Friday, April 11, 2008

The Details

So, how did we end up with this little girl? Well, let me start by saying that it wasn't intentional or planned. It just sort of happened.

In a nutshell, she is a stray that a friend found. The friend brought her into the office where I was working yesterday and asked if we'd take her. I immediately said NO, but as you can see, that apparently meant nothing to him. After a day of discussions with him, then with Michael, the friend offered me $50 take her, which I could use for supplies or a vet bill. So, I called the vet who scheduled a 4PM appointment for us, and the rest is history.

She is a very healthy 2 pound kitten, we're guessing around 6-7 weeks old. Her only health issue was ear mites, easily treated by an irrigation by the vet, and 2 topical applications of a parasite preventative. Hopefully that will be her cure, and the mites won't suddenly spread to our other 2 animals.

But, she still has no name! Alex has suggested Lily, Morgann has offered Princess, and Ian is stuck on Coco. I've been pressing to find another home for her so that they can name her, but I'm outnumbered by everyone! So, I'm taking Katrina up on her suggestion!

I'm going to see if someone can make a name suggestion that my family will all agree on. There will be no prizes awarded, but you will have the satisfaction of naming a sweet little kitty, and, in turn, becoming an owner-by-proxy :)

Let the game begin!!!

5 comments:

Judy said...

Well, seeing as how this is the closest I'll EVER come to owning a kitten, here's my current thought on a name. Due to her size and stature right now, how about Peanut?

Katrina said...

I like naming things after fictional characters, so I submit the following suggestions:

*Boo Radley (I know the character is a boy, but the name Boo would be so cute even for your little girl furball.)
*Jane Eyre (very appropriate to her size and ethereal form.)
*Pippi (as in Longstocking)
*Eowyn or Arwen

Or, you could call her Scribbles, because with all those colors in her fur, it looks like someone scribbled on her!

Congrats on your new furchild. :)

Anonymous said...

More Cat Dander?????
George!!!

Anonymous said...

How about "Are you KIDDING"?!! ,
or "another litter box baby"

Well, I'm glad you rescued the little thing. Everyone likes kittens, so cute and playful, but then they grow up.

She looks like a Calico, so how about "Cali".

mama chris

Amy said...

I'm with Katrina on the literary characters part. We have a Biblical name thing going in our house (Jonah, Gabriel, Elijah) but we had Scout (also from To Kill A Mockingbird) so I can easily agree with all of her choices.

Maybe the kids can think of a character from one of their favorite books that they think kitty reminds them of?