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Hello! I guess newcomer applies to both myself in TCS and Katniss, our new shelter cat.
In June I said goodbye to my 20-yo occicat, Hershey. I will write a memorial for her soon, when I'm in the right frame of mind to do it.
Having had cats all my life, it was sooner than I might have expected that my partner and I decided to bring in a new kitty. Not having a cat in the house just makes each day feel like something important is missing. As we have a senior border collie who is slowing down and mostly deaf, we decided we needed to take care to find a cat that had a positive (or at least neutral) history with dogs...and a week ago we brought home Katniss.
Katniss is an 8-yo yellow tabby who was in a shelter the last 2 months, having come from a home with a senior woman and two dogs, one of which Kat apparently romped with. While the small private shelter was nice, Katniss didn't get along with other cats, and as a result was kept in a smallish room by herself. I don't think there was a whole lot of human contact for her, not uncommon in shelters.
So she is here now, and we are faced with getting to know a new cat, not a kitten as we had 20 years ago but an adult individual who we know only a little bit about. And her about us! There are issues for us, and I will post about those....but just spending an hour on here reading this morning has helped me to see that whatever challenges we have, with time they will be better. The thing that I need to keep reminding myself is that she is not Hershey, and we won't have the same relationship that I had with Hershey. This is a new friend and we are on a new journey together. I have to just trust in the process.
After living in a house with at least one cat for over 60 years, I find myself a little humbled right now. I am feeling unsure of the situation and what to expect with our new cat. So much of life is the unknown! But I'm surely glad for the blessings of the internet that allow me to come here and share a common experience with like-minded people like you.
In June I said goodbye to my 20-yo occicat, Hershey. I will write a memorial for her soon, when I'm in the right frame of mind to do it.
Having had cats all my life, it was sooner than I might have expected that my partner and I decided to bring in a new kitty. Not having a cat in the house just makes each day feel like something important is missing. As we have a senior border collie who is slowing down and mostly deaf, we decided we needed to take care to find a cat that had a positive (or at least neutral) history with dogs...and a week ago we brought home Katniss.
Katniss is an 8-yo yellow tabby who was in a shelter the last 2 months, having come from a home with a senior woman and two dogs, one of which Kat apparently romped with. While the small private shelter was nice, Katniss didn't get along with other cats, and as a result was kept in a smallish room by herself. I don't think there was a whole lot of human contact for her, not uncommon in shelters.
So she is here now, and we are faced with getting to know a new cat, not a kitten as we had 20 years ago but an adult individual who we know only a little bit about. And her about us! There are issues for us, and I will post about those....but just spending an hour on here reading this morning has helped me to see that whatever challenges we have, with time they will be better. The thing that I need to keep reminding myself is that she is not Hershey, and we won't have the same relationship that I had with Hershey. This is a new friend and we are on a new journey together. I have to just trust in the process.
After living in a house with at least one cat for over 60 years, I find myself a little humbled right now. I am feeling unsure of the situation and what to expect with our new cat. So much of life is the unknown! But I'm surely glad for the blessings of the internet that allow me to come here and share a common experience with like-minded people like you.