Love is the temple, love the higher law

[lizblackdog]

It's really way too soon to post this. I'm scared I might jinx it for myself. But I told cottonmanifesto and now I wanna tell everyone because it'll be so great if it happens...

We may be about to have our own cat!

Was talking to Downstairs Neighbour Couple with the miniature Dingo this afternoon and I happened to mention how much Spike wanted a cat and how I was looking out for one that needed rehoming. And they told me they knew someone at the Conservative Club who's moving into sheltered accomodation who needed a new home for an eight month old cat. Not only that, she's a BLACK AND WHITE TUXEDO CAT. And she's used to being an indoor-only cat, and she's apparently been introduced to dogs before and got on all right.

I can't imagine anything more perfect. I've been wanting a cat for the longest time; only I felt it needed to be a youngster. I didn't think it would be very fair to take a cat used to a dogless household and free access to outdoors (whether one approves or not, it's the norm for cats round here) and force her to adapt to being indoor-only and coping with Spike in her face to boot. A young one that's never been an outdoor cat will cope much better, don't you think?

I've lived with my Mum's cat Maisie before, which is how I know how badly Spike wanted one of his own, but I've never been responsible for a cat myself before. At least half my f-list has cats so PLEASE tell me anything you think I might need to know, which are good books to read, and which are the best LJ cat communities to join? I've had a look at cat_adoration, but that's more about showing off pretty kitties than the nuts and bolts of keeping them happy and healthy.

And cross your fingers for me, too. I want this cat to be my cat.

Comments

[montymark.livejournal.com]

You'll have to tell Spike that if it's going to be his cat, he'll have to take care of it...

Cats usually tend to take care of themselves quite easily, provided they had a good start. I don't have lots of tips, although I grew up with cats and we never really resorted to books and such. Use common sense. Cats do too. Sometimes.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

He says that he'll watch her and protect her and love her, but I have to do the food and litter tray and stuff. It's that old lack of opposable thumbs problem - but if he had thumbs he'd have taken over the world by now, so I love him fine without.