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Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2015, 03:52 AM Feb 2015

New baby

I have lost two beloved cats in the past few months, it has left
me with kind of a big hole in my heart; I'm sure many of you know
and understand. It is probably too soon and I am utterly impractical
but but but today this happened. Well, it didn't just happen; but today
she came home with me to stay. She is supposedly nine weeks
but seems younger. Not yet named. Have been brainstorming.
She is so tiny.
thank you for your oohs and awws


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New baby (Original Post) Voice for Peace Feb 2015 OP
She looks like my kitten. What a sweet applegrove Feb 2015 #1
lol... I don't know what I was thinking. As if I have 24 hours a day. Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #12
My kitten is almost 11 months old. I am always totally amazed at what he decides applegrove Feb 2015 #14
Oooohhh, aahhhh! TexasTowelie Feb 2015 #2
Awww. She's so precious! Triana Feb 2015 #3
Minnie Mouse! ginnyinWI Feb 2015 #4
Suzie shenmue Feb 2015 #5
I can never name another cat Mittens, on account of Romney Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #8
female kitten name search engine ginnyinWI Feb 2015 #6
Ooh! Aww! Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #7
Oh she is so very tiny CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #9
I decided to name her P.O.G.O. Here in New Mexico, it sounds like poco Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #10
Great idea! CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #11
Awwwww, she's adorable! pamela Feb 2015 #13
heh Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #15
Oooh, what color? pamela Feb 2015 #16
these babies were at the east side shelter.. Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #17
I know everyone is different, but... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #18
thank you. she surely is good medicine for an aching heart. Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #19
 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
12. lol... I don't know what I was thinking. As if I have 24 hours a day.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:10 PM
Feb 2015

I didn't think ahead a year. It's all about right now. But
she was chewing on me all night long.. yeah, gonna be a
fun year Luckily I am falling in love.

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
14. My kitten is almost 11 months old. I am always totally amazed at what he decides
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 05:23 PM
Feb 2015

is a toy. To him, the paper garbage in my living room is his own personal toy box. He loves paper or plastic packaging that I throw out. Anything novel in there gets played with. for 48 hours straight. And he carries it from room to room (he follows me) in his mouth. Soo cute. Enjoy!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Ooh! Aww!
Thu Feb 12, 2015, 04:11 PM
Feb 2015

I know just how you feel....missing your cats that you lost, not sure if it is time yet. After my first two were gone, it took a year and a dire situation for me to agree to adopt two more kitties. When I lost them both within two months time, it wasn't a month before I went looking for a new cat. It is always a good time to make a new friend. And you found a cutie.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
10. I decided to name her P.O.G.O. Here in New Mexico, it sounds like poco
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 03:02 PM
Feb 2015

which is very close to Tiny. But mainly, P.O.G.O.
She has a nose like Pogo. And she'll be undergoing stealth
training for gathering data

pamela

(3,469 posts)
13. Awwwww, she's adorable!
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 04:12 PM
Feb 2015

You better hide her if I come visit or I might sneak her out in my purse. I love her. So happy for you. Love the name, too!

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
15. heh
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 08:11 PM
Feb 2015

As a matter of fact I almost recently fostered a litter of babies..
and I was thinking of who might like a kitten

pamela

(3,469 posts)
16. Oooh, what color?
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 08:16 PM
Feb 2015

I want a black one, a gray one or a black white mix like Pogo. I know I shouldn't choose based on color but those are my favorite kitty colors.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
17. these babies were at the east side shelter..
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 08:28 PM
Feb 2015

hopefully they have been adopted by now but they were
FIV positive so weren't getting snatched up as quickly
as kittens normally do. This baby is not from that litter.

But if you seriously want a kitten.. often people post
on Craigslist, if you don't want to go through the normal
process with humane society. There will be more and
more kittens needing homes with the warm weather.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
18. I know everyone is different, but...
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 01:34 AM
Feb 2015

...for me, it has never been to soon to find another fur baby to love after having to bid farewell to one. I always look at new kitties as successors, never replacements (because of course you can't). It is the only thing that makes me feel any better - it gives the love somewhere to go. Our vet once said that opening your heart and home to a cat who needs you is the best way to honor one you have lost.

She is beautiful, and I wish you many happy years in each others' company.

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