LOLcritters (Saturday edition)

31 October 2020, 05:29 PM

pianojuggler

Big nooz! We haz new kittehs!

A woman put an ad on craigslist urgently looking for a home for two adult cats.

Mrs pj and I had been talking for a year now about adopting a couple cats. The Humane Society was pretty much down to the elderly cats with health problems and ferals. There was word that they were flying dozens of cats from shelters in Hawaii to the US left coast, so we were going to go have a look. But this ad popped up. The woman had to suddenly move and where she was moving to wouldn't let her have cats. She was very grateful that they were going to a good home, and we were able to take them right away.

No pictures yet because they are still hiding under the couch. They may get new names... or not. They are Bob and Cocoa. Bob is a big guy. Not chubby, just big and orange. Cocoa is a tortoise.

I'll get some pics and start a new thread when they get a little more brave.

31 October 2020, 05:57 PM

wtg

Exciting news, pj!!

31 October 2020, 06:58 PM

AdagioM

Yay, PJ!

Our ginger kitty is the nicest cat we’ve ever had. But I think you’ve had a ginger kitty before? (Fred and Ginger?) Was your ginger a (rare) female?

31 October 2020, 07:34 PM

pianojuggler

Ginger was a calico and her "orange" parts were very light orange, really more of a ginger color. She was not ginger all over.

I understand that nearly all calicos are female.

Bob and Cocoa are still under the couch.

31 October 2020, 09:01 PM

AdagioM

quote:
Originally posted by pianojuggler:
Ginger was a calico and her "orange" parts were very light orange, really more of a ginger color. She was not ginger all over.

I understand that nearly all calicos are female.

Bob and Cocoa are still under the couch.

Yes, calicos are mostly female, and orange marmalade cats are mostly male.

Bob and Cocoa will come out when they’re ready...or hungry.

31 October 2020, 09:12 PM

QuirtEvans

My cats are never under the couch. One is always in the same room with me ... if I go upstairs, he comes up, if I go downstairs, he races to get ahead of me. The other prefers sitting on counters and high surfaces. She's mostly not social, but goes through periods of being more friendly.

31 October 2020, 09:21 PM

Steve Miller

I’ve always wanted a cat but I’m deathly allergic to them.

31 October 2020, 11:00 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
My cats are never under the couch. One is always in the same room with me ... if I go upstairs, he comes up, if I go downstairs, he races to get ahead of me. The other prefers sitting on counters and high surfaces. She's mostly not social, but goes through periods of being more friendly.

Well, these two had a very rough day... having to move from the home they knew, getting stuffed into unfamiliar carriers, sitting in a car for several hours, then ending up in a strange new house with strange new people.

I just opened the carriers and let them come out on their own.

After a day like that, I'd probably be hiding under the couch, too.

They'll come out when they are good and ready.

The hardest part is going to be finding a new vet. I've spent the last hour reading yelp reviews. There are two nearby that have good reviews. Vet care has gotten eyewateringly expensive in the last decade or so. I'm very leery of the chains, especially the ones that are inside the big pet stores. I had a very good vet for Fred and Ginger, but I was in there later with my ex's cats and the place had gotten very disorganized and the prices had gone way up.

01 November 2020, 12:08 AM

Noise in the kitchen.

Me on the couch.

I better look...

Yup another tiny mouse.

They come up from the cellar where they come in to stay warm for the winter...surprise snow flakes and wind yesterday.

Good kitty...