Tuesday 13 September 2005

Our New Kitten

PixelLast Friday we brought home our new kitten. He's a moggy we got for free from R*'s friend. He was born on July 9th which makes him 9 weeks old.

I've always wanted a cat and with R*'s gerbils gone it seemed like an obvious next pet for the family. R* would much rather have a dog and as much as we all like dogs, neither Jenny or I want to commit to daily dog walks. Cats are just so much easier to look after. Our only concern is whether K* will turn out to be allergic to him; it may turn out that we can't keep him. (the kitten that is although it's a close call).

The kitten was, in fact, my birthday present but we couldn't pick him up until after our holidays. R*'s been hounding me about what the cat name should be all summer as I reserved the right to make the final decision. R* wanted to call him Mewcus. No, definitely not! Chairman Meow was tempting. So was Elvis Catstello. It's been very tough and looking through Kessel's 15,000+ cat names didn't make it much easier. At the moment, it's either "Bobo" or "Pixel" as it's still a topic of family discussion.

Of course you never really "own" a cat.  It's just a cohabitation arrangement for mutual benifit.

5 comments:

  1. I've settled on calling him "Pixel". Yes, it's geeky but I like it! We also got our first vet bill! Took him for his first vaccination shots. He needs more shots in two weeks and then he gets spayed in a few more months.

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  2. Since when does a box of lego look like a litter box?!!???

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  3. Hello,


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    I collected cat and kitten names based on color, gender and other features.


    I hope you will find useful.


    Thanks,

    Odett France


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  4. ~* simple*plan*chick *~12 December 2005 at 00:44

    i found alot of good names on this site http://www.cat-names.us/database.asp?Category1=1

    it helped me out seeing as i may be getting a new kitten. :)

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