Hello!
I am excited to have joined the cat site. I grew up with dogs and to faithfully identify as a "dog person". Of course, my chosen mate was a "cat person", so as an open-minded animal lover without the time for a dog at present, months after moving in together/this March we acquired our first kitty. She is a tiny smoke-gray cat who is between 1.5 to 2 years old, and who was found outside by a friend on a cold January day who ended up being unable to care for her. Faced with this mysterious and unintelligible creature, I threw myself into all thing cat-related in an attempt to understand her. Now I am a major cat lover!
Last weekend, we acquired our second and final (for many years at least) kitty, an extremely overweight small-framed three year-old tuxedo who spent the last year in a shelter. She shares many of the personality traits of our Gracie- playful, talkative, curious, adaptable- with the added benefit that she enjoys extensive physical affection. Dubbed Squeak for the sound of her meows, she was listed in the shelter as friendly with other cats, dogs, and children. She was among the cats who enjoyed roaming around freely with other shelter cats, but she was adopted and returned once previously (after 3 days) for being aggressive with the adopting household's original cat. Squeak and Gracie have been kept separate for the past week with a few opportunities to look at each other, but introductions have been on hold for the past few days for unrelated reasons.
I am looking forward to getting to know you all, as well as reporting how our introductions progress.
I am excited to have joined the cat site. I grew up with dogs and to faithfully identify as a "dog person". Of course, my chosen mate was a "cat person", so as an open-minded animal lover without the time for a dog at present, months after moving in together/this March we acquired our first kitty. She is a tiny smoke-gray cat who is between 1.5 to 2 years old, and who was found outside by a friend on a cold January day who ended up being unable to care for her. Faced with this mysterious and unintelligible creature, I threw myself into all thing cat-related in an attempt to understand her. Now I am a major cat lover!
Last weekend, we acquired our second and final (for many years at least) kitty, an extremely overweight small-framed three year-old tuxedo who spent the last year in a shelter. She shares many of the personality traits of our Gracie- playful, talkative, curious, adaptable- with the added benefit that she enjoys extensive physical affection. Dubbed Squeak for the sound of her meows, she was listed in the shelter as friendly with other cats, dogs, and children. She was among the cats who enjoyed roaming around freely with other shelter cats, but she was adopted and returned once previously (after 3 days) for being aggressive with the adopting household's original cat. Squeak and Gracie have been kept separate for the past week with a few opportunities to look at each other, but introductions have been on hold for the past few days for unrelated reasons.
I am looking forward to getting to know you all, as well as reporting how our introductions progress.
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