Giving the Second Cat Thing Another Try

I waited a few days to see if this was going to work out. As you know, Rosy came to us a few weeks ago and was sick. He only lasted four days. On Tuesday a friend of mine had a healthy, four month old kitty-girl for me. I purposely did not blog about her right away fearing I'd jinx her stay with us.

So, that said, here's Sophie. 4 months old. Bluish-gray, black whiskers, black nose, black pads. Deep bronze-gold eyes. She has a purr motor to rival a Harley. Has only used her squeak-voice three times in the five days we've had her. Once she let out a yowl like a Siamese. There's no plea in her mew, or yowl, just demand.

Right away, by a look that could not be matched, Gretchen showed her disdain for me over bringing anymore live, playthings into the apartment. She did her usual hissy, snarly, growly fits the first day and a half. Sophie made the mistake of checking out the space under our beds and Gretchen took advantage of that by guarding the door, not letting her out of the room. Poor Sophie ended up having a potty accident on my bed, before I figured out to make space for a litter box in my room. So, Sophie took over our room for three days. For the past two days, Sophie began using both potty boxes, Gretchen's and hers. So now, Sophie is officially out of our bedroom and her potty box is next to Gretchen's potty box.

Day three was follow the leader day. Day four was almost ready to play day, and today? Rough and tumble play, thundering herds of elephants play, like they'd been playing together all their lives. Not one hiss, growl, or whap. Now they've exhausted themselves and have sought out their sleeping places to nap. But I can't tell how happy this makes me. It only took five days.

Gretchen will get daily exercise now and perhaps some of that kitten in her will come back. At five years old, she was just getting to be an old lady-cat that just lies around sleeping and eating. The world beyond the windows was even beginning to bore her. Sophie is just the key we needed. Not to mention that Sophie is a delightful kitty-girl and has taken her place in our hearts. She's a cuddler, a head-butter, and just plain precious. A keeper!