Spinor Info

It’s time to get serious. These little guys are growing rapidly and are becoming more independent each and every day.

They are going to see the vet for the first time in two weeks, and get their first shots. After that… they’ll be available at the unbeatable price of $0.00 per cat! In fact, it’s a buy one, get two kind of an offer… so long as you are willing to offer a good, loving home to an indoor cat (or two).

As a reminder, they came into our possession when we adopted their proud momma cat from a just condemned boarding house.

What we did not know or expect at the time was that instead of adopting one cat, we’d be bringing home five of them. That became clear only after a visit to the vet, where an ultrasound confirmed at least three little heartbeats.

That’s when I learned also that spaying a female cat is an option even when the cat is in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Needless to say, it’s not an option we were willing to consider. We’d rather take the risk, we decided, of getting stuck with too many cats in the house. That said, perhaps my hope is not unfounded that we can find volunteers willing to adopt three, perhaps all four, of these kittens.

For what it’s worth, they truly are adorable. And if they inherited even just a bit of their mother cat’s personality, they will undoubtedly prove to be adorable adult cats, too, just like Luisa.

No, no names yet. For starters, we still cannot reliably tell them apart. In any case, it’s up to their new owners, I mean servants to name them.

So a little over two weeks ago, we adopted a cat, from an abandoned, condemned rooming house. One of several cats, at least a few of which ended up being adopted, including this young female Luisa.

When I brought her home, my wife was wondering: “I hope she’s not pregnant!” she said. I admit the thought occurred to me as well.

Long story short, we now have eight cats in our house. And the next task is to find good folks who might be interested in adopting a little tabby, maybe two months from now when they’re ready to move to a new home. That is, first of course they need to survive the first few critical weeks, but for now, they seem to be thriving with a caring momma cat.

Needless to say, it’s a whole new experience for us.

Hello, world, please meet Rigby and Raina.

Rigby and Raina are two cats from Arnprior, who now live in our home. They are still more than a little apprehensive, but at least they no longer feel compelled to always hide when we enter the basement, where they presently live. I hope that soon enough, they’ll be willing to venture forth and explore the house.

A house that might be full of dangerous wildlife! Like this one:

OK, don’t worry, it’s not a lion in a flimsy wooden cage. Just our cat Freddy. Nor is he in any sort of distress. He’s just looking at my wife through the kitchen patio door, meowing at her through the glass.

We have yet to see how Rigby and Raina will get along with Freddy, but we’ve been assured that they are okay with other cats and indeed, I’ve seen it at the shelter where they came from that they seemed comfortable in a room shared with several other cats.

So yes, we are again a three-cat household. Or will be, as soon as these two gray beauties find the courage to come forth and start exploring.

Our cat Rufus is no longer. Today, his journey on this planet came to an end. He has been our companion for nine and a half years.

We mourn him.