Reaching out.
I just emailed a local rescue about what sounds like a really wonderful young boy kitty. He's kind of goofy-looking, and has only one eye. Cross your fingers.
Not cross your fingers that we get to adopt him, but cross your fingers that what is best for him, and for us, happens when it needs to.
I'm nervous about it because only once before in my life have I deliberately set out to acquire a cat. When life just dumps a cat in your lap, you feel like you are doing the right thing. It's not a choice, it's fate. When you're setting out to do it, even if it's a cat who really needs a home, it's still a choice you are making, and choices can be wrong.
I want another cat, but I don't want to screw everything up and create more tension in the house, causing more bad behavior and floor-pooping. But Fish is seriously going a little bonkers, and is obviously really lonely for a friend. I just want to do the right thing.
Things can't go back to how they were, and that's fine. I'm fine with different. I want different. When you take in a cat, you should be doing it because you want to meet this new fur-person, not because you want a replacement for his or her predecessor. I'm ready, and I have room. I just want it to work out.
At any rate, the rescue sounds wonderful. They specialize in special-needs animals, and even have a "bones and fishes" program to help elderly people and families who have fallen on hard times pay for pet food. Even if we don't wind up with this boy, I'd really like to adopt from them, because they sound like good folks. And I'm all for adopting gimpy kitties.
Not cross your fingers that we get to adopt him, but cross your fingers that what is best for him, and for us, happens when it needs to.
I'm nervous about it because only once before in my life have I deliberately set out to acquire a cat. When life just dumps a cat in your lap, you feel like you are doing the right thing. It's not a choice, it's fate. When you're setting out to do it, even if it's a cat who really needs a home, it's still a choice you are making, and choices can be wrong.
I want another cat, but I don't want to screw everything up and create more tension in the house, causing more bad behavior and floor-pooping. But Fish is seriously going a little bonkers, and is obviously really lonely for a friend. I just want to do the right thing.
Things can't go back to how they were, and that's fine. I'm fine with different. I want different. When you take in a cat, you should be doing it because you want to meet this new fur-person, not because you want a replacement for his or her predecessor. I'm ready, and I have room. I just want it to work out.
At any rate, the rescue sounds wonderful. They specialize in special-needs animals, and even have a "bones and fishes" program to help elderly people and families who have fallen on hard times pay for pet food. Even if we don't wind up with this boy, I'd really like to adopt from them, because they sound like good folks. And I'm all for adopting gimpy kitties.