OneEyedDiva
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I'd been saying for years that maybe I'll get a another cat when I'm ready to stop traveling or maybe when I'm in my mid 80's (10 years from now). Three days before the kitten showed up, I told my BFF that I felt I needed someone to cuddle (just cuddle). She said "maybe you need to get a cat" and we laughed. Before that conversation, I'd been reading lots of kitten rescue stories on Love Meow and Cheezburger. I saw pictures of two kittens I thought were adorable and told myself if I do ever get a kitten, I wanted it to look like them.
Two weeks ago tomorrow (at night), I heard loud meowing outside. Curious...I looked out to see if I could see the cat. At first I didn't see her. Then I was astonished to see that it was a little kitten. She jumped down from the ledge onto the patio. There are 24 patios just like mine in our complex but there she was on mine. I spoke to her in my "baby voice" and was opening the patio door when she ran and hid behind the large tote we keep on the patio. Next morning, my son saw this kitten who's big voice rang out through the night. I'd put almond milk out but of course, she didn't want that. He said "Ma, she's not a danged vegetarian..let's give her water and (pouch) tuna". She came to the patio entrance and gobbled it up. But as soon as that patio door opened again, she ran away. She stayed again that night. We replenished her food and water. A neighbor gave me cows milk but it was 1%, so she didn't like that either. My son said he saw the wheels churning in my brain, even as I gave several reasons why we couldn't keep her. And he saw the delighted look on my face as I snapped pictures of her.
Later that night, two other neighbors came by and the young woman said "We found her". I had the patio door slightly open so peeked out and asked if that was her kitten. She said no but they'd heard her (from her apartment on the 3rd floor, across the courtyard) and wondered where the meowing was coming from. After talking with them for awhile, kitten scooting back and forth from behind the tote to avoid getting close, I found out that the young lady has cats and asked if she had a carrier I could borrow. She did and brought it right over. I was intending to "trap" her the next morning but wound up giving in to her meows and went out with more food inside the carrier about 2:30 a.m. Another neighbor, who had seen her earlier, was coming in and as we were talking I noticed the kitten wasn't going to the carrier. I moved it to the side of the tote where her only exit was into the carrier. She took the bait and I brought her inside with no resistance because she was chowing down on the food. She has since won our hearts completely and taken over the house, which of course I've had to kitten proof as best I can. My Honorary Daughter, who swears I have powers, said I conjured her up. I said no..blame my BFF for that. My BFF and another friend who are both cat people said it was meant to be; it's no coincidence that she found me. What do you think...coincidence or not?
Here are pictures of the two kittens I thought were so cute. And the bottom one is our new fur baby Deja...who was on the patio trying to get a peek inside. @Pecos @dseag2
Two weeks ago tomorrow (at night), I heard loud meowing outside. Curious...I looked out to see if I could see the cat. At first I didn't see her. Then I was astonished to see that it was a little kitten. She jumped down from the ledge onto the patio. There are 24 patios just like mine in our complex but there she was on mine. I spoke to her in my "baby voice" and was opening the patio door when she ran and hid behind the large tote we keep on the patio. Next morning, my son saw this kitten who's big voice rang out through the night. I'd put almond milk out but of course, she didn't want that. He said "Ma, she's not a danged vegetarian..let's give her water and (pouch) tuna". She came to the patio entrance and gobbled it up. But as soon as that patio door opened again, she ran away. She stayed again that night. We replenished her food and water. A neighbor gave me cows milk but it was 1%, so she didn't like that either. My son said he saw the wheels churning in my brain, even as I gave several reasons why we couldn't keep her. And he saw the delighted look on my face as I snapped pictures of her.
Later that night, two other neighbors came by and the young woman said "We found her". I had the patio door slightly open so peeked out and asked if that was her kitten. She said no but they'd heard her (from her apartment on the 3rd floor, across the courtyard) and wondered where the meowing was coming from. After talking with them for awhile, kitten scooting back and forth from behind the tote to avoid getting close, I found out that the young lady has cats and asked if she had a carrier I could borrow. She did and brought it right over. I was intending to "trap" her the next morning but wound up giving in to her meows and went out with more food inside the carrier about 2:30 a.m. Another neighbor, who had seen her earlier, was coming in and as we were talking I noticed the kitten wasn't going to the carrier. I moved it to the side of the tote where her only exit was into the carrier. She took the bait and I brought her inside with no resistance because she was chowing down on the food. She has since won our hearts completely and taken over the house, which of course I've had to kitten proof as best I can. My Honorary Daughter, who swears I have powers, said I conjured her up. I said no..blame my BFF for that. My BFF and another friend who are both cat people said it was meant to be; it's no coincidence that she found me. What do you think...coincidence or not?
Here are pictures of the two kittens I thought were so cute. And the bottom one is our new fur baby Deja...who was on the patio trying to get a peek inside. @Pecos @dseag2
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And thank you.
