Hi all! I have only been a cat person for about 2 1/2 years when my wife and I got our two little Russian Blues: Deli (Delitechance) and Nina (Ninotchka). I hate to start off on a down note, but that is part of what brought me here. Our precious little Deli had to be put to sleep on Sept, 4th because she was losing her battle with lymphoma. The following Wednsday when my wife was picking up Deli's ashes from the vet, she was asking about shelters so that we could get a companion for Nina. The vet said that they recently took in a stray that had been hanging around the clinic and would we like to adopt him. He was completely up-to-date with all things medical and tested negative for Feline AIDS and FeLV. We leapt at this little godsend. We named him Nikolai (Nicky) and brought him home. Well, Nina got quite "hissy", but Nicky was a perfect little gentleman, ignored her ill manners and started trilling at her. That seems to have thawed her frosty little britches and they're getting along pretty well now and we think that before too long, they'll be playing together.