I'm happy to announce the arrival of the newest member of my fuzzy little family! Hubby and I adopted a cute little (3 month old) dilute calico kitten from the Little Shelter in Huntington yesterday. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of Lenore because she is constantly on the move and won't sit still long enough for me to get any decent pics of her. I took about 20 last night and 10 this morning, all of which are blurry, so I gave up! I did upload a few videos to YouTube though.
Last weekend we went over to the shelter to have a look at the kittens. As soon as we walked into the cattery Joel saw Lenore (shelter name : Ariel) and instantly fell in love with her. She was one of 3 dilute calico kittens there but the only fluffy one. As we were getting read to go in (had to put on gowns and booties like we were heading off to surgery) we were told by a volunteer that 2 of the kittens were already on hold, a light-gray kitten and Ariel. Disappointed that the cat we had our heart set on was already on hold we sat and played with the others to see if anyone else would stand out. Instead we were thinking we would take one of the other calico kitties, but we wanted to walk around a bit and think about it. As we were getting ready to leave and remove our surgical gear the volunteer came back to tell us the family who had put Ariel on hold had just called and decided to pass on her. Since we had completely ignored her the whole time we got dressed again and went back in to see her. It didn't take long for us to make the decision to take her home. So, we immediately put her on hold.
It wasn't until yesterday that we got to go pick her up after filling out forms and having our references checked. I turned the spare bedroom into the kitten's room, so she would have a quiet place to stay until she got used to the other pets
Lenore has already been introduced to Isabelle and Zero. Isabelle doesn't seem to mind the kitten so much but she has hissed a bit when Lenore has gotten to close to her tail. Zero, on the other had had not had the best start. After the initial meeting Lenore has done nothing but hiss at Zero and she even swatted at his head one. I'm trying to keep them at a distance for now. They can see each other and smell each other but no direct contact until Lenore is more relaxed. Although, I'm not too concerned and I'm sure they will all get along eventually.
I am a little worried about the bunnies. When Isabelle came home she was more scared of the rabbits than they were of her. She kept out of their way...but I don't know if the kitten will see it the same way. The bunnies will charge if they feel threatened and that might just be enough to set Lenore straight with them. Cloud plowed into Zero when he got to close to Winter once. I won't be trying to introduce the kitten to the rabbits until she is allowed downstairs and gets a little more comfortable in her new surroundings. As long as she doesn't try jumping in their cage I think everything will be OK, haha
Hopefully I'll have some photos soon!
Last weekend we went over to the shelter to have a look at the kittens. As soon as we walked into the cattery Joel saw Lenore (shelter name : Ariel) and instantly fell in love with her. She was one of 3 dilute calico kittens there but the only fluffy one. As we were getting read to go in (had to put on gowns and booties like we were heading off to surgery) we were told by a volunteer that 2 of the kittens were already on hold, a light-gray kitten and Ariel. Disappointed that the cat we had our heart set on was already on hold we sat and played with the others to see if anyone else would stand out. Instead we were thinking we would take one of the other calico kitties, but we wanted to walk around a bit and think about it. As we were getting ready to leave and remove our surgical gear the volunteer came back to tell us the family who had put Ariel on hold had just called and decided to pass on her. Since we had completely ignored her the whole time we got dressed again and went back in to see her. It didn't take long for us to make the decision to take her home. So, we immediately put her on hold.
It wasn't until yesterday that we got to go pick her up after filling out forms and having our references checked. I turned the spare bedroom into the kitten's room, so she would have a quiet place to stay until she got used to the other pets
Lenore has already been introduced to Isabelle and Zero. Isabelle doesn't seem to mind the kitten so much but she has hissed a bit when Lenore has gotten to close to her tail. Zero, on the other had had not had the best start. After the initial meeting Lenore has done nothing but hiss at Zero and she even swatted at his head one. I'm trying to keep them at a distance for now. They can see each other and smell each other but no direct contact until Lenore is more relaxed. Although, I'm not too concerned and I'm sure they will all get along eventually.
I am a little worried about the bunnies. When Isabelle came home she was more scared of the rabbits than they were of her. She kept out of their way...but I don't know if the kitten will see it the same way. The bunnies will charge if they feel threatened and that might just be enough to set Lenore straight with them. Cloud plowed into Zero when he got to close to Winter once. I won't be trying to introduce the kitten to the rabbits until she is allowed downstairs and gets a little more comfortable in her new surroundings. As long as she doesn't try jumping in their cage I think everything will be OK, haha
Hopefully I'll have some photos soon!