When my family went to go adopt our 2 current cats, Ripley and Cali, EVERYTHING HAD to happen in the way it did in order for us to have gotten them. If ANYTHING would have been different, we would have 2 completly different cats.
After my brother picked his cat out first, my sister and I then would pick our cat. My brother wanted a black and white cat, so after along time looking, he picked out his cat. Since the cat he picked out had a sister that needed to go with him, my sister and I decided to take her.
When we were filling out paper work to adopt them, they came out and told us that they both had a bad case of URI. They said that we could either, still take them but leave them at the shelter untill they got better, or we could go and pick out 2 other cats. We decided to go and pick other cats.
When my brother went to look again, he decided to look at another kitten he was eyeing earlier. He REALLY liked this kitten because he looked EXACTLY like his black and white cat, JC, who died 2 years ealier due to old age.
Because this kitten had other brothers and sisters, we decided to also look and them too. When we got to the "viewing" room, my brother still had his eye on the kitten he initially wanted. But at the last second, when it was time to make the decision on what kitten he wanted, he supprized EVERYONE by NOT picking the kitten he had been looking at, but, instead, picking his sister. I am SOOOOOO glad that we have RIPLEY!!!!!!
Ok so now that Jason had picked his cat, it was my sister and I's turn, again, to pick our cat. We wanted a cat that was approxmatley the same age of the kitten that Jason picked. So Amber and I looked for one. We looked for awhile, but the cats they had were either too old or not available for adoption. After looking for along time, I saw a couple in the "viewing room". There were 3 kittens in there with them. One of the kittens in the room was the kitten we named CALI. I fell in LOVE with her. The INSTANT I saw her I KNEW she was our cat. She had only become available for adoption a few MINUTES before.
As the couple was coming out of the viewing room I was EXSTATIC that they didnt pick the kitten I wanted. As I was standing in line to get a pass to visit the kitten, the couple that was in the viewing room, were standing in front of me. The lady REALLY wanted to get the kitten I wanted, but her boyfriend wanted to get the calico. So, luckley for us, she let him get the calico.
Ripley and Cali are best friends and our house would NOT be the same with out them.
So that is the story of how we got Ripley and Cali.
Oh I forgot one more thing: If we would have gone to the shelter either one day before, or one day after the day we went, Ripley and Cali would not have been available.
After my brother picked his cat out first, my sister and I then would pick our cat. My brother wanted a black and white cat, so after along time looking, he picked out his cat. Since the cat he picked out had a sister that needed to go with him, my sister and I decided to take her.
When we were filling out paper work to adopt them, they came out and told us that they both had a bad case of URI. They said that we could either, still take them but leave them at the shelter untill they got better, or we could go and pick out 2 other cats. We decided to go and pick other cats.
When my brother went to look again, he decided to look at another kitten he was eyeing earlier. He REALLY liked this kitten because he looked EXACTLY like his black and white cat, JC, who died 2 years ealier due to old age.
Because this kitten had other brothers and sisters, we decided to also look and them too. When we got to the "viewing" room, my brother still had his eye on the kitten he initially wanted. But at the last second, when it was time to make the decision on what kitten he wanted, he supprized EVERYONE by NOT picking the kitten he had been looking at, but, instead, picking his sister. I am SOOOOOO glad that we have RIPLEY!!!!!!
Ok so now that Jason had picked his cat, it was my sister and I's turn, again, to pick our cat. We wanted a cat that was approxmatley the same age of the kitten that Jason picked. So Amber and I looked for one. We looked for awhile, but the cats they had were either too old or not available for adoption. After looking for along time, I saw a couple in the "viewing room". There were 3 kittens in there with them. One of the kittens in the room was the kitten we named CALI. I fell in LOVE with her. The INSTANT I saw her I KNEW she was our cat. She had only become available for adoption a few MINUTES before.
As the couple was coming out of the viewing room I was EXSTATIC that they didnt pick the kitten I wanted. As I was standing in line to get a pass to visit the kitten, the couple that was in the viewing room, were standing in front of me. The lady REALLY wanted to get the kitten I wanted, but her boyfriend wanted to get the calico. So, luckley for us, she let him get the calico.
Ripley and Cali are best friends and our house would NOT be the same with out them.
So that is the story of how we got Ripley and Cali.
Oh I forgot one more thing: If we would have gone to the shelter either one day before, or one day after the day we went, Ripley and Cali would not have been available.