New Friends

[c9]

- we went to a fun party last night, and we're starting to make friends -- yay!
- we're talking about adopting cats!

I would like these two cats:

	Neo
	Trinity

They're siblings, so adopting them together is of course best. Unfortunately there are two problems: they're not declawed, which is leapfish's preference to protect our couches (since a spray bottle is not quite as effective). Also (ssshhh, don't tell Vinny) they're named after characters from the Matrix.

Maybe we could rename them (to avoid the geekiness factor for Vinny) to slightly different names (to avoid confusion for them). Nemo? El Nino? Divinity? Salinity? I'd better stop now.

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[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

toby and i have loved our cats (vinny, got him when he was 3, had him for over 3 years now) and mario (bought him (i know know) when we moved to boston the first xmas as a playmate for vinny) who is now 3.

they are both indoor cats. vinny came declawed and de-balled from his previous owner. he doesn't seem to miss either removed "feature"

mario has everything nature bestowed upon all mammals. since he's only been exposed to a unich and the indoors, he's never "sprayed" anything. however, our Jordan's Furniture couch was eventually ruined, and our IKEA couch is already showing signs of claw-wear (thank god it's just the fitted cover).

in the end, yes, it cruel to have a vet rip out pieces of cats' fingers to prevent damage to materialistic things. but really, as dave said, if they're just indoor cats, perhaps it's a decision worth considering? (although, personally, i just don't know if i could do it to mario now).

they really are the two best cats (and pets) i'ver EVER had. it's a litte scary how i consider them to be a part of the family. ;-) we talk to them, they talk to us :-) and i love coming home to them every day. and we all know it: really, it's their apartment, and we're just allowed to live here.

and about the car hair thing: almost _all_ pet owners, dog or cat, have to deal with some hair. but a mouthfull during fun time on the bed? never happened. just be a clean housewife and you'll be all set.

and the names? pick something YOU like. cats don't care what you call them, as long as you pet them and feed them. :-)

and leave little things around for them to find and play with. like pen caps, string, twisty-ties from bread bags, plastic, plastic, plastic, soda caps, beer caps, rubber bands, a dead fly, a live fly, sheet of paper,

well, you get the idea.

hehe.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Mario's not fixed? *gasp* Tsk tsk, Joshua. What if he escapes someday? He'll be planting his Bostonian seed all over la belle province!

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

hey... if he can get from the third floor, down to the ground floor, and through three locked doors all by himself, then perhaps his seed should be spread... he's obviously a superior animal.

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

and we'd get him fixed... if you're willing to pay the $200+ (USD) fee.

[c9.livejournal.com]

:-) I have to save up for fixing our pets, once we have them! (Actually, most shelters in this neighbourhood appear to do the fixing for you, and just charge you the fees. Seems like a good approach.)

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

so are these two cute felines going to substitute for children for a few years? if so, i think that's a _great_ idea. then again, i don't know too much about your quest for kids in the first place.

perhaps one day we'll be able to chat about it...

[c9.livejournal.com]

Not for a few years necessarily, though adoption can take quite a long time, depending on (and I hate this phrase) what type of kid you're looking for. But certainly we've wanted pets, and it can't hurt to have a living thing that needs a bit of attention before moving onto the headliner.

Though of course, cats don't really *need* humans. Employ would be a better verb.

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

I walked by two cats doing it on the Plateau once. It was about -30, and the penetrated cat was screaching. So not hot.

I've been scarred ever since. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean, calm...