Well those words didn't stop us from visiting the local Humane Society occasionally, like we always do. After a couple months of talking about kittens, I think my husband had resigned himself to the fact that we were going to end up with one. He didn't say anything either way but you know he knew it was going to happen.
One day, on a visit to the Humane Society, the office area was overflowing with kittens. There were two that caught our eye. They were brother and sister. The silver tabby was the one we really wanted, the little female, but how can we leave her brother behind. He was a darker tabby. We couldn't possibly take one and not the other. We had noticed the price was quite high for a kitten and I'm sure it was because of their longer fur. There was no way I was going to pay that price two times for two kittens, so we were going to go with the silver one. We went up to the desk to ask about them. Guess what? It was two for one kitten day! We could buy them both for the one price! So we said, okay! We filled out the paperwork, got the talk and paid. Then as they go to get the kittens out of their cage, I notice one of the volunteers is a little afraid to grab them out and put them in the carrier. They call over another guy who reaches in a grabs a very disgruntled kitty out. As this is going on we find out that they are feral kittens!!! Uh oh...what have we gotten ourselves into???
They give us advice on how to socialize them and introduce them into our household. We're thinking, how hard can this be? They're just adorable little kittens that want to be held and loved right?
We get them home, after I call my hubby and warn him of our purchase. I want him to have time to stew over it before he gets home from work. hehe As he later tells friends "I tell them no more cats and they bring home two!" He's a good guy so he goes with the flow.
We take a couple days to decide what to name them. After many suggestions I finally decide on the name Monkey for the little male, the dark tabby and my daughter names the silver female, Daisy.
We get the babies home and decide the best thing to do is put them in the bathroom for a few days. We'll take them out a few times a day and hold them, so they get used to us. So we set up the bathroom. Keep in mind that we only have a one bathroom home. So keeping kittens in there, with all of their extras, like a litter box, toys, sleeping tent, food and water, made getting ready for the day in the morning a little interesting. Nothing like stepping on litter, that was flung all over the floor, in your bare feet! Ouch!
After a few days, they graduated to an area in the living room that we had fenced in with a doggy fence. Over a period of a few more days we enlarged their area more and more. They were very playful and little Monkey was the first to really start coming out of his shell.
Monkey has grown into a real lovebug. When I say grown I mean really grown. At his first Vet. appt. he weighted only 5 pounds. Now he's over 17 pounds, after just a year. Daisy is still quite fearful. She likes to play and get pets, but only when she decides. If you approach her when she's not receptive she'll either run off or cringe away from you. She does like treats and the opening of the treat drawer will definitely draw her attention. She has not grown as large as her brother.
Monkey absolutely loves anyone and anything. He follows the dogs around as well as people. He wants to be one of the gang. He's also a bit of a bully when it comes to food. You pour out food for another cat and he's right there pushing them out of the way to get to it. The funny thing is, if there hadn't been that 2 for one kitten sale, we were going to buy only Daisy. We would've missed out on this wonderful, loving cat and would've only had this disgruntled female cat. We got lucky!
Here are some pictures of our twinsies!
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| Here's baby Monkey in his sock Monkey bed. |
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| Baby Daisy, sleeping in an odd place, as usual! |
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| Both babies in their kitty bed. |
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| Monkey loved this monkey toy. He would carry it all over the place and it was nearly as big as him. |
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| A larger Monkey, eating with his brother Weasley. He's eyeing Weasley's food cause it might be better than his. |
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| A grumpy Daisy face. |
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| Monkey trying out a leash. We're keeping them indoor cats. We do let him out on the porch now without the leash and he stays pretty close. |
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| The babies are now full sized cats. They still like to cuddle together. Daisy still looks grumpy when we bug her, as you can see here. lol |
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