This is my new cat. Jessica called me last Friday to tell me that she found Sushi. Remember, Sushi and Achilles ran away almost two months ago. I was really excited about this. I waited all day long, and then after work I went over to Jessica's to pick her up. I walked into Jessica's room and...it wasn't Sushi! Ha. It was sad in a way since I was expecting to bring Sushi home, but it was also really funny because the cat sitting there was MamaCat! MamaCat is a stray cat who has been living in my dad's backyard for a couple years. Kory and I call her MamaCat because she had four kittens last summer. This is when we discovered her, and while I still lived at home I would give her food and water. After I moved out, I think the neighbors started feeding her. It really was very funny to see MamaCat sitting there in a cat bed at Jessica's apartment when I'm used to seeing her laying in my dad's driveway. I didn't really know what to do at this point. I always wished I could have taken MamaCat in, but I couldn't since we already had Achilles and Sushi. I felt really bad though, I couldn't make her go and live outside again. But what if someone does find Achilles and Sushi? I don't know. Jessica had even treated MamaCat for fleas and she got vaccinations and had a feline leukemia test. She was good to go! So I finally decided to take her home with me. She's been here over a week now and she seems really happy! Every time you come home she comes up to you and just drops onto the floor so you can pet her belly. It doesn't seem like she wants to go outside at all, she actually seems quite scared of it. She's very cautious whenever a door or window is opened, and she's still a little skittish whenever there's a loud sound. She's getting much better though. When I first brought her home, anytime you would walk down the stairs she would run and hide behind the couch, but now she doesn't even care. I was worried that she wasn't going to use a litterbox after being outside for who knows how long, but she did right away! I was also concerned since Kory is allergic to cats, but it hasn't been a problem yet. So far everything is working out ok!
She doesn't really have a name yet. I don't want to call her MamaCat. Kory calls her FauxPaw because one of her legs is all tan (you can see her tan foot in the picture.) I've just been calling her kitty. I'm all out of names now, so if anyone has a suggestion feel free to let me know.
