So we got a new kitten last weekend…

The new Kitten and Galileo, not fighting for a change...

Well I am a week and a half late with this but better late than never. The wonderful Dianne Alexy of Alexy Cattery listened to my long tale of Vlad’s battle with cancer and was a great person to talk to after he passed. Since Galileo came from her she was very glad to hear what a strong pillar he had been for Sara and I. When Vlad passed Sara and I had a rough time but poor Gali had to sit home alone everyday. Dianne agreed that a new friend might be good for Gali so we brought a new kitten home last Friday.

As anyone introducing a new cat into a household with an old cat could guess, they weren’t immediately the best of friends. Gali was very interested in our new guest but didn’t want him closer than about a meter. Any breaches of Gali’s self proclaimed neutral zone resulted in growling, hissing, and a smacky paw if the kitten didn’t get the message. It took about four days until they would sit this close without Gali growling the entire time. Earlier this evening Sara and I actually caught them sleeping together in the bed in the office and they have been playing non-stop for the last hour. I think Gali may be ready to accept him into the fold.

One thing I did forget about new kittens is that they are on a time table all their own. This guy is not a fan of letting us sleep. For the first five days he wouldn’t let us sleep for more than an hour or two every night. We took turns trying to wear him out but three hours of playing each evening before bed resulted in a wired cat and exhausted Will and Sara trampoline. We broke down and took Ambien on Wednesday night hoping we could get a nights peace and the Kitten still managed to wake us up at 4 AM. Did I mention that kittens, much like puppies, like to chew on everything? So far he’s eaten a handful of papers and our hands and feet whenever he can get a hold of them…

At any rate, you may notice we are still calling him, “Kitten.” We’re have a tough time settling on a name for our new addition. If you have a good one just post it here and we’ll post soon with what we decide. So far some of the front runners are Pyewacket, Azrael (Gargamel’s cat from the smurfs, not the archangel of death although it might be more suiting…), Kai (my boss suggested this one, it means “Stop It” in Yoruba and suits him VERY well…), Oberon, Puck, and Sebastian. We’d like a name that denotes how wild and troublesome he is. Out of all the cats we’ve had Sara and I agree he is the craziest and that’s saying a lot considering the sheer number of felines Sara has had over the years.