heeeere, kitty-kitty

yesterday i was in petsmart looking for dog food.  i decided to walk to the cat adoption place and check out the cats.  on the way there, i found dog sweaters on sale for $3 each.  i know, i know it's laughable, but when we shave our mutts, they are so cold from the air conditioning and often can be found laying in a sunbeam to warm up.  and seeing as the weather has been the shits lately and the dogs have been cold, i couldnt pass up $3 sweaters.  i might even go back to get MORE since they're so cheap.

so i walked over to the cats.  there were about five there and the one that caught my eye was a white one that looked sorta like sid.  she is fixed and is 2 and is mostly white with black calico markings on the top of her head and further down her body.  she was sitting there staring off into space when i got there and didnt really respond.  most cats will get up and purr and rub the glass, but this cat just sat there not looking at me.  i talked to her and her claw flexed as acknowledgement, but she sat there still staring off. 

i made the mistake of reading her card.  she's been in the system since march 2009.  that's one full year and 3 months of being behind bars and not in a loving home.  my heart broke reading that.  i've been thinking about it ever since, wondering why it is that this poor beautiful creature hasnt been adopted.

the more i think about it, the more i want to rescue her and bring her back here and give her some freedom and a loving home.  this cat has touched me and i feel like it would be irresponsible of me to let her continue to live there behind bars without being taken to a loving home.

of course i have the dilemma of worrying about whether i really need a new cat at this point and whether another cat is something i was going to consider in my future.  i had sworn that i wouldnt get new cats, but i know that every time i'm at my mom's place, i cant stop pestering her cats and hugging and petting them.   i was looking forward to having less hair in the house and less worry, but really cats are not as troublesome as dogs and as long as you feed and water them and clean their litter, they're pretty content.  in terms of animals, cats are low maintenance compared to dogs.

i'd have to run all this past ch, but i already know that he likely wont go for it.  he doesnt like cats and i'm pretty sure he's just biding his time till tasha is no more and then he will be happy he wont have them around.  since sid passed, ch has admitted that he cares about the cat, but i think that she's grown on him out of horrible circumstances, rather than him coming to his senses and realising that cats arent all that bad afterall.

i would have to consider tasha's feelings as well.  would she think that this cat is taking away from her attention?  i dont know.  would it entertain her?  most likely.  i think for the first 2 weeks, the cats wouldnt like each other, but over time they do grow to tolerate one another.  i also have no idea if this cat likes dogs and that could be another gong show, too.  our dogs basically leave the cat alone now, but i think a new kitty would have their curiousities piqued.

still have to think.  i shudder to think about the fate of this cat, however if it really has been in the system for over a year, then there is some hope that it will continue to be.  i just think that it's a real shame that a cat has had to live its life imprisioned because of some stupid person's belief that it was useless.

fuck, i hate people.