Meet Tashi!/Kitties Part 1
...or whatever her name may end up being.
Last weekend I persuaded my mom to take me to the new Petsmart in my hometown. We looked at two adult kitties in particular: a very pretty little calico named Tashi, and a tabby named Nicole (not an excellent cat name imho, but whatever). My mom was particularly taken with Tashi, and even made my dad take her to go visit again the following Monday.
This weekend I of course wanted to go see what new kitties we might find... imagine our surprise to find Tashi and Nicole still there! Okay, truth be told I'm not surprised about Nicole. She was a little older than most people tend to find adorable (2 years), had no crazy markings, and wasn't especially active from what I could tell. (I, of course, loved her for these very reasons.) But Tashi was cute, gorgeously marked, and seemed friendly--especially when they let you into the back to interact with her. I was surprised no one had snatched her up.
Unfortunately, Nicole = not a cat cat. Furthermore, after the month-and-a-half of life-in-a-box that she and Tashi had each spent in Petsmart, she apparently had started to crack; the workers said she had been very sweet until this last week, when she started getting angry and a little claw/bite-happy. She was very affectionate with me, but got agitated and unhappy when other cats were brought out.
After returning home, convincing an oh-so-unwilling father to go see the kitties, and deciding that Tashi was just too lovable to pass up... my mommy got herself her very own kitty. =)
Pardon the craptastical formatting, but I'm too tired to make this post look pretty. Also, all the pictures were taken on my cell phone (geez, if I'd've known my parents were getting a kitty I would've brought my camera home...), so the color looks a bit weird. But she's so pretty!
There's more to this story, specifically involving Nicole... but it could get a little sad, and I'll know more Monday, so perhaps a post then. Until then, there's Tashi! =D
Comments