Re: Thinking about adopting

Good luck, Stan.  I think Milo is very lucky that he found you...or that
you 
found him!  You'll be a great cat-dad.

S.
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"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:16:56 -0500 from MaryL <stancole1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> OUT-THE-LITTER>:
>> *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...