Love your story!!!
Originally Posted by Cearbhaill
I picked mine out at the humane society.
I went looking specifically for an orange tabby boy, and saw the two of them
wrestling in a cage together- they were just adorable! I had been thinking
about getting a kitten for months- why I decided on this exact morning made
no sense at all. I just woke up saying "today is the day".
At this particular shelter, you take a number *after* you have viewed the
available animals, but before a counselor helps you. So I had to sit in that
waiting room holding my number, just KNOWING that someone in line ahead of
me would take one of them thus breaking up the brotherhood. That was the
longest 20 minutes of my life.
When it got to be my turn I handed them the identifying information and said
"I want them both, they're now BOTH spoken for, don't you dare give one of
them to anyone else!". That was the first morning they had been up for
adoption, having been turned in and neutered the day before, and it was just
a miracle that I showed up that morning in time to keep them together.
Somebody did an excellent job of raising them as they are lap loving people
cats and not afraid of a thing- happy, outgoing, and healthy.
It has been true love ever since.
They are incredibly bonded, even for siblings, and I really thank God
everyday that I was able to get there in time to keep them together.
Their closeness made me kind of fear for what would happen if something ever happened to one of them- I was afraid they would mourn terribly. So as the overplanner that I am, I went back and got the black boy "Loomis", knowing that the younger I added the third the easier it would be on all three of them. "Loomis" turned out to be looney tunes, but he has calmed down remarkably and I love him to death too.
They all get along beautifully.