Somewhat Belatedly, I Announce that My User Name Fits Me Again.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Last spring, I lost my last kitten-grown cat Shuppie. He was nineteen years old. I spent the next few months catless, a state of being that I had not been since I was six years old. Very odd feeling.

I wanted new kittens, two of them. I was convinced this was my last chance for kittens, since my cats tend to last into their late teens. But I put it off for various reasons.

Long about the middle of August, an old friend of my mom’s calls up after having had no contact with us for several years. During the conversation, she mentions that she has to give up her two beloved kitties, eleven and twelve years old, because she has lung cancer and can no longer care for them. She wants them to stay together, and doesn’t want them to go to a shelter because they’ll be separated.

Well, all thoughts of kittens go out the window. I want cats. These older cats need a home. Case closed.

They are beautiful kitties. Flarherty is a short haired all white twelve year old. Tallulah has long white fur with black spots and a bushy black tail. I’m not crazy about the names. They’re a little tongue twisty for me, and not the easiest to shorten. But they’ve had these names since they were kittens, so I’m not changing them now.

Flarherty was initially spending her days curled up behind furniture and refusing to leave the kitchen. Now she won’t leave me alone, and follows me everywhere. Tallulah wants nothing to do with me for some reason, and will leave the room if she sees me coming. She likes my mom enough to sleep on her chest though.

I waited to post this because the former owner was constantly calling me to check on them to such an extent that I had a suspicion she would ask to take the cats back. She’s a little clingy. More than a little clingy actually. I hesitate to say more because I know she’s going through a lot facing cancer. But for a while, I was wondering if she was using “getting the cats settled in” as an excuse to put off getting treatment. She still hasn’t made the arrangements she needs to make to get started. But that’s her business.

Anyway, I now am again Two Many Cats. :slight_smile: I know the rule about pictures, but I still don’t have a picture scanner. Sorry.

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Grats!

I am a big fan of used cats, myself, and I know that y’all will enjoy each other’s company. You’ll appreciate them and they’ll appreciate you (and the noms you give them).

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Modern point n shoot cameras let you upload your pictures to your computer, and from there you can upload them to places like photobucket with very little hassle at all? :cool: Congratulations on the kitties!

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We have a stray momma cat. She had three kittens. Two are fine & healthy and fit, but the third developed a kitten cold, and was not doing well, so we brought him in. He’s so damn cute, big elf ears, etc. Somewhat docile. Big cats are not happy, however. So, we are trying to find a home for Charming, but he is worming his way into our hearts, of course.

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Yay for the cats! They sound so pretty. :slight_smile: Get a friend with a cell phone to take a pic for you :slight_smile:

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I changed the names of four of the six cats I’ve had over the years. I started by calling them by their original names, then by both the old and new names. A mouthful, yes, but the second name took with all of them after I used both for a couple of months then switched to just the new one.

Congrats to you and your new furry friends!

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You named your previous cat Shupiluliumma! Flurry & Lula wil adjust just fine if they hear their new names associated with treats. :slight_smile:

Congrats - but according to your name, there’s no reason to give up on kittens, too. :slight_smile:

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Aww, good for you for taking on two older cats!

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When come back, bring pics.

…And congrats on your wonderful fluffy new friends. Whose existence I’m taking on faith.

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I adopted both of my cats as adults and they’ve been fantastic pets. Glad you gave them a home, and I hope that their former owner finds some comfort in knowing they will be well cared for. Hopefully she will soon get her own treatment started.

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Well yes, but I named Shuppie nearly twenty years ago, and I’ve gotten lazier since then. :wink:

Flurry! That’s perfect! I don’t know why I didn’t think of that one!

I thought of Lula, but it so happens that I once had a co-worker named Lula. I got along with her as fine as any other co-worker, but I’d rather not bring her to mind every time I talk to my new kitty. I thought of Tally instead, but for some reason, it’s just not catching on.

Thanks everyone. Flurry and Tally would thank you too, but since they’re cats, they’re above that kind of thing.

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Congratulations to the three of you. I’ve started to become a retirement home for older cats in the last 2-3 years. Kittens are great but too often going to a shelter is an almost certain death sentence for an older cat, especially the ones that take more time to become used to a new person in middle or old age.

We got Mollie (aka Fists of Furry) last year in a similar way. It took time for her to get used to new people and cats but eventually she settled in and became a great member of the family.

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I’m so glad that you were able to keep them together and give them a home. Yes, kittens are adorable, but their cuteness is a survival trait, meant to keep humans from killing them when they redecorate the household.

Oh, adult cats do this too, but at a much slower pace.

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Contratulations and props on the adopted kitties. They sound wonderful.

Gah! My aunt did that for half a year after being diagnosed with uterine cancer. And she may have put off getting the obvious symptoms checked for a year or more before the diagnosis. It did not end well. It also did not end without surgery, which is what I think she was trying to avoid.

Kitties. Think of the kitties.

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I’d love to see a photo. :slight_smile: