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Adopted a kitty today

packrat

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Like we didn't have three cats already but I had to have another tortoiseshell..I have a fondness for them since our first cat together was a stray tortoiseshell and she was the bestest kittah ever.

We played at the shelter today for almost an hour. If they were closer I'd go there often just to see the kitties. Had to change my clothes when I got home, I was so covered in cat hair I looked like I should've been meowing.

She's very sweet, did fine in the truck on the way home. She's spent most of the day hiding under the couch. She did come out from under so I could wedge my head between the arm of it and the wall and lean down to pet her, and she rolled on her back so I could scratch her tummy. She purrs like a normal cat, which is strange to me, since Bella trilled/cooed and Britta now does the trill/coo and seriously is loud enough she sounds like a whole flock of pigeons.

Chucknorris isn't sure what to think..he isn't bothered by her, but it's like he is uncertain if he should be her friend since Opilio hisses at her. Britta hisses and sounds ticked off, but neither of the females have swatted at her. And she just kinda sits there, doesn't hiss or spit back, she looks like the new girl at school, by herself in the corner. She is currently under our bed, judging by the fact that Chucknorris is hunkered down, staring intently underneath.

No pics of my own yet, since she's hiding, but maybe tomorrow. This is from the website http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/17352094

As of right now, her name is Clementine Elspeth, and I'm sure JD will be calling her Clem. Once he gets past the irritation of my bringing home another kitty.
 
Awwww sounds like such a nice kitty! Already giving you her tummy and purring and being patient in the car ::) Congrats!!!!!!
 
What an awesome Thanksgiving for you and the kitty! :appl: She looks adorable
 
Aw she's so pretty! Congrats on the new addition to your home :appl: Btw, I love that you named one of your cats Chucknorris :D
 
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She's beautiful! I'm sure your DH will be a convert after she bats her big kitty eyes at him and gives him a couple of those "aren't I precious" gazes that cats love to give their humans.

Love her name!

Thank you so much for adopting and not shopping!
 
Aww, she's adorable. Your husband probably won't be able to resist her cuteness for too long.
 
She's very pretty and sounds like she has a lovely personality. Looks just like my Moms kitty, Betty.
 
Congatulations! She is really cute!
 
:appl: She's awful sweet! I'm still not 100% on her name yet..I've got a few other options and haven't decided what sounds right for her.

Clementine Elspeth
Ellery Maeve
Lillian Adeline

or some other combination of those names..Clementine Adeline was suggested and at first I wasn't sure about the rhyming but it is kinda cute, and I forget that Opilio's middle name is Jo and that rhymes. I thought of a different name on the way home w/her and now I forgot it already. Called mom and she can't remember either.

Stargurl, haha thanks! He is something else, that cat.

I went to check on her, she was under our bed. When I peeked under and made smoochy noises she actually ran, all hunkered down, to me, and came out. I laid on the floor and she gave me all kinds of head butts and rubbed her face all over me. Now she is finally out and exploring the house.

ETA: mom just called back, the other name I thought of was Manilow. I don't think she looks like a Manilow but I'm just glad to not have to wrack my brain trying to remember it.
 
packrat|1353556891|3312689 said:
I went to check on her, she was under our bed. When I peeked under and made smoochy noises she actually ran, all hunkered down, to me, and came out. I laid on the floor and she gave me all kinds of head butts and rubbed her face all over me. Now she is finally out and exploring the house.


Awwwww! Precious!
 
Congrats on your new family member!
 
So happy for you and your family Packrat!!! :appl: :appl: :appl:
How amazing that you adopted another kitten and she is one lucky kitten for sure!! She is precious and I hope you have the best Thanksgiving enjoying her and vice versa!!!

Yay for saving a life!!!!!
 
Thanks guys! JD is converted now. :appl: She kept coming in to check me out in bed last night, even laid w/me for a little bit. I got up a couple times and she came into the bathroom from wherever she was at w/me for attention. JD came home while on duty this morning at 2:00 to get some things ready for today. When he came home this morning he said she was all over him when he had been here before, up on the counter to head butt and rub, all around his legs, following him everywhere, flopping on the floor for petting. So, she won him over. He even picked her up a couple times to pet her. He said "You know I'm not a fan of four cats, but she's a pretty good one, she's a keeper".

He wants to name her Clementine since Clem is an easy name for him. *His* suggestions this morning which were all rapidly vetoed with a screeched NO! were: Turdburgler, Mongoose, and Shifty. :rolleyes: Sigh. This is why I'M the pet namer here.
 
packrat|1353586919|3312823 said:
Thanks guys! JD is converted now. :appl: She kept coming in to check me out in bed last night, even laid w/me for a little bit. I got up a couple times and she came into the bathroom from wherever she was at w/me for attention. JD came home while on duty this morning at 2:00 to get some things ready for today. When he came home this morning he said she was all over him when he had been here before, up on the counter to head butt and rub, all around his legs, following him everywhere, flopping on the floor for petting. So, she won him over. He even picked her up a couple times to pet her. He said "You know I'm not a fan of four cats, but she's a pretty good one, she's a keeper".

He wants to name her Clementine since Clem is an easy name for him. *His* suggestions this morning which were all rapidly vetoed with a screeched NO! were: Turdburgler, Mongoose, and Shifty. :rolleyes: Sigh. This is why I'M the pet namer here.

LOL- I can totally relate!! It's amazing how our hearts melt when we fall in love with our precious darlings!
(darling Clementine!!)
 
Yes, she totally has melted all of us!

She hid today and I spent forever looking for her. She was wedged into one of the closets downstairs, sleeping, and I'd shined the flashlight back there, but I thought it was some of JD's camo in shadow..turned out it was Clementine. The funny thing is, Bella used to do that too, hide and we'd go nuts trying to find her, and I think that just makes JD like Clem all the more when she does thing that remind us of Bella.

Did manage to get a couple pics of her. Post them in a bit.
 
That is great!!!!
 
HI:

Happy Thanskgiving! :appl: But your pet named Chucknorris really made my day!!

cheers--Sharon
 
Oh my, what a doll she is!!! :appl: :love:
 
How sweet! She sounds wonderful. Congrats!
 
Got a few pics tonight. They're not the best, but maybe tomorrow in the daylight will be better. She's so beautiful and I'm ecstatic to have her in our family now.

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She looks like a beauty - especially when she's curled up next to your son! May you have many wonderful years together!
 
This is Britta Rose. She's 11 now..pretty crabby ole lady at times.

Love torties.

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oh Packrat!!! I love your new kitty - what gorgeous colouring she has!!!! Is Britta Rose doing ok with the new 'intruder"?? Both have wonderful markings - I love grey tabbies and torties, too. Although I don't have any cats, I did own 2 grey tabbies way way WAY back in time!
 
Oh, they are both so beautiful!!!! :love:
 
She's a beauty and it looks like she's settling in nicely. I vote for Clem.

Sometimes I think about getting a fourth, but the travelling back and forth between Mich and FL is a problem.
 
She's just adorable! Congrats! Looking forward to more pics and updates :)
 
:appl: congrats! it appears she has chosen your son to be her human?
 
Aw, she is so happy to be in your home! What a lovely kitty.

I want another cat too. It'll be our second. Right after the holidays :D

Clementine is a lovely name!
 
Turdburgler? How can you pass that up?! :lol: :lol: :lol:

She's beautiful though, looks like such a sweetie. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with her in your family, I can only imagine how grateful she is to be given a second chance. :appl:
 
She actually seems to have chosen my husband as her person. ARGH! I wanted her for MEEEEEE! Part of it I think is she's on an overnight schedule and our other three are usually sleeping at night. JD is now on overnights so he's up at night w/her.

Britta is not happy to have another kitty in the house. She's not hiding in Trapper's closet tho, which is what she did when Chucknorris and Opilio came. She spent like 3 weeks in there, then. This morning Britta came to lay w/me for a little bit and she purred-not the super loud crazy pigeon trill/coo she's been doing since Bella passed away. Britta's purr was still loud this morning and it was funny b/c it would start out like a regular cat purr and then get louder and turn into the trill, and then she'd start over again. I don't know quite what she's doing..if it's some sort of adaptation thing? She purred like a regular cat until Bella (also a tortie) passed-Bella was the tril-er, and then for whatever reason, Britta started after she was gone. Now, here we have another tortie in the house, that purrs normally, and now Britta is trying to do it again too.

We have odd cats. Chucknorris is infatuated w/Clementine and Opilio is like the mean girl. Clem is the sweet new girl who just wants to make friends.
 
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