After Gizmo died, we decided not to get another cat until after we moved. Unfortunately (or fortunately), Frodo became completely miserable and needy (constantly crying and wanting to be ON us all the time-very un-Frodo-like) – so we went to the Livingston County Humane Society to look for a new cat. We decided that we would adopt a cat, not a kitten, for a few reasons. First, kittens are easier for the shelter to place. Second, we already had one neurotic cat and didn’t want another one – so figured an adult would be a safer bet. In order to help us decide, we took one screaming 18 month old and several cats (individually) into the “interview room” at the shelter. One cat (and only 1) not only was not afraid of said screaming toddler, but came up to her while she cried! We knew immediately this was our new cat! Sweetie AKA Big Momma AKA (now) Cali (just couldn’t be bothered to come up with a more unique and creative name given that we also have to come up with a name for our son very soon) was found as a stray and brought in to the shelter. She is estimated to be about 3 years old. She had a litter of kittens that died (we’re not sure why), but was able to foster a litter of abandoned kittens at the shelter. Go CALI!!
We brought her home and she continues to be one of the nicest, sweetest cats I’ve ever met. She loves to be around people. For the first several weeks, she followed Sienna around everywhere like a dog would – even sitting outside her door at night and crying at the door when one of us was in the room with Sienna reading books with the door closed! Sienna, for her part, is TRYING to learn to “pet nice” and not lay on the poor thing. You’d think that she would learn to stay away!!
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