Pete and Lily!

Ok, no pictures...yet. I have a few really good ones of Pete but it's been hard to get ones of Lily because she never stops moving about. I need to download them from my camera and see which ones are decent enough to post.

We went to Pet Smart around noon. Wow, am I glad I did not buy a lot more stuff for Pete and Lily because their foster mom Christy had two huge "goodie" bags stuffed full of toys, cat nip, laser pointer, etc. I was going to buy them a wand toy yesterday (but my glasses broke while at the pet store so I left without buying anything) and now we have two. She told us "Put one bag away and bring it out when they ruin all the other toys". Well, they have A LOT of toys to ruin!

She also gave us a tunnel thing and some other small cube like thing for them to play in. Wow, what a wonderful foster mommy! And, 20 odd cans of Fancy Feast. AND, a CD that has over 200 pictures of them. Wow.

BTW, this was all on her own. The organization gave us two bags of kitten food and two other "goodie" bags that had a litter scoop (so now we have three) and some toys.

All we ended up buying at Pet Smart was a tall scratching post with rope (this is what they are used to) and another angled scratching mat/activity something or another. Yes, although they will be strictly indoor kitties, we are going to make an attempt to not declaw them. Maybe, since I'm home most of the time,we can do this.

Anyway.

After about 45 minutes of talking with Christy (she had a list to go over with "instructions" and I had a list of questions) and filling out the adoption contract (scary), Christy took them into the back of the store and put them into our carrier. We asked her if we could borrow the towel they'd been sleeping on as I read it would be easier on them to have something that smelled like "home" as they adjust to their new home.

Time to go. I felt so bad for her; she was crying while she said good-bye to her babies Scooby and Velma. Her husband, who also played a great part in their care and development, was there to support her.

So, we walked out the door and they became Pete and Lily.

Mr. B said as he was carrying them, "They are heavy!" Well, they are not really. They are tiny tiny tiny. I think the carrier is heavy!

They fit fine in there together and never made a peep. Big sis Lucy was in the back of the car waiting to see them. They realized "something" was back there but were not overly concerned. Mr. B went to buy masking tape (to tape up the corners of our leather couches). I sat there trying to get a good picture of them.

We drove home and they both promptly fell asleep. A good sign! Maybe they won't be loud vocal kitties in the car!

We got them home, let the explore the utility room (where their box is) while Lucy stayed outside.

Then, we took them up to our bedroom, unloaded all of their toys, set up a (temporary) food and litter box station and settled in to have some fun.

I can tell you this (so far). Lily is BY FAR the more confident of the two. She was out, running around, exploring, and playing with everything in sight in no time. Pete is a bit more timid (and he's discovered Clyde's favorite hiding spot under the bed). But, he usually comes out in no time to see what's up. He makes funny noises; sort of a little growl or squeak at the toys. One time he was under the bed when I went up to check on them (we're leaving them upstairs now until they get used to us, smells, etc., but they CAN venture out if they want to). Lily was passed out in "Clyde's" perch. Pete came out from under the bed and made chirruping sounds at me. We had a nice few minutes of petting and bonding time. He's got a great motor on him! I'm not sure about Lily yet (her purr).

They've been out exploring the rest of the house. They love the stairs and like to walk around the edge (which scares mom to no end; Lily has already fallen down once but she took it in stride).

So far we've been cautious about introducing them to Lucy. Lily came down and explored the sun room when I took Lucy for a walk. Pete did come down but he tends to run back upstairs when he hears weird noises. Lily has no fear. She stalked a fly for several minutes, only giving a few glances to Lucy (who was at that time laying down on her bed with Mr. B, on leash; she got one good snap when she tried to dart after Lily who was chasing the fly). Pete wanted nothing of this action but he DID venture down and sort of hang around on the side-lines. We will take the dog/cat introduction very slow so that no one is hurt or scared.

So, here it is almost 6:00 pm. We both take turns going up to check on them. Right now, they are cuddled up together in the perch. Last I saw, Pete was giving Lily a bath. Lily, tired from her exploring, was out of it.

More soon!

Mrs. B