Carol and I have been talking about getting a cat for a long time. Of course we wanted to wait until after the move and getting settled. Now that's done.
Carol and the girls made a couple of trips to the MSPCA last week to try to pick one out. They had a couple of good candidates. Charlotte is very leery of cats and very frightened of being scratched or bitten, so we didn't want a kitten. We also wanted a female because I've had males who developed spraying issues as they got older.
The MSPCA facility at Nevins Farm is quite nice. They have two "colonies" for adult cats. Each is a large room with lots of cubbies and a catwalk around the top of the walls and about a dozen adult cats roaming free. They also have small rooms where you can take a cat for some one-on-one time. Most of the cats are wearing name tags and there is information about each on a card on the wall (sex, age, traits).
If you're looking for a dog, they have large areas outside where you can take a dog for walk and play with it. They also have horses, goats, rabbits and a few exotics.
Yesterday we went back for the third trip and spent a couple of hours there. We had some one-on-one time with three different cats. The one we liked best was Tessa. She's a gorgeous, petite 1-year-old tabby. She seemed the most affectionate.
We kept her in our bedroom when we got her home. She spent the night there with all of us (it's an all-family bedroom on hot nights, with the air conditioner). Now it's 6:30am and she is exploring the rest of the house with the girls. She's very curious.
It's been 10 years since I've had a cat in my home and I've missed it. Carol and the girls are very excited, too. Welcome to our family, Tessa!
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