Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A New Family Member



The boys and I were having a back yard camp out a couple of weeks ago, when this young lady waltzed up to us, well after dark. I immediately thought she was too small to be outside, wandering around by herself. Upon closer examination it was clear that she was a stray, which made me pretty sad, but our entire city is riddled with strays, unfortunately (spay and neuter your animals, people!!).


As you can probably guess, once Camden got a load of her it was all over. She was equally infatuated with him. We kept her in the laundry room of our rental for a couple of days until I could get her to the vet and have her checked out. After getting her ears cleaned, some flea repellent, and some antibiotics, she moved in and was dubbed, "Smokey" by Camden and Griffin.


So far, things are going well. Roy pretends like he doesn't like her, but when nobody is looking, he wrestles with her and he can't make me believe for a second that he isn't having fun, having a kitty friend to play with. Riley isn't as impressed, and mostly spends a lot of time barking at her. He doesn't like it when Roy and Smokey wrestle, when the boys play with Smokey, when I play with Smokey...he pretty much just doesn't like her. Camden did catch him giving Smokey a lick on the back of the head yesterday though, so we may be making progress.


Steve has reminded me that I've gone over his preference of a 2-pet household by 3 pets since he's been gone (lets not forget Gary and Junior, the hermit crabs). So for now, we're maxed out in the animal department. I'm pretty happy that Smokey found us ~ she's a nice addition to the family.

8 comments:

Joy said...

Fun! Are hermit crabs really pets? Can't you leave them unattended for a long time and they survive??? ;) Wait, maybe that's just what I THINK and why mine all died growing up... hmmm.

Chickens are NOT pets, though. Unless you make them your pet; which I am not. I can hardly keep track of 24 of them! HA!

Welcome, Smokey!

Nicky Parry said...

LOL! I love Steve's comment! But Smokey is adorable - I have a feeling she knew exactly what she was looking for......

Kate D. said...

Your new kitten is the spitting image of our old cat Wendy! I wish we could have a kitten but Carly would freak out. I'll bet she's a good distraction for the boys through these last few weeks before Steves back. And I don't think the hermit crabs count as pets so you haven't gone too overboard with the pets.

Linda Schick said...

It must be nice for you to have another female in the house, Heather! :) Smokey looks adorable and seems to have found her forever family.

Roberta said...

I love the picture of Smokey standing up on Griffin's belly. He looks like he's in deep conversation with Griffin. I see Griffin has his McCall skivvies on in these pictures!

kirsten said...

She's adorable! I would love a kitty..keep thinking I might sneak one on Mike even if he is allergic.

Jen F said...

She's so cute - I love tigers. She's a smart lady to have picked your house : )

Jen F said...

By the way, she looks like she may have some Maine coon in her.

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