Welcomed Penelopy to the household today

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So... in true crazy cat lady fashion, I decided I would honor my Lucky's memory by giving another kitty a home to call her own. I officially adopted Penelopy (all-black kitty) today. 

Isolation doesn't work well in my house. It lasted about as long as it did with the kittens back in July. She's a tiny cat and snuck out when I opened the door. So far, only Oliver hissed at her. I'm not surprised, he's a bit on the anti-social side (and he's a kitten!). Oscar is definitely more interested in being friends, but keeping his distance a bit for the moment. Thankfully my boys are both fixed (phew!) otherwise I definitely wouldn't have brought her home.

Sara is watching from a distance, which is pretty typically for her. Maple probably won't even know she is here until a month from now. Talk about anti-social.

Should be a fun night, that's for sure.
 
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Was a very interesting night, that's for sure! Oliver growled at her half the night, she didn't really care though. So did Maple, but Maple growls at everyone. Like, "Get away from me you dumb kids!" I had to have a talk with Oliver and tell him he's way too young (6 months) to have so much hate in him.

Ah, the joys of a new member of the family. 

I will definitely get pictures once I can get her to sit still long enough to take one. This little girl can MOVE! 
 

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First of all congrats!

I hope all goes well and hope everyone will get along, fingers crossed

I would love to see a picture of your new baby :-)
 
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Thank you! They are getting along as well as expected for the first day. Even Oliver seems a little better than he was last night. Penelope discovered a few of the toys and has been playing around with them.

If I can get her to stop long enough, I will definitely get some pics of her. Even the kittens don't seem to move as fast as she does.
 
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I took a bunch of shots. They were all either total blurs, or all eyes. I picked one of the "all eyes" one because you can see her beautiful face. My mom said she looked like Supergirl from the TV show right before the beams come out of her eyes.

 

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Aww...she is pretty cat.

Thanks for sharing :-)
 
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Thank you! I need to try and get some better pics.

I was so excited I was able to find a common bond with her and my boys - the little fishbone on a string toy! It's kinda like that "bird" toy but it's a fishbone :) It was put in the stocking for the kitties last Christmas. I was so happy the three of them were all playing though! Even with Oscar jumping really freaking high and landing on both of the other two, lol. And later, Penelopy was on a box of pop, and she and Oliver locked eyes for a second. Usually at that point he would hiss at her, but he just rolled on the floor instead :D
 

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LOL...I am so happy for you and your cats, it's awesome to see them get along in a short time. I think you bet the record  :-)

If you take pic, maybe it would help where there's  sunlight...that's what I was thinking though, I might be wrong lol
 
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Yeah, that would be ideal. Will hope for a sunny day soon! I had turned on the light in the room at some point but it wasn't quite enough.
 

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"Lucky" Penelopy finding such a good home! I'm partial to black cats myself - she certainly is pretty. [emoji]128149[/emoji]
 
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"Lucky" Penelopy finding such a good home! I'm partial to black cats myself - she certainly is pretty. [emoji]128149[/emoji]
One of Lucky's nicknames, the first few years especially, was 'AB-Cat'. It stood for 'Almost Black Cat'. The year before we got Lucky, we had a cat named Black Cat (because... he was black) that passed away at 3 years old. It really hit us hard, and when Lucky came into our lives, his personality reminded us SO much of Black Cat. The only thing that made him seem different was the fact he was black and white. So, getting a black cat seems kinda fitting. 
 

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Looking forward to more pics of your sweetheart when you can get them.
 

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Congrats on getting a new member of the household. I hope everything settles down. I remember how it was when I got my kitties. Now Tammie plays with them..
 
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Well, all was good the second night. The only growling came from Maple (the grumpy old lady in my room). Oliver was definitely much less distressed than the night. I might even say "not stressed at all". He was even doing the wiggle-butt pouncing thing yesterday evening with his brother and Penelopy. They were having a blast. Made my heart happy :)

Right now, Oscar and Penelopy are playing with one of the kitty tunnel-ish things. Oscar is inside and Penelopy is on top (currently) with Oliver looking to see when the best time to jump in will be. Oscar keeps batting at her tail which is hanging over the edge of the tunnel.
 

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Glad to hear second good night, this is wonderful introductions :-)

Another awesome story!
 
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Well, things are going amazingly well for being less than a week in the house! She's making herself quite at home. She's already sleeping on the bed with me, along with the kittens. I'm surrounded by kitties every night! :D She also likes to sleep in there during the day, so took the opportunity to snap some photos. Unfortunately, she blinked every time. So either she had slits for eyes, or they were completely closed. The one pic just made me LOL!!!! She looked so mad in the one pic especially but trust me, she wasn't. She was all lovey-dovey actually!

And that blanket she's on is actually a photo blanket I made of Lucky. Makes the perfect background :)

Here's one of the slit-eyed ones


This is actually Oscar deciding he wanted a close-up shot of himself while trying to take a pic of Penelopy


Awwww



Finally, a cute pic today! 

 
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She is pretty girl, love those pics


 Last pic she seems so happy and comfortable!


Great improvement so happy for you and Penelopy
 
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