Hi, my name is Mona and my husband and I live in the suburbs of Chicago. I grew up in a house full of cats, and brought mine (Bud, an inky) with me when I moved out in 1995. Bud passed away in 2001, and we've been without a cat since. In the interim, we had two amazing boston terriers, both of whom passed away in 2013. The house now suddenly, & horribly empty for the first time in my life, and not "ready" for another dog, I returned to my first love... CATS! Best decision, ever! We will likely have another dog again someday, but for now we are thoroughly enjoying, and quite content with the two teenage kittens we adopted 3 weeks ago.
Introducing Dory. She's 6 months old, and a total goofball. Here she is on my yarn bins (I knit and crochet):
And now for George. He's 7 months old and while also silly at times, he is our little thinker. Here he is in the bathroom sink (of course!):
Both were found (on separate occasions) by themselves at just several weeks old. We adopted them 3 weeks ago from a cage-free rescue, where they have grown up together and with a few dozen other cats & kittens. As a result, they are incredibly social. Dory is fearless. George takes time to figure things out (new sounds, especially), but is quite the friendly guy, too. They are not big lap sitters or bed hogs, yet. But we are working towards that because they do love being held and doted upon. I imagine the day will come in the not too distant future, where we ask ourselves, bleary-eyed at 4:00am, why in the world we longed for them to snuggle!
I found this website when hubby & I made the decision to get cats and wanted to refresh my memory on all sorts of things. We are also dealing with what is likely Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex with George...which we were made aware of before adopting him. So depending on how easy/difficult to manage that proves to be, I may very well be needing extra help & advice as time goes by. I'm really glad to have found everyone. See you on the forums!!
Mona
Introducing Dory. She's 6 months old, and a total goofball. Here she is on my yarn bins (I knit and crochet):
And now for George. He's 7 months old and while also silly at times, he is our little thinker. Here he is in the bathroom sink (of course!):
Both were found (on separate occasions) by themselves at just several weeks old. We adopted them 3 weeks ago from a cage-free rescue, where they have grown up together and with a few dozen other cats & kittens. As a result, they are incredibly social. Dory is fearless. George takes time to figure things out (new sounds, especially), but is quite the friendly guy, too. They are not big lap sitters or bed hogs, yet. But we are working towards that because they do love being held and doted upon. I imagine the day will come in the not too distant future, where we ask ourselves, bleary-eyed at 4:00am, why in the world we longed for them to snuggle!
I found this website when hubby & I made the decision to get cats and wanted to refresh my memory on all sorts of things. We are also dealing with what is likely Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex with George...which we were made aware of before adopting him. So depending on how easy/difficult to manage that proves to be, I may very well be needing extra help & advice as time goes by. I'm really glad to have found everyone. See you on the forums!!
Mona