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On Saturday, we picked up a cat from the animal shelter. We spent a bit of time there but we ended up going for a cat we'd seen and liked already last week. She's a slim tortoise patterned cat, mostly black and tan with some bits of cream, strawberry blond and one pure white tuft on the bottom of one of her feet. According to the people at the shelter, she is 1.5 yrs old and was brought in pregnant but they ended up removing the proto-kitties before they were born when they spayed her. She suffered from the effects of flea allergy and looked rather scruffy at first, but it seems to be clearing up and she's looking much better now.
We named her Aeryn, after Aeryn Sun of Farscape fame.
So far, she's been less trouble than she could have been. She walked straight into the carrier when we put it down and sat through the trip home quite calmly, with her paws folded under her. At our house, she set up a base of operations at the back of the bookshelves, where she rested for a couple of hours until she was ready to do a spot of recon. On a couple of short jaunts, she identified doors to other rooms and opportunities for cover, as well as sources of food and water. When she felt she knew enough to consider us mostly harmless, she came out and laid her claim. She would meow if we didn't pay her enough attention, but she didn't destroy or stink up anything and knew how to use the litter bin right away. The only downside was that around 4:30 am, she decided we'd had quite enough sleep and should go back to our cuddling duties.
We managed to tough it out until a little past 7 so we wouldn't award her for being obnoxious and in the end, she did go quiet. She was ok during the day, stil demanding attention every now and then but not as much.
We did notice her sneezing a bit and she slept a lot during the day. I contacted the people at the shelter today and they say it's common for recently rehomed animals to have stress-induced late reactions to the vaccinations. They did say I could bring her in if she got worse and have their vet look at her.
Last night, we wisely chose to lock her in the living room for the night. This time, no scratching at our door and the meowling started at a much more civilised hour, just before the alarm went off. It also was a bit more muted, with there being more space and an extra door between us. In a couple of minutes, I have to leave for work though and she'll be alone in the house for the first time, so I hope she'll be ok. We left her two t-shirts that smell like us and she's worked them into a pillow on her favourite chair and snuggles them occasionally.
We named her Aeryn, after Aeryn Sun of Farscape fame.
So far, she's been less trouble than she could have been. She walked straight into the carrier when we put it down and sat through the trip home quite calmly, with her paws folded under her. At our house, she set up a base of operations at the back of the bookshelves, where she rested for a couple of hours until she was ready to do a spot of recon. On a couple of short jaunts, she identified doors to other rooms and opportunities for cover, as well as sources of food and water. When she felt she knew enough to consider us mostly harmless, she came out and laid her claim. She would meow if we didn't pay her enough attention, but she didn't destroy or stink up anything and knew how to use the litter bin right away. The only downside was that around 4:30 am, she decided we'd had quite enough sleep and should go back to our cuddling duties.
We managed to tough it out until a little past 7 so we wouldn't award her for being obnoxious and in the end, she did go quiet. She was ok during the day, stil demanding attention every now and then but not as much.
We did notice her sneezing a bit and she slept a lot during the day. I contacted the people at the shelter today and they say it's common for recently rehomed animals to have stress-induced late reactions to the vaccinations. They did say I could bring her in if she got worse and have their vet look at her.
Last night, we wisely chose to lock her in the living room for the night. This time, no scratching at our door and the meowling started at a much more civilised hour, just before the alarm went off. It also was a bit more muted, with there being more space and an extra door between us. In a couple of minutes, I have to leave for work though and she'll be alone in the house for the first time, so I hope she'll be ok. We left her two t-shirts that smell like us and she's worked them into a pillow on her favourite chair and snuggles them occasionally.
