hello kitties!

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. This house just isn't meant to be cat-less.  I know that doesn't mean I had to go and acquire two kitties, but they had been rescued together in Huntington Beach and are mother and son.  How could I split them up?

The smaller one is the mom, a little over a year old.  She was sold into child prostitution and then abandoned by a fat cat pimp (I'm thinking an orange tabby in a three piece suit, long fur coat, smoking a cigar). She roamed the streets and alleys with her baby boy until rescued by a fine churchgoing woman. At least that's what I glean from my interviews with the two felines.

The gray "baby" looks a lot like Hamlet, only at 7-8 months he's already far larger than Hammy at his top fighting weight.  He's a brute, but the most aggressive thing he's said so far is "myew?"  He's a gentle giant with a beautiful thick and shiny charcoal coat.  He likes smooth jazz, embroidery, and the sound of waves crashing on rocks. 

We had trouble coming up with names at first. Nothing really stood out except that the gray one looks like a chunky version of Hamlet. Actually, he sort of looks like he ate Hamlet.  Whole. The kids were calling him "Chubbs," but I thought that too undignified and oafish. So we all agreed that his official name is Lord Chubblesworth of Huntington South, Successor to the Throne of Hamlet.  The kids call him Chubbs.

Lord Chubblesworth of Huntington South, Successor to the Throne of Hamlet: "Myew?"

The mommy cat has a stunningly dark dark black coat, very shiny and soft.  She's a Pisces (and she likes to eat pisceses as well).  She found herself knocked up when she was but four months old, and her owners moved away, leaving her and her puppies to roam the mean streets of Surf City.  She is little and skittish  and her bright eyes look like candy.  Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for . . .

Lady Skittles of Huntington South

So far everyone is adjusting nicely to the new arrangement.  The kitties are quite sweet and affectionate, perhaps grateful that someone else is catching food for them so they don't have to.  Please join me in welcoming these furry additions.  Keep your fingers crossed that, as they say, two is better than one.

Comments

[amber]

Kittehs! How cute. Lily and Snape, my adopted pair, salute them.

[E. McPan]

Congratulations! They are very sleek-looking.

[Gina]

They are too cute! All four of them!

And hey, I'm a Picses! Does that mean I should be on my guard if I were to ever go to your house?

Do they make cat deflectors of some sort?

[dgm]

thank you, cat lovers and likers, and a shout out to lily and snape and tess and the other mcpan cat whose name escapes me.

gina, you're probably safe in this house, as bell is also a pisces and the cats haven't tried to eat him (yet). they know not to mess with me; i'm a scorpio.

[Jenn @ Juggling Life]

We are also a two-cat family--Quesa and Taquito (what do you think this says about the food we like?). Nacho met an early demise at the hands of a coyote.

Yay! Bossy is coming!

[AKV]

So, so happy for you DGM! You know I'm all about the kitties. Thank you for rescuing them off the mean streets. Don't forget to sniff their little Frito smelling paws...