Meet our newest family member ~ Finnegan. We call him Fin, for short. C has been wanting another kitty for a while now and while we were out and about today, we went to Petco for some fishfood.
One of the local cat adoption places was set up, adopting cats. We fauned over the darlings for close to a half an hour. We wanted to get a kitty that looked different than Atticus and we found a cute little black cat. Yount, as he was named, crawled up and snuggled right under my chin. It was adorable. But, we left without him.
Much to my surprise, on our way home, C suggested we stop at another adoption place in town, the one where we adopted Atticus from. We first went into the room of cats, then the room of kittens and didn't fall in love with any of them. There were several that I liked, but we couldn't agree on any. One of the gals who worked there suggested visiting a local store where a few kitties who look like Atty were being adopted. C said he didn't want another tabby, so we headed home.
Since we had been out all day, I was looking forward to a nap. But after about a half an hour at home, C decided he wanted to see the kitties at the other shop, so we headed out again.
Well, low and behold, we fell in love pretty much instantly with a medium haired tabbed named McCoy. Within 30 minutes, he was ours and we were on our way home. I was SO surprised how everything turned out today. We changed his name to Finnegan right away and headed home, with a brief detour to Granny's first to show Fin off. She loved him, of course.
Atticus, was a different story. He was SO freaked out. I felt really bad for him. I've never seen him so freaked out before and he was in full attack mode ~ super fluffed tail and all. He had no idea what was going on with the new little fluff ball in the house. The fluff ball, who is more comfortable in our house than Atticus is, is surely making Atty a little nervous.
But, after about 3 1/2 hours of play time, they kitties have finally stared to relax. Fin has found the litter box and has done his business, twice. Yay!
Atticus has just jumped in my lap for the first time since we brought Fin home and is slowly starting to purr again.
It seems as though Fin will be a good fit. We are hopeful that he will bring Atticus out of his scardy cat shell and into the real lovie that's inside of him.
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You look great too. Really relaxed! Its amazing what not working can do for ya! =]
When I was willed my Moms puppy it took my dog about 4 months before he finally accepted him! Now they are the best of friends!
Happy 2007
How was your New Years?? Thanks for the text msg! =)