Feline team building

I don't even know which of my two cat announcements to be more excited about.

So to start with the ocicat kitten: after many long emails back and forth with Dreamsong Cats in Atlanta, today I sent a deposit (and signed an agreement) putting me on the list to choose one of these babies when they are old enough. Right now they are two weeks old; they comprise three kittens out of a litter of five, and they have the coloring I want.



They were born to Pandemonium (mother) and Oberon (father), both of them award winning... as if I give a flying fuck about that, but Pandemonium is beautiful. Her ebony silver babies will look like she does.

There are uncertainties here; the breeder herself may keep any of the kittens, there's one home choosing a kitten from this litter before me (unsure if they, too, are set on this coloring), and it is possible that not all kittens will survive to adoptable age. But odds are good, because there are three. If I don't take one from this litter, then we wait for a later one.

On her advice, we started on Friday to look for a companion cat for said ocikitten. Apparently they are very active and will run wild if their only companions are sluggish; and we were urged against getting a shelter kitten since their personalities can change over time and we're not guaranteed a fit. Breeder lady urged us strongly to get a young adult as a companion for the kitten: young, as playful/energetic as possible, and easygoing.

We found EXACTLY that on the internet:

Willy was rescued at the old Malden Hospital. He showed up at a home looking to come in from the cold.... We brought him in and found a foster for him.

Willy is a young energetic cat that loves his toys. It took quite awhile just to get these pictures until we figured out that if we tired him out with his toys then we might get a couple minutes to take pictures.
Willy is a young neutered male with up to date shots. If you're interested in Willy then please contact MHS.

We Zipcarred to Revere to see him this afternoon, with no intention of bringing him home today; then we brought him home. :P Could have happened to anyone. He was so, so playful, dashing around the dreary and cobwebby basement just wanting to run and leap at his feather toy and purr. Not bringing him home would only have meant an extra trip. He is easygoing and super curious about everything:



And his coat is an extremely unusual solid orange... maybe subtly ticked. He has tabby striping, but only on his face and legs. It blows my mind that we were the first sniff of interest on this cat in his whole month of being fostered! Anyway, he's here now; not officially adopted yet, and not introduced to Nala yet, but we've provided all the comforts of home in the office, and has already snuggled heisenbug some. Paperwork maybe on Thursday, when dude from the humane society comes over to meet us and make sure our home seems okay.