Kitty!

[bladespark]

So looks like we're getting another cat.

I was planning on getting a second cat soon anyhow, since this apartment allows two, unlike the previous place, and Kali is a nuisance sometimes who might be happier with another cat to play with, and might pester us less. (She just wants to play all the time!)

Anyhow, JJ's mother's nail stylist (obscure connections FTW!) found a stray and is trying to find a home for it. And (here's the real selling point) it's a pointed longhair! I LOVE pointed longhairs. In my opinion they are the prettiest cats ever. Elegant yet fluffy and cute. I nearly picked one out at the shelter when we got Kali, but the only one they had there was a real behavior problem, and wouldn't let you touch him at all. (What's the point of having a cat you can't pet?) So if this cat is at all personable, I'll be taking it.

I've made an appointment with the vet, so if and when I get this cat, I can take it in as soon as possible. Strays have all kinds of nasty diseases sometimes, and so it'll have to be quarantined until we can be sure it won't give Kali something awful, and I want to get that taken care of quickly. Having Kali shut out, and this cat shut into my room (JJ doesn't want it in his, and the livingroom and kitchen don't have doors, and the bathrooms are both really small, I'd feel cruel shutting a cat in one long term,) is going to be a nuisance. Though I guess it means I'll be able to listen to my music without feeling guilt over subjecting JJ to it.

So anyhow, kitty!

Comments

[beetlecat.livejournal.com]

Yay kitty!

I hope they end up getting along well, cat's can be real moody about other cats.

I've though about getting another (I think I can legally have 6 - yes, way too many) but my current cat would have a fit about it.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Well, Kali was nine months at the shelter, with a dozen or more other cats before we got her, so we figure that even if she's not happy, at least she's not likely to try and kill the other cat, or something.

[harliquinnraver.livejournal.com]

thank GOD you have the common sense to quarantine a new cat rather than just introducing it to your current cat right away.

i <3 you.

[jmfoxfire.livejournal.com]

get a orange tabby cat

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Um. Why?

[jmfoxfire.livejournal.com]

thay are so cute just like disneys oliver and company cat

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I think long haired pointed cats are cuter, and that's what I'm going to get.

They look like this: http://www.catteries.org.uk/images/Birman.jpg

[jmfoxfire.livejournal.com]

oh yea thats cute little cat

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Awww, kitty envy. ;)

Yes, good idea to do the quarantine thing. Even your clothing and such should get washed (and hands too) after handling it for any significant amount of time, and before handling Kali, at least till you know more about its health status. Or so we've been advised before by the vet (makes sense anyway).

Sure is a pretty type of cat! Knew a siamese-himalayan cross that looked like that, once. She was very affectionate.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I actually have only verbal accounts of the cat's appearance just now. JJ's mother said it looks like a miniature of their Waldo, who looks exactly like that Birman, except without the white socks. He's a HUGE cat, so a "miniature" of him means it's still probably going to be bigger than Kali.

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and the furrier cats do tend to look even bigger still because of all the fluff. We had a persian cross when I was little... my god what a hefty cat she was!

You'll have a real bruiser on your hands maybe... keep JJ in line? ;D

[malakim2099.livejournal.com]

Name him "Spoon". *grins*

(Man, I need to get myself a cat!)

[keplilly.livejournal.com]

Ohh, I can't want to see pics! I hope everything works out.