After sleepless weeks (well - mostly sleepless) - and now that this little girl is growing LIKE A WEED - we've made the decision that we are going to have to adopt her out.
We've completely fallen in love her. She is the cutest thing and does the cutest things. I'm sure all kittens are like this... it's just we've never had a kitten. At least not one that acted like one. Lazlo and Shelly were kittens when we brought them inside... but they were already 10 - 12 weeks old, and they were feral. Tuxedo, actually, when we brought him inside, acted the most "kitten-ish" about it - and he was almost a year old!
Anyway... around 10:00pm every night MaeMae gets over-tired, and runs around like a maniac attacking everything. After she gets this out of her system, she hops onto the bed, trots up to the pillows and schnuzzles into someone's neck. It is just so sweet. Our gang loves brushes and pets, and Spooky's a lap cat (kind of) - but no one displays the happiness and love that little MaeMae does.
The entire gang plays with her now, and Tuxedo, Shelly and Laz will even initiate it if she doesn't! I think Tuxedo is really going to miss her, they play around the most.
We haven't heard back from Janice yet, but we're actively looking now. We've got pictures out there... and it's breaking my heart.
But we've got to do what's right for all of us in the long run, and it is so apparent this place is just too small for five. I know we said that at two, three and four... but this time it's just so apparent we are past "the limit."
Yes - everyone gets along now, and three of them love playing with her. But the incidents of fighting over who's where, who gets what, etc. are up a LOT. So while there's lots of fun and games (so to speak), there's also a lot of "HEY - I WANT TO LIE THERE" fights going on. And Spook and Tuxedo really go at it at night - almost every night. We frequently get woken up to cat "screaming" as they're locked in a brawl about something, and I or Gary has to hop out of bed and clap a couple times right near them to break it up.
(As I write, MaeMae keeps trying to touch Tuxedo on the neck or cheek without him being able to bite at her before she pulls her paw away. It is too funny!)
I can barely look at MaeMae these days without getting a big lump in my throat. (We half-heartedly decided Tuesday to do this, and firmed up the decision yesterday.) She looks at us with those cute little eyes and her pixie nose...
We've actually gotten the Adoption Agreement together, and have to go meet a potential new dad for her on Friday...
...and when she's not in "play mode," you just touch her and she starts up the biggest purr I've heard (next to that of Tuxedo).
If only we lived in a bigger place! If only we could stetch this damn thing 10 more feet! If only we could add a slide-out or two to THIS home! If only we could afford a new one! IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY!
I am sick over this. She's got the warmest little feet! And I HATE the thought of either falling asleep or waking up that first day without her here... this place is going to seem so empty!!!!
God this is hard!
We've completely fallen in love her. She is the cutest thing and does the cutest things. I'm sure all kittens are like this... it's just we've never had a kitten. At least not one that acted like one. Lazlo and Shelly were kittens when we brought them inside... but they were already 10 - 12 weeks old, and they were feral. Tuxedo, actually, when we brought him inside, acted the most "kitten-ish" about it - and he was almost a year old!
Anyway... around 10:00pm every night MaeMae gets over-tired, and runs around like a maniac attacking everything. After she gets this out of her system, she hops onto the bed, trots up to the pillows and schnuzzles into someone's neck. It is just so sweet. Our gang loves brushes and pets, and Spooky's a lap cat (kind of) - but no one displays the happiness and love that little MaeMae does.
The entire gang plays with her now, and Tuxedo, Shelly and Laz will even initiate it if she doesn't! I think Tuxedo is really going to miss her, they play around the most.
We haven't heard back from Janice yet, but we're actively looking now. We've got pictures out there... and it's breaking my heart.
But we've got to do what's right for all of us in the long run, and it is so apparent this place is just too small for five. I know we said that at two, three and four... but this time it's just so apparent we are past "the limit."
Yes - everyone gets along now, and three of them love playing with her. But the incidents of fighting over who's where, who gets what, etc. are up a LOT. So while there's lots of fun and games (so to speak), there's also a lot of "HEY - I WANT TO LIE THERE" fights going on. And Spook and Tuxedo really go at it at night - almost every night. We frequently get woken up to cat "screaming" as they're locked in a brawl about something, and I or Gary has to hop out of bed and clap a couple times right near them to break it up.
(As I write, MaeMae keeps trying to touch Tuxedo on the neck or cheek without him being able to bite at her before she pulls her paw away. It is too funny!)
I can barely look at MaeMae these days without getting a big lump in my throat. (We half-heartedly decided Tuesday to do this, and firmed up the decision yesterday.) She looks at us with those cute little eyes and her pixie nose...
We've actually gotten the Adoption Agreement together, and have to go meet a potential new dad for her on Friday...
...and when she's not in "play mode," you just touch her and she starts up the biggest purr I've heard (next to that of Tuxedo).
If only we lived in a bigger place! If only we could stetch this damn thing 10 more feet! If only we could add a slide-out or two to THIS home! If only we could afford a new one! IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY!
I am sick over this. She's got the warmest little feet! And I HATE the thought of either falling asleep or waking up that first day without her here... this place is going to seem so empty!!!!
