Re: Thinking about adopting

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:16:56 -0500 from MaryL <stancole1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
> *do not 
> even think about* taking Milo to the shelter to see how he reacts to
other 
> potential roommates.  The setting would be entirely foreign to him at
that 
> time, and his reaction would not be a good barometer for *****sing 
> adoptions. 

That makes sense.  In any event, I wouldn't do anything right away. 
First I want to let him adapt to his new home and feel secure here. 
And from what the SPCA were saying he may be perfectly happy on his 
own during the day.  (Dexter the Wonder Cat was the only cat in the 
house for the last 6 or 7 years of his life, wile I worked in an 
office, and he was fine.)

I called the SPCA today to ask about his food preferences and litter 
preferences. They said he's not at all fussy -- they've had him on 
Arm & Hammer clumping as well as shredded newspaper. For food they 
were doing Hills (because it's free to them) but Petsmart does 
something else.  They recommended starting him on Purina Indoor Cat.

I'm excited to pick him up tomorrow.  It's ten years since I had a 
cat in the home. Last night I went through the house looking for 
potential kitty disaster areas, and I think we're pretty well safe.   
I do have a motion-sensor trash can, and I figure it's only a matte 
of me till he figures out how to open it. :-)
 

-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com
****kata ga nai...