Hi again!

Hi it's me Filomali. I have 2 tuxedo cats, litter mates, since they are 7 weeks old. they are now 13.

I posted in this forum 2 years ago about possibly getting another cat about the same age as my cats, but just before I went to adopt, she was adopted by someone else.

I was pretty devastated but glad that she found a home.

Now 2 years later, I'm on the verge of adopting another cat.

Our vet is at a shelter, and last week I took my cat, Thomas, there because he had an ingrown claw (grew into his paw pad), and I was with my 5 year old daughter. We went to visit the cat room and she fell in love with a 2 year old female cat. This kitty is very social and not afraid to interact with my daughter. Our cats are old and they sleep most of the time, no interaction with kids whatsoever.

We went back because we ran out of medication (the vet didn't give enough), and we saw the cat again.

Over the weekend I took my husband and other daughter to meet the cat.

We had a crazy busy weekend so we couldn't get to the shelter before they closed on Saturday, and they are not open on Sunday.

Tomorrow is the day!!! I'm anxious too. I don't know how my 2 cats will react to this newcomer. I'm planning on putting the new cat in a closed room for a few days to make sure she is healthy.
The ideal is to adopt early as soon as the shelter opens, but then I can only bring 1 daughter as the other one is at school. If I wait until school is over, I'm worried somebody else will adopt the cat. (not likely but you'll never know). So this is something I'm thinking about.

QUESTION: How much would you pay to adopt a cat. 2 years old, all shots current except for rabies, spayed, has been in the shelter for less than 2 weeks. They have a "pay as you will" system.

Welcome back   and congratulations on finding a new fur-family member.

l'm not sure where you are, but around here we typically pay in the $150-$200 range for a young, healthy, fully-vetted cat.

You'll have to update us with kitty pix.

I think I will wait until this afternoon and pick her up with both my kids, to avoid a "she's MY cat" argument.

Will post pictures!!
My 2 cats are long haired tuxedos, this one that we like is mostly white with a black nose and some black patches and a black tail.

We adopted the cat! Her name is Baby and she is wonderful to our kids. She is very social and she goes and play with the kids, rubs against them, climbs into their laps! My children has never had this kind of interaction with our older cats. Such a sweet kitty.

Aw, she's gorgeous, l love her black nose! What a sweetie to be so affectionate to your kids. She sounds like a wonderful addition to your family.

Geez, I just saw 150.00 - 200.00 for a cat! You can get a bargain here in McCook NE, they have been spayed/neutered and you can get them for 25.00! The unspayed ones have to be spayed, so you have to sign a contract, and you get a discount coupon, so they are not so much a bargain. I like it though, because it gives the older ones a chance to be adopted.

What a beautiful kitty family you've got! Thank you for welcoming pretty Baby into your home. It's so good to hear how she and your children are enjoying each other.

Thanks! She is adjusting great. She doesn't like the food we have at home (I feed my older cats grain-free Nature's Variety) I noticed this and switched her food to the one we got from the shelter (we got one bag of Purina One from the shelter when we adopted her). And she was so happy she started eating immediately.

She is also very neat when she uses her litterbox, no mess and no tracking.,