I CAN has kitty!
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mis_creation(and that's the only time you'll get LOLcatz language out of me)
Glee! So much glee!
So, my birthday was awesome. I got the awesome Dar William's new CD, I got a new iPod Nano named Magellan Jr. (he's purple and has video!), and I got my opal ring back from my friend who had it for years and neither of us knew.
And I got a kitty! My parents agreed that I could get a cat of my very own, so I went to the Humane Society and picked one out.
Her name is Nefret (Mom suggested it, I picked it, her name at the shelter was Mara) and she's a gorgeous tortishell. She's around 2 years old, was a stray, probably very recently had a litter of kittens, but there was just her at the shelter. She's newly spayed. I'm going to have to limit the food I give her, since she just scarfed down probably as much food as she needs in a day. But that's pretty much to be expected with strays.
The plan is to keep her in my room for a week, maybe two, get her and the other cats used to the change through scent and sound first. Then we'll see about putting her in the kitten's cage in the living room, keep her separated so there's no violence, but so they can see each other in the flesh, so to speak.
So, hopefully this will work. She's extremely sweet, very smart. I showed her the log I pulled out of the woodpile for her to scratch on, and she used it perfectly. I just had to slide her paws on it a few times and she went to town.
I got her a kitty bed and a new litter box, since now with four cats we're going to need two of them.
I also cleaned my room like crazy, which is weird but good.
She's very chatty. Not like screaming protest chatty, but kind of chirpy chatty.
My first kitty of my very own!
Pictures forthcoming.
Glee! So much glee!
So, my birthday was awesome. I got the awesome Dar William's new CD, I got a new iPod Nano named Magellan Jr. (he's purple and has video!), and I got my opal ring back from my friend who had it for years and neither of us knew.
And I got a kitty! My parents agreed that I could get a cat of my very own, so I went to the Humane Society and picked one out.
Her name is Nefret (Mom suggested it, I picked it, her name at the shelter was Mara) and she's a gorgeous tortishell. She's around 2 years old, was a stray, probably very recently had a litter of kittens, but there was just her at the shelter. She's newly spayed. I'm going to have to limit the food I give her, since she just scarfed down probably as much food as she needs in a day. But that's pretty much to be expected with strays.
The plan is to keep her in my room for a week, maybe two, get her and the other cats used to the change through scent and sound first. Then we'll see about putting her in the kitten's cage in the living room, keep her separated so there's no violence, but so they can see each other in the flesh, so to speak.
So, hopefully this will work. She's extremely sweet, very smart. I showed her the log I pulled out of the woodpile for her to scratch on, and she used it perfectly. I just had to slide her paws on it a few times and she went to town.
I got her a kitty bed and a new litter box, since now with four cats we're going to need two of them.
I also cleaned my room like crazy, which is weird but good.
She's very chatty. Not like screaming protest chatty, but kind of chirpy chatty.
My first kitty of my very own!
Pictures forthcoming.
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Date: 2008-10-14 10:57 pm (UTC)I feel like an ass for forgetting, but happy birthday! She sounds adorable, and I hope the intro process goes well.
How`s the folks?
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:19 pm (UTC)The folks are good. Mom went to Michigan, spent some time with her sister and her father, and came home the happier for the vacation. Dad is ... well, not terribly thrilled with the new addition, but he's suffering in silence.
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Date: 2008-10-15 05:53 pm (UTC)And then I came home late and passed out. Whoops.
But that's funny - my friend Amanda named her cat Nefret. I kinda figured that'd be a once-in-a-lifetime name.
Enjoy your kitty. :D
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:17 pm (UTC)Nefret is the name of a character in Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series. She (the character) is sweet, and graceful, and very cat-like in a lot of ways, so when mom suggested it I took it. It's sort of related-ish, language-wise, to the names Nefertari (the beautiful one) and Nefertiti (the beautiful one comes), both Egyptian royalty.
So, either your friend Amanda reads the books, or she came up with a cool name all on her own. Either way, awesome. Makes me feel like a bit of a copy-cat (har) though...
And yes, feel free to use the "the more you know!" graphic...
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Date: 2008-10-23 01:50 pm (UTC)