And Then There Were Six

Lost & Found

I got a call last night at about 5:30 from Pooky saying that a kitten was found in the Home Depot parking lot and could I bring over one of the cat carriers for it? So I went over and there was this kitten who could be the reincarnation of my Matriarch, also known as Majesty, who passed on about a year ago.

Kitten has a collar, looks like she belonged to somebody, but how she came to be in the HD parking lot remains unknown. Efforts were made to locate the owner last night, but no one reported a missing kitten. There's Wal-Mart next door to HD, so the kitten could have also wondered over from there. We contacted the local animal shelter to report the kitten and so far no one has reported her missing. We tried to place an ad in the local paper but they are only open on the weekdays, so at the very least it looks like we're providing Kitten with accommodations for the time being.

But let's be real about this. Each day we have her, the chances of her becoming a new edition increase. This morning I said her name should be Griselda since she growls a lot at the other cats making a "grizz"-ing sound.Pooky says not to name her because it means we'll get attached to her. She is fierce and likes to make gutteral noises and isn't afraid to hiss, yet with people she purrs loudly and instantly.

This morning she discovered the Tuna Plate and inhaled the remaining tuna that the boys left. Mr. Doo was displeased at her eating the tuna, but I reassured him that we have two giant stacks of tuna and that he could share a little with her.

It creeps me out how much Kitten looks like my Matriarch. The personality so far is somewhat alike—the Matriarch was loving, but not prone to growling and hissing. I tend to think that Kitten was brought our way because recently Pooky has been having kitten lust and was talking about adopting a kitten. As the saying goes, ask and ye shall receive—kittens that is.