And so it begins
I’ve watched Craigslist. I’ve looked for signs. I’ve asked around. No-one knows this cat. No-one wants this cat.
Anne went away for a few days and left me with him. He attached himself to me.
Anne came back and no decision has been made about the cat, but it’s pretty clear he lives here now. Anne took him to the vet today. He’s in perfect health. He is about 12 pounds, and between 1 and 2 years old. He’s entire, all there, un-nutted. He got bloodworks, he got his shots, he got checked. It will cost $100 to nut him.
The money flows out. And so it begins again…
March 22nd, 2010 in
Pets
I KNEW it!
The questions is: How do you REALLY feel about the cat? He sounds like a sweetie. Congrats! Seriously, though, glad it was y’all and not the pound or him on the street.
How do I feel about it? A bit disappointed. Life is simpler and freer without an animal to make decisions about. Good thing I never had kids, eh? A cat complicates things. He’s young and bouncy and he knocks things over. Anne’s porcelain collection is not geared to an inquisitive bouncy cat in the middle of it. On the other hand, he’s a really good cat, well trained, happy, affectionate. I don’t know why he got abandoned or lost and hasn’t been claimed yet. I worry that we will get him de-nutted, and then someone will turn up on the doorstep and say “You’ve got our cat.” What do we say then? “Describe your cat. Oh, it can’t be this one, this one is micro-chipped and neutered and all, nothing like the one you described.” I wonder how that would go down.
He’s a good cat. My fear is that he will live for 20 years.
I totally get where you are coming from! At least it’s not having to deal with neighbors with the mean cat (from Ruffian and Redrum’s youth) and hopefully you won’t ever have to feed Buddy pumpkin. I guess…. Look for the bright side of unconditional love (even if it is for the next 20 years!). Seriously, though, we have drug our feet in looking for a pet BECAUSE of how uncomplicated life is without one. And we have been talking about possible moving to Europe (joys of husband being a citizen of an EU country), and I don’t want to put a pet through that.