Friday, September 22, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Sophie
We have a new family member!
Meet Sophie! We adopted her last Sunday. My friend Irene and I went to the shelter on Saturday to look at cats. (just to look!) And I saw Sophie, and she was so cute, I felt I had to adopt her! (Plus she has no tail. So sad!)
So Peter and I went back to just look at her and few other cats. We saw Ginger ( an orange girl cat, very unusual), Sophie (aka Mira), and Athena. I wanted a girl cat to balance out the female to male ratio in the house.
Anyway, Ginger is so cute, fluffy, and nice. She came to be patted. Then there’s Athena. Athena is a behemoth of a cat. She is 20 lbs and have really short hair. She’s all cat! I liked her because I wanted a really really big cat (15+ lbs). But, then I saw Sophie (aka Mira) again. And decide to go with her. She is the smallest of them all (only about 6 lbs). She came to be patted and just so friendly. I couldn’t resist!
Both Peter and I didn’t dig the name Mira (Sophie’s original name) very much. So after we adopted her we went to grab a quick bite at Carl Jr. We start thinking of new names. Since she had blue eyes, I was thinking Blu Monday . But Blu sounds like a boy’s name. After much debating, we came up with Sophie.
But we weren’t able to take her home right away because she was not spayed. The adoption consulter told me it’ll take about 1 to 4 days to get her spayed. I was very good and patient and waited and waited. Finally yesterday, the consular called and said Sophie is so sick so they couldn't operate. She asked if it is ok for me to take her home so she can heal up. I said sure!
Because she is so congested, I have to make really smelly food for her. So the house smells like smelly fish. Small price to pay! She is the cutest cat ever. Once I let her out of the box, she first hid in the litter box. But then came out to let me brush her and pet her. She hopped on my lap to cuddle. If you stop, she looks at you as if to say why did you stop?! She is the cutest!
Since she was sick, I decided not to introduce her to Chester until later. I think Chester knows there is someone new but don’t know who is there yet.
Once I have more pictures, I’ll put more up.