Yes, hubby noticed the new addition (Penelope) yesterday and was upset, frustrated, anxious, but after a day at work, he came home and was fine. He's now interested in her, and he can chuckle at my plotting and scheming. He does appreciate my compassion even though it might stress him out at times. He was surprised to learn how long we'd had the kitten (albeit at the vet's office) since I can't keep a secret. She's so small, he really can't be angry for long-plus, how could he be angry when I'd cooked all his favorite foods?! :-) It's amazing what food can do!
Penelope is getting braver every day. She's following me around now, and after cleaning up about 8 piles of runny poo, she's now figured out the litter box. I think she knew what it was, but didn't want to intrude on the other cats' territory. I moved a litter box to the poo area (luckily it was on linoleum), sprinkled dirt on the top, and mixed in some other cats' poo, and she went right away! Yea! I was near tears from all the poos I had to clean-very afraid that she wouldn't learn-but all has worked out smoothly. Melissa _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:29 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: RE: new kitty, fingers crossed Melissa, I'm so sorry for your losses. After all you've been through your hubby should let you keep a little kitten for a while. Shouldn't he??? t Melissa Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, here's the update: first of all, for those of you who might remember, I mentioned being in the family way a while back, so you might be concerned about my alcohol intake. I guess I didn't mention that we lost the baby :-(. Not that I want to burden you guys with personal stuff, but for those who were scratching their heads and wondering what kind of person I was.. Anyway, I was so excited to have a couple come over to the house this weekend to look at our foster kitties. After meeting the two kitties at our house, it seemed that they wanted to take baby kitty (as yet unnamed) from the vets' office sight unseen. That sounded great! Alas, baby kitty is still at the vets'. I'll pick her up today after work. My husband still doesn't know about this kitty. I think I'll just bring her home and when he returns from out of town tomorrow, I'll just wait until he notices the baby running around and blame it on a spay/neuter gone bad (our cats are multiplying!). The people who were interested in her might take her at Thanksgiving time (when they return). In the meantime, it's my plan to take lots of pictures of her and send them to tempt them. They live in Michigan (I live in Nebraska), so travel would not be difficult to arrange. As for the name, it still hasn't come to me. The drink was just a Vox vodka with diet 7-up and a splash of sweet/sour mix. Vox, fox, foxy? Maybe. I know it will come to me. Also, I'm kind of a sentimental person (sometimes), and I can't help but thinking that fate sent baby to us since we just lost our own (3rd loss for us). So, although I want to keep this post to cat issues, I can't help but think that it was more than coincidence that brought us together. I'll try to post some pictures of baby tomorrow. Melissa _____
