to condescend to notice, so I don't
expect any issues with Giovanni.

I hope she "understands" traditional clay litter; she's housebroken but
I didn't ask what sort of litter they used. I had shown her one of the
boxes as soon as she came in, but there's no interest yet.

Art

I don't know if it holds true for everyone, but I've always found that
males tend to be more accommodating to a new comer (especially a female)
than females are. Hopefully there won't be any problems.


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Art Shapiro wrote:

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

She's gorgeous! She looks a little like Persia. I don't think she's
lacking in assertiveness, either.

Joyce

--
Except Persia's chubby! Raven looks quite confident sitting there

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

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I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

She's gorgeous! She looks a little like Persia. I don't think she's
lacking in assertiveness, either.

Except Persia's chubby! Raven looks quite confident sitting there

Give her time.

Joyce

--
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth
concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
-- Louis D. Brandeis

"Art Shapiro" wrote in message ...

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's
"Raven" sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.
I think she's going to be a real sweetie.
Art

Aww, she's lovely! We have a black cat too, but Sophie's a heavyweight!

"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
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I drove over to see the kitty after my ride today, the location being a
seaside community (Huntington Beach, CA) about fifteen miles from my ride
start/stop location. She turned out to be a quite small kitty, super soft,
and extremely friendly. She didn't even get upset at the owner's
chihuahua, about her size, who kept trying to nuzzle her.

So off we went. She started meowing rather loudly in the car, so I let
her out of the carrier. She explored my car as I drove, and finally
decided to camp out on the dashboard right in front of my face as I was
driving 75 MPH down the 405. Then, miraculously, she returned to the
carrier as I was a couple miles from home, making things really
convenient.

After a small can of cat food got eagerly devoured, she decided she was
scared and hid under a bed for a half hour. All of a sudden, the house
must have been OK because she jumped on top of the bed and is now curled
up with my wife, clearly happy and purring away.

Emma is the only one who has seen her, and to my surprise only gave a
half-hearted hiss, far less aggressive than she normally is with the
others.

I've taken one quick shot, not photographically superb, but here's "Raven"
sitting on a knick-knack shelf. The name probably won't stick.

http://www.ocrebels.com/Raven.jpg

I think she's going to be a real sweetie.

Art


Congrats!! She looks lovely!


Jay