Better.

[ladyjanelly]

Went and got a new fur-baby.

This is Blue. He's unbelievably sweet. He's about half-grown. Maybe 6 months old? Just a little too old for his prime adoption age so I'm glad we got him. Found out that the local shelter does indeed put down unwanted cats when there's no more room in the cages, so I feel good about getting a not-tiny-cute-kitten.

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[guard-the-cards.livejournal.com]

KITTIE!

Awww he's adorable!!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's beautiful and so loving and so playful. I know it may have been a little soon but I'm glad we got him.

[greenjelloforst.livejournal.com]

you are going to get a million comments that assure you that he is absolutely adorable, but: HE IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. and weird as it is, i adore the color of his fur. he and you are both very lucky indeed ♥

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's a purr-monster shoulder-cat. He's content just to lounge over my shoulder while I walk around (just like Piff does).

He looked really big and grown-up next to all the cute little baby kittens, but we got him home and he's like half piff's size so it should all be good.

[lomer.livejournal.com]

So cute! And I'm glad you adopted him too. Non-kittens need homes too.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

They do. The two tiny kittens that Kendra and I were looking at will surely be adopted. Blue was a little more at risk and I'm glad we got him because he's too sweet to be believed.

[2sexyboys.livejournal.com]

He is adorable and cute and you so did a good thing *g*

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's so sweet. He has that rough fur from eating low quality food but that should grow out soon. He's very sleek except that his tail is big and fluffy.

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

Oh, my GOD! That little kitty tongue he has sticking out is just too cute. You are a wonderful mama for rescuing him!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

I laughed like a mad woman when I caught that on camera. :)

I kind of had my heart set on one of the smaller ones (halfway between Blue and the tiny kittens) but the hubby saw Blue and we both fell in love with him.

[la-perkins.livejournal.com]

KITTEN! He is adorable.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

His tail is big and fluffy. I wish it showed in the tongue pic.

He's a lovey lovey kitty.

[janissa11.livejournal.com]

From Mei Mei: Howdy Blue! Welcome home!

PS: I like feathers, too!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Awww. They'd be such good friends.

Blue is currently playing with a piece of packing tape off of an Amazon box. :)

Piff is stalking him all "!!??!!"

[ixchel55.livejournal.com]

Oh sweet! He looks just like my late Murphy who was also a stray I adopted.

Congratulations! It's a boy!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Stray cats and shelter-cats are awesome. I'm gonna take him to the vet tomorrow and make sure he's okay, but he looks fit and healthy. Some of the kittens there had some sort of funk in their ears.

[ixchel55.livejournal.com]

Awww! Now, we don't want no funky ears, do we?

[gestaltrose.livejournal.com]

Ohh pretty kitty. *hugs you* You did a good thing. I used my kitteh icon for you. :)

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Thanks.

My husband found him in his cage and I fell right in love with him too. There was a kitten I'd been crushing on and sam was like "Are you gonna be heartbroken if we leave your kitten here?" And I said "Yeah, but I'd be heartbroken leaving this one too." So we took Blue.

[embroiderama]

Eeeeee, cute! My mom has a cat, Solly, who looked much like that when she was a wee thing, a shockingly long time ago.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's so pretty. All swirly shades of grey with stripes on his face and legs and tail. He's got a neat profile too. Something about the shape of his kitty nose.

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's adoption time! I just got a new dog a couple of weeks ago. *points at icon* They thought he was 10, so they were THRILLED someone was going to take him. (Older dogs don't tend to be adoptable.)

As it turns out, we put some effort into tracing his microchip and didn't manage to find owners, but we did find out from the people who put the chip in that he's actually only five or six, and his original name was Pirate. So Pirate it is. :)

(I was going to name him Winchester, too.)

In any event, yay for shelter adopting! And what a cute cat. :) I know our shelters are all totally full of cats at the moment- kittens fly out, but older cats only leave most of the time if they're lucky enough to find a foster home. Even with that turn over, they're putting a lot of cats down, so you definitely did a good thing. :)

(My aunt actually currently has two cats living in her garage because she can't take them in- already has a couple of house cats- but she doesn't want to take them to the shelter right now because they will just be put to sleep.)

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Awww. Dogs are awesome. Wish I wasn't so allergic sometimes. I'd go walk the ones at the shelter.

That's pretty cool that he's younger than you thought. He'll be around longer for ya.

Pirate Winchester. It's got a ring to it. :) Blue's whole name is officially either "Blue Note" or "Voodoo Blue." Or maybe both.

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

I have dubbed him The Mad Pirate Winchester

Because you can't just be a pirate, you have to have a TITLE. :)

Although it was a nice surprise, yeah. (Perhaps not so much for our other dog, who is also 5 going on 6. She's probably thinking 'crap, I'll never get rid of him!' :) )

In the grand tradition of my Skillz at picking out shelter animals, however, he already needs a few hundred worth of dental work, because his teeth are AWFUL. One is even completely broken. (Which is probably why they thought he was 10.) Hopefully he will avoid reaching the record set by our last rescue dog, who probably cost us upwards of $5000 in the first few years, not including standard care items. (He had separation anxiety and trashed the house. And then he had a grand mal seizure in the middle of the night and needed emergency care and a year and a half of twice daily medication.)

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

You know, tiny kittens have teh_cute, but they aren't that interesting, because they have no brain, and they spend all their time either sleeping or leaping, with no in between. I like the 6 month kitty so much better, and yours is really pretty.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

This is true. Heh. Blue is helping Kendra type as we speak. I hear her in there going "No no. That's escape. Don't press that one."

Blue is awesome. He's got these big fat snow-leopard feet and fluffy tail on a short-hair cat.

[candygramme.livejournal.com]

He sounds yummy, and is soon to be word processing like a pro - although he's likely to want his staff to do it for him! Lucky Blue. He's fallen on his fluffy feet.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

He's beautiful, look at those eyes!! And his little toes look like field peas! Six months is a good age, I think it's my favorite for adopting cats. They're mostly grown but still a little kittenish. And you're right, they don't find homes as easily which is also why I like them. You rock for giving him a home!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He looked so much bigger than the kittens at the pound that we worried about him being Piff-sized and having a never-ending struggle for dominance in the house. But we got him home and he's still tiny. :)

His little toes are like a grey-pink color. It's adorable. And his stripes go down his legs and tail and face but not-so-much on the body.

The guy at the pound had been all impressed with us for taking an "adult cat" but really. If he's got no personality problems (and he doesnt seem to) and he's been raised right, he's just like those kittens will be in a few months, and hey, we miss out on a few months of scooping stinky kitten poop. It's all win.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Let's hope he's a good kitty and litterbox compliant! *crosses fingers*

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's good with the litterbox so far. He acted like he'd been holding it on the ride from the shelter.

Scratched at the carpet but got right with the scratching post as soon as we introduced it.

He doesn't play rough with hands or feet and he was gentle with Sam when he paniced on the way out of the shelter. I don't see anything wrong with him so far at all.

Gonna take him to the vet tomorrow. Make sure everything checks out.

I don't understand people who would raise a great cat and then take him to the pound. But I guess if they didn't fix their animals and had more than they could keep or find homes for it's the least they could do for him to teach him manners? I dunno.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

And yeah, I honestly don't like kittens.

[cisaac.livejournal.com]

Adorable. Utterly adorable.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I appreciate the note about lily too.

[tabaqui]

Awwww!
Sweet.
:)

[specialagentldy.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww, what a sweetie!

[jmystic.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful kitty. Looks just like my husband's smokey. She lived 18 years and had to be put down last year. He took the picture of smokey out when I showed him yours and spitting image of Smokey. Congrats on him!

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

So sweet!

I'm sorry to hear about Lily, but I'm sure in time you'll love Blue just as much. I think you're right in that most people want tiny baby kittens, rather than 6 months or so. He seems young enough that he should be able to adapt well to his new home. Congratulations!

[faith-mars.livejournal.com]

He's cute. :)

[allzugern.livejournal.com]

Adrorable! How is Pfiff coping with the new bundle of joy??

[rei17.livejournal.com]

Awww - he looks adorable. *__*

[allyoops.livejournal.com]

KITTY! SO EXCITING!

Congrats on the adoption. He's so BEAUTIFUL! ♥ :D:D:D:D:D:D!!!!!!

[digitalwave]

Sweetie,

I'm so, so sorry about Lily. I missed your post about her while we were traveling. Though it looks like she pointed you to another really sweet soul who needs a home and a loving family. You can see the spirit and mischief just shining in his eyes.

I know that he's going to be a huge help in healing the hole you've all got in your hearts right now. :)

*hugs you hard*

[looselyspeaking.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous and cute. I just want to hug the picture, he's adorable. Lucky you. And well done you too for getting a rescue cat, a very responsible move and one more people should consider. Fluffy bundles are very nice, but there are so many older cats in need of a good home.

We had two sister cats from a rescue centre, this was a few years back, (sadly can't have cats now as have allergy to them.) Went for one cat and came back with two when we realised they were sisters and had been in the cattery for over six months. Never regretted it they gave us so much joy.

Jane :)

[brainstorm79.livejournal.com]

ohhh, he looks just like mine but mine is older. very cute little thing.