they hit it off right away. we're so happy about that because Beau and Coty are closer than any two cats we've had before, including littermates, and we were afraid that would change.
Of course it reminds me of a wild kitten whose ribs were showing that I impulsively snatched up while hunting years ago, you know, the one that sank her needle sharp fangs into my finger clear to the bone! My kids asked for a cat (somebody kill me please) this kitten was not faring well on a diet of grasshoppers (she was too small to catch birds or small mammals) and I quickly decided that we needed each other.
She disagreed and tried to eat part of me instead. I roared in pain so loud that the kitten went limp, probably thinking that I was going to swallow her whole in retaliation. I flung her into the car and drove home, retrieving her from under the seat with a thick glove even though she had abandoned her alpha tiger predator mode. I put her in a cardboard box and after a few bites of tuna my 8 yr old daughter rescued her and the kitten's paws didn't touch the floor for the next six months. (I made my daughter happy and I suppose that was worth sharing my life with what was sure to become a G_d-cursed KAT!)
I wrote about the whole adventure for OUTDOOR DELAWARE MAGAZINE, and I'm proud to boast that it received favorable feedback. I sat in the barber shop and anonymously watched people as they read it just to see them smile. I was particularly pleased for having written things like, "The good news is, no one got sick (from toxoplasmosis) the kitten put on weight and the excruciating pain in my finger began to dull after only a few short weeks!"
Seeing your adorable kitties reminds me of how SonOfLiberty and others comforted me when I couldn't stop grieving over my cat about 7 years ago. And no other can replace the one that loved to roll in the marsh mud on my chest waders after a morning duck hunt. Perhaps it reminded her of her "wild and crazy like a hippie in San Francisco" days before I caught her.
Pedigree Persian versus a worthless, wild, orange tabby. Who can resist kittens even though they grow to be....KATZ?
Thanx chrissy, and I love your impeccably decorated home. Bill has a wonderful career as an I.D. if he ever decides to opt out of being a solvent heterosexual doctor! ;)
(Just kidding. It was your son's eye that made the place so great, huh?)