The cat, not the brand.

I just adopted a kitten on Wednesday. When I carried her for the first time, she clung onto me, licked my hand and started purring so violently that the caretaker can hear the vibrations. I am not kidding you.

So there was definitely chemistry and I am seldom wrong about such things. *looks at Big*

The question is, how do we assimilate her into our family? Will Muffin the muffinator accept her?

I am pleased to say that I am proud of my cats. We brought Chloe into the house in the carrier and although Muffin was wary and her tail got all fluffed up, she sniffed at Chloe curiously and there was no animosity on her part at all. If anything, she was more curious than hostile. Chloe on the other hand, hissed at Muffin whenever Muffin wanted to go near and sniff her. After a while, Muffin, as if having learned how to hiss from Chloe, also started to hiss at Chloe. But there was no fighting at all, even though Muffin loved to go near Chloe. Muffin would be rather protective of Chloe even though they still hiss at each other every now and then. I am quite proud of her.

I also found out from comparison that Muffin has much softer fur but does not like to be carried or cuddled for long. Chloe on the other hand, likes to be held and cuddled. We suspect that Chloe was an abandoned house cat as she is so used to being carried. She is also very timid, and we suspect that it might be because she was abused or attacked after her abandonment.

Damn the pet owners who buy pets at a whim, then get rid of them equally quickly when the novelty wears off!

Foster mum picked Chloe up and put her up at a pet shelter as she already has six kittens at home, and cannot handle more. She gave her the name Chloe and as she responds to her name, we decided to stick with it. She told us that Chloe could be a show cat if her ear was not clipped due to the sterilization, and asked us if we mind. Well, it’s not even an issue to us really, unlike some pet owners that we heard of who must have pedigree or certified pets. Usually, people as anal as that are also very irritating, boring and uptight in many other ways. Thank God our pet owner friends are nothing like that. Oh, and I was also shocked to learn that some pet owners who rave about advocate adopting strays and abandoned animals in pet forums? Their own pets are pedigrees from breeders. **ROLLS EYES**

*cough* hypocites *cough*

To these people, I say:

Daaarlink,

More updates and pictures of Chloe coming up! Muffin will continue to have her Muffin Crumbs.