• New Arrival

    From Cheryl@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 7 17:42:33 2021
    It's been a while since Cinnamon went to the Bridge, and almost a year
    since Kerry went. I thought it was time, and started checking out cats.
    It's a bit of a challenge, because although our COVID restrictions are
    easing steadily, the local shelters are either closed entirely, or open
    by appointment only - and that appointment gets you to visit with one
    cat which you have chosen online. But they're both trying other methods
    to find cats homes, such as making a small number available in pet food
    stores or a cat cafe (which has found homes for something like 280 cats
    during the pandemic). I examined the options, fighting against the
    tendency to say "I'll take them all!" I now have Anna, former name
    Clarke, a smallish female brown tabby a bit over a year old. She seemed
    very timid in the store - there was a much more outgoing and gorgeous longhaired orange tabby there too, and when I returned the next day,
    having made my decision, two black and white kittens. Kittens are, as
    usual, very much in demand. But I wanted the cute little brown tabby,
    and was sure she'd get over her shyness. The young woman working there
    was obviously startled and delighted when I said which one I wanted -
    "Clarke", as the shelter called her, had been up for adoption in the
    store for two weeks, and for all that time, everyone had picked other
    cats to take home. But she assured me that Clarke was a really sweet
    cat, and gently coaxed her into the carrier I had brought.

    And she has gotten over her shyness. It took nearly a week, but she
    slowly felt more and more confident and spent more and more time NOT
    sleeping inside the litter box or under a bureau or actually inside the
    back of the loveseat. Now she naps on my lap for long periods of time
    when I'm reading or watching Netflix, demands MORE FOOD NOW as soon as I
    start moving around in the morning in her quiet little meow. Because
    it's warm my (screened) windows are open all the time, and she sits on
    the window ledge or the table in front of one window looking out.
    Occasionally a bird lands on the roof outside, and she comes to
    attention, but so far hasn't tried going through the screens. She has
    tried to climb the Roman blind in my bedroom in the middle of the night,
    but I don't think she'll do that again. No harm done to her, and the
    blind could easily be reattached to its support by velcro. It's not the
    first time a cat tried that climb, and they don't usually do it more
    than once.

    --
    Cheryl

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Cheryl on Sat Aug 7 16:57:55 2021
    On 8/7/2021 4:12 PM, Cheryl wrote:
    It's been a while since Cinnamon went to the Bridge, and almost a year
    since Kerry went. I thought it was time, and started checking out cats.
    It's a bit of a challenge, because although our COVID restrictions are
    easing steadily, the local shelters are either closed entirely, or open
    by appointment only - and that appointment gets you to visit with one
    cat which you have chosen online. But they're both trying other methods
    to find cats homes, such as making a small number available in pet food stores or a cat cafe (which has found homes for something like 280 cats during the pandemic). I examined the options, fighting against the
    tendency to say "I'll take them all!" I now have Anna, former name
    Clarke, a smallish female brown tabby a bit over a year old. She seemed
    very timid in the store - there was a much more outgoing and gorgeous longhaired orange tabby there too, and when I returned the next day,
    having made my decision, two black and white kittens. Kittens are, as
    usual, very much in demand. But I wanted the cute little brown tabby,
    and was sure she'd get over her shyness. The young woman working there
    was obviously startled and delighted when I said which one I wanted - "Clarke", as the shelter called her, had been up for adoption in the
    store for two weeks, and for all that time, everyone had picked other
    cats to take home. But she assured me that Clarke was a really sweet
    cat, and gently coaxed her into the carrier I had brought.

    And she has gotten over her shyness. It took nearly a week, but she
    slowly felt more and more confident and spent more and more time NOT
    sleeping inside the litter box or under a bureau or actually inside the
    back of the loveseat. Now she naps on my lap for long periods of time
    when I'm reading or watching Netflix, demands MORE FOOD NOW as soon as I start moving around in the morning in her quiet little meow. Because
    it's warm my (screened) windows are open all the time, and she sits on
    the window ledge or the table in front of one window looking out. Occasionally a bird lands on the roof outside, and she comes to
    attention, but so far hasn't tried going through the screens. She has
    tried to climb the Roman blind in my bedroom in the middle of the night,
    but I don't think she'll do that again. No harm done to her, and the
    blind could easily be reattached to its support by velcro. It's not the
    first time a cat tried that climb, and they don't usually do it more
    than once.

    I'm so happy for you! and Anna! (Why on earth would they have called
    her Clarke?) I'm glad she is no longer shy. Buffy (RB) was described
    as timid by a friend of her deceased former owner but within a day of
    coming home with me, when she realized there weren't other cats for her
    to compete with for food, attention, etc. she came out of her shell.

    I'm happy for both of you. She sounds charming! Do keep us (those of
    us who still check in on this group occasionally) updated. Got any
    pics? You know you can use any number of free photo services to post
    links if you have a way to upload photos :)

    Jill

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  • From Cheryl@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sat Aug 7 19:33:28 2021
    On 2021-08-07 6:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 8/7/2021 4:12 PM, Cheryl wrote:
    It's been a while since Cinnamon went to the Bridge, and almost a year
    since Kerry went. I thought it was time, and started checking out
    cats. It's a bit of a challenge, because although our COVID
    restrictions are easing steadily, the local shelters are either closed
    entirely, or open by appointment only - and that appointment gets you
    to visit with one cat which you have chosen online. But they're both
    trying other methods to find cats homes, such as making a small number
    available in pet food stores or a cat cafe (which has found homes for
    something like 280 cats during the pandemic). I examined the options,
    fighting against the tendency to say "I'll take them all!" I now have
    Anna, former name Clarke, a smallish female brown tabby a bit over a
    year old. She seemed very timid in the store - there was a much more
    outgoing and gorgeous longhaired orange tabby there too, and when I
    returned the next day, having made my decision, two black and white
    kittens. Kittens are, as usual, very much in demand. But I wanted the
    cute little brown tabby, and was sure she'd get over her shyness. The
    young woman working there was obviously startled and delighted when I
    said which one I wanted - "Clarke", as the shelter called her, had
    been up for adoption in the store for two weeks, and for all that
    time, everyone had picked other cats to take home. But she assured me
    that Clarke was a really sweet cat, and gently coaxed her into the
    carrier I had brought.

    And she has gotten over her shyness. It took nearly a week, but she
    slowly felt more and more confident and spent more and more time NOT
    sleeping inside the litter box or under a bureau or actually inside
    the back of the loveseat. Now she naps on my lap for long periods of
    time when I'm reading or watching Netflix, demands MORE FOOD NOW as
    soon as I start moving around in the morning in her quiet little meow.
    Because it's warm my (screened) windows are open all the time, and she
    sits on the window ledge or the table in front of one window looking
    out. Occasionally a bird lands on the roof outside, and she comes to
    attention, but so far hasn't tried going through the screens. She has
    tried to climb the Roman blind in my bedroom in the middle of the
    night, but I don't think she'll do that again. No harm done to her,
    and the blind could easily be reattached to its support by velcro.
    It's not the first time a cat tried that climb, and they don't usually
    do it more than once.

    I'm so happy for you! and Anna!  (Why on earth would they have called
    her Clarke?)  I'm glad she is no longer shy.  Buffy (RB) was described
    as timid by a friend of her deceased former owner but within a day of
    coming home with me, when she realized there weren't other cats for her
    to compete with for food, attention, etc. she came out of her shell.

    I'm happy for both of you.  She sounds charming!  Do keep us (those of
    us who still check in on this group occasionally) updated.  Got any
    pics?  You know you can use any number of free photo services to post
    links if you have a way to upload photos :)

    Jill


    A fairly early photo - she's been lured to my lap and is swallowing a
    cat treat.


    https://photos.app.goo.gl/2MKhf1MM3qJDctGQ9

    Even earlier - she wanted to stay in the litter box, so I took out the
    litter tray and added some cloths.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Yxefif2dAqyBJH17

    Please ignore the evidence of bad housekeeping!

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/V9CGPQa3ChbqvfHZA




    --
    Cheryl

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Cheryl on Sat Aug 7 19:19:20 2021
    On 8/7/2021 6:03 PM, Cheryl wrote:
    On 2021-08-07 6:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 8/7/2021 4:12 PM, Cheryl wrote:
    It's been a while since Cinnamon went to the Bridge, and almost a
    year since Kerry went. I thought it was time, and started checking
    out cats. It's a bit of a challenge, because although our COVID
    restrictions are easing steadily, the local shelters are either
    closed entirely, or open by appointment only - and that appointment
    gets you to visit with one cat which you have chosen online. But
    they're both trying other methods to find cats homes, such as making
    a small number available in pet food stores or a cat cafe (which has
    found homes for something like 280 cats during the pandemic). I
    examined the options, fighting against the tendency to say "I'll take
    them all!" I now have Anna, former name Clarke, a smallish female
    brown tabby a bit over a year old. She seemed very timid in the store
    - there was a much more outgoing and gorgeous longhaired orange tabby
    there too, and when I returned the next day, having made my decision,
    two black and white kittens. Kittens are, as usual, very much in
    demand. But I wanted the cute little brown tabby, and was sure she'd
    get over her shyness. The young woman working there was obviously
    startled and delighted when I said which one I wanted - "Clarke", as
    the shelter called her, had been up for adoption in the store for two
    weeks, and for all that time, everyone had picked other cats to take
    home. But she assured me that Clarke was a really sweet cat, and
    gently coaxed her into the carrier I had brought.

    And she has gotten over her shyness. It took nearly a week, but she
    slowly felt more and more confident and spent more and more time NOT
    sleeping inside the litter box or under a bureau or actually inside
    the back of the loveseat. Now she naps on my lap for long periods of
    time when I'm reading or watching Netflix, demands MORE FOOD NOW as
    soon as I start moving around in the morning in her quiet little
    meow. Because it's warm my (screened) windows are open all the time,
    and she sits on the window ledge or the table in front of one window
    looking out. Occasionally a bird lands on the roof outside, and she
    comes to attention, but so far hasn't tried going through the
    screens. She has tried to climb the Roman blind in my bedroom in the
    middle of the night, but I don't think she'll do that again. No harm
    done to her, and the blind could easily be reattached to its support
    by velcro. It's not the first time a cat tried that climb, and they
    don't usually do it more than once.

    I'm so happy for you! and Anna!  (Why on earth would they have called
    her Clarke?)  I'm glad she is no longer shy.  Buffy (RB) was described
    as timid by a friend of her deceased former owner but within a day of
    coming home with me, when she realized there weren't other cats for
    her to compete with for food, attention, etc. she came out of her shell.

    I'm happy for both of you.  She sounds charming!  Do keep us (those of
    us who still check in on this group occasionally) updated.  Got any
    pics?  You know you can use any number of free photo services to post
    links if you have a way to upload photos :)

    Jill


    A fairly early photo - she's been lured to my lap and is swallowing a
    cat treat.


    https://photos.app.goo.gl/2MKhf1MM3qJDctGQ9

    She's pretty!

    Even earlier - she wanted to stay in the litter box, so I took out the
    litter tray and added some cloths.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Yxefif2dAqyBJH17

    Hmmm, maybe she doesn't think the enclosed box is for litter? Thinks it
    is a bed? I don't think either of my previous cats would have liked
    something like that but then again, they're all different.

    Please ignore the evidence of bad housekeeping!

    Housekeeping? LOL

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/V9CGPQa3ChbqvfHZA

    She looks like a real sweetie. Thanks for the pics! :)

    Jill

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to Cheryl on Mon Aug 16 20:07:48 2021
    In article <in87piFl3ubU1@mid.individual.net>,
    Cheryl <cperkins@mun.ca> wrote:
    It's been a while since Cinnamon went to the Bridge, and almost a year
    since Kerry went. I thought it was time, and started checking out cats.
    It's a bit of a challenge, because although our COVID restrictions are
    easing steadily, the local shelters are either closed entirely, or open
    by appointment only - and that appointment gets you to visit with one
    cat which you have chosen online. But they're both trying other methods
    to find cats homes, such as making a small number available in pet food stores or a cat cafe (which has found homes for something like 280 cats during the pandemic). I examined the options, fighting against the
    tendency to say "I'll take them all!" I now have Anna, former name
    Clarke, a smallish female brown tabby a bit over a year old. She seemed
    very timid in the store - there was a much more outgoing and gorgeous longhaired orange tabby there too, and when I returned the next day,
    having made my decision, two black and white kittens. Kittens are, as
    usual, very much in demand. But I wanted the cute little brown tabby,
    and was sure she'd get over her shyness. The young woman working there
    was obviously startled and delighted when I said which one I wanted - "Clarke", as the shelter called her, had been up for adoption in the
    store for two weeks, and for all that time, everyone had picked other
    cats to take home. But she assured me that Clarke was a really sweet
    cat, and gently coaxed her into the carrier I had brought.

    And she has gotten over her shyness. It took nearly a week, but she
    slowly felt more and more confident and spent more and more time NOT
    sleeping inside the litter box or under a bureau or actually inside the
    back of the loveseat. Now she naps on my lap for long periods of time
    when I'm reading or watching Netflix, demands MORE FOOD NOW as soon as I start moving around in the morning in her quiet little meow. Because
    it's warm my (screened) windows are open all the time, and she sits on
    the window ledge or the table in front of one window looking out. Occasionally a bird lands on the roof outside, and she comes to
    attention, but so far hasn't tried going through the screens. She has
    tried to climb the Roman blind in my bedroom in the middle of the night,
    but I don't think she'll do that again. No harm done to her, and the
    blind could easily be reattached to its support by velcro. It's not the
    first time a cat tried that climb, and they don't usually do it more
    than once.

    That's really lovely news! She sounds wonderful and has come out of her
    shell. I'm so pleased for you.

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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  • From Cheryl@21:1/5 to Judith Latham on Tue Aug 17 08:02:11 2021
    On 2021-08-16 4:37 p.m., Judith Latham wrote:

    That's really lovely news! She sounds wonderful and has come out of her shell. I'm so pleased for you.

    Thanks! She's now totally at home, and comfortable demanding more food
    as soon as I show signs of life in the morning!


    --
    Cheryl

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to Cheryl on Sat Aug 21 14:34:49 2021
    In article <io1hhcFq95fU1@mid.individual.net>,
    Cheryl <cperkins@mun.ca> wrote:
    On 2021-08-16 4:37 p.m., Judith Latham wrote:

    That's really lovely news! She sounds wonderful and has come out of her shell. I'm so pleased for you.

    Thanks! She's now totally at home, and comfortable demanding more food
    as soon as I show signs of life in the morning!

    She soon sussed you out. :)

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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