# There's Goo in the house! (New feline addition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097 "2019-07-15T01:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/1 "2019-07-15T01:08:20Z")
We’ve adopted another cat. Her name is Goo. [Here’s a picture](https://i.imgur.com/trjOQYZ.jpg). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/2 "2019-07-15T01:11:12Z")
She looks pissed already! I love cats! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/3 "2019-07-15T01:14:25Z")
My word. That’s quite a look on her face. Congratulations on your new Overmistress. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/4 "2019-07-15T01:38:16Z")
Here’s to many good years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/5 "2019-07-15T01:39:37Z")
Is that her giving you the stink eye? Explain the name, please! How’d you find Miss Goo? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/6 "2019-07-15T01:50:17Z")
Rough translation from the Cat: I am inside this thing and I am not coming out! (Until I’m good and ready, that is.) Congratulations on your Goo-d choice. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/7 "2019-07-15T02:04:07Z")
> [@Sarabellum](#): > > Is that her giving you the stink eye? I’d just coaxed her out from the corner, behind the curtain. She found the hidey-hole and had just gotten in. She’s actually very sweet, and was enjoying head rubs. Just an unfortunate expression when I took the picture. > [@Sarabellum](#): > > Explain the name, please! It’s the name she came with. [NOAH Spay & Neuter Clinic](https://www.thenoahcenter.org/what-we-do/adopt_a_pet/adopt_a_cat.html) got her from another shelter, and that’s the name _they_ got her with. > [@Sarabellum](#): > > How’d you find Miss Goo? A neighbour rescued an elderly cat from friends who had died. We thought about adopting him (the cat, not the neighbour), but someone else did before we made a decision. This got Mrs. L.A. thinking about getting another cat. As with Tonka, she went to the NOAH website and looked for an older cat that might be compatible. Goo is in the cat tree now. Tonka went outside again. Mrs. L.A. was giving Goo some lovin’s on the floor, and Tonka got on the arm of the chair and made mean sounds. I think he’ll be OK, but there will be an adjustment period. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/8 "2019-07-15T02:18:43Z")
Funny name. Serious cat. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/9 "2019-07-15T02:56:40Z")
If you click on the NOAH link, check out Sammy. He was Mrs. L.A.'s first choice, since he’s 10 years old and needs a forever home, and because he’s a Maine coon mix. But we didn’t think Tonka would accept him as readily as a female. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/10 "2019-07-15T03:06:31Z")
Goo! What a cutie. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/11 "2019-07-15T03:15:15Z")
I love the name. Love the fact that she’s older. Love that she managed find y’all. All-around good job, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/12 "2019-07-15T03:21:38Z")
I love her little pink nose and I bet she has little pink toe beans too. What a cutie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/13 "2019-07-15T03:49:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Love the fact that she’s older. I forgot to say she’s six years old. She was the oldest female there. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/14 "2019-07-15T04:13:22Z")
I suspect your new owner disapproves of cameras in her face. My own cat glares at cameras like that, too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/15 "2019-07-15T07:08:19Z")
From that look I would be sleeping with one eye open. Just saying… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/16 "2019-07-15T12:00:07Z")
Six years is a great age. The best cat I ever had was seven when I adopted him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/17 "2019-07-15T13:43:19Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Six years is a great age. The best cat I ever had was seven when I adopted him. Tonka was eight when we adopted him six years ago. Creamsicle was two when she adopted us, and died when she was six. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/18 "2019-07-16T03:18:27Z")
My cat is 15 now, and I do think older cats are superior. They’re so much more predictable and settled into a routine. You know what to expect. Don’t think I will ever have another kitten. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/19 "2019-07-16T03:25:22Z")
Goo looks like a fine addition. And you can have fun with the name. Who’s a liddle goo-goo gah-gah kitty, goo-goo? Or that’s what I’d say. You can safely ignore me, I am a crazy cat lady. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097/20 "2019-07-16T04:56:49Z")
Love those kitties whose genes couldn’t decide if they wanted to be tabbies or white kitties. Props for adopting an older cat. Older animals need love and homes, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-goo-in-the-house-new-feline-addition/837097.md?page=2)