We have a new cat
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aishabintjamilSome of you have heard already that we'd been approached by a friend to see if we might be able to offer a home for an elderly cat belonging to a friend who was unable to care for her due to health issues. I heard the cat's age, which is alleged to be in the 20-22 range, and immediately thought "No one will adopt a cat that old, therefore we should." Yes, we have sucker written on our foreheads. Also we knew when this came up that Romeo, who had been fighting a battle with squammous cell carinoma since August, was not going to hang on much longer, so there would be a vacancy in the househould. So we said yes, pending meeting the cat.
We went to meet the cat and her person today, and the cat did not hate us on sight, so we brought her home. Her name is Truffles. So far things appear to be going peacefully. She's walking around the house exploring, but there have been no explosions or even great fits of hissing. So far so good. Undoubtedly there will be issues, but this is a promising beginning.
The caretakers at the kennel where she's been living (for a YEAR, apparently) expressed doubts outside the owner's hearing that she was really 22. They thought perhaps 15 or 16, based on the way she moves. At any rate, we have an appointment on Wed. with our vet to get her checked out, and some real bloodwork done. She hasn't had a senior profile to check things like kidney function since 2005, and she seems a little underweight.
We've joked before about there being an agency which sends a new cat when we have a vacancy, but it's getting a little unnerving. We got this email about Truffles out of the blue at the beginning of last week, and set up the appointment to meet her today. Romeo took a sudden turn for the worse on Thurs. night of this week (probably a heart attack, or possibly a stroke - he just fell over suddenly, and never really seemed fully conscious again), and we let him go on Friday morning). I'd feel a lot better about this kind of providence if it didn't seem to be anticipating events so successfully....
We went to meet the cat and her person today, and the cat did not hate us on sight, so we brought her home. Her name is Truffles. So far things appear to be going peacefully. She's walking around the house exploring, but there have been no explosions or even great fits of hissing. So far so good. Undoubtedly there will be issues, but this is a promising beginning.
The caretakers at the kennel where she's been living (for a YEAR, apparently) expressed doubts outside the owner's hearing that she was really 22. They thought perhaps 15 or 16, based on the way she moves. At any rate, we have an appointment on Wed. with our vet to get her checked out, and some real bloodwork done. She hasn't had a senior profile to check things like kidney function since 2005, and she seems a little underweight.
We've joked before about there being an agency which sends a new cat when we have a vacancy, but it's getting a little unnerving. We got this email about Truffles out of the blue at the beginning of last week, and set up the appointment to meet her today. Romeo took a sudden turn for the worse on Thurs. night of this week (probably a heart attack, or possibly a stroke - he just fell over suddenly, and never really seemed fully conscious again), and we let him go on Friday morning). I'd feel a lot better about this kind of providence if it didn't seem to be anticipating events so successfully....
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