Husband and I had a interesting Sunday afternoon. There has been a cat wondering around our neighborhood for several days now. Today she made her way to our yard and I couldn't help but pet her. Well that did it!! She adopted us! She was so pretty black and white with long hair and very sweet and gentle. Unfotunatley I am really allergic to cats so we could not keep her, but with the temperature quickly dropping outside I also couldn't stand the thought of the little girl freezing. My husband made a quick trip to the local Petsmart and they gave him the number of a local lady who runs a shelter, but she does not take calls on Sunday nights. Totally understandable, but the local animal control was also closed because it was Sunday. So, this meant that kitty would be staying with us for the night. Tim got her some food and an inexpensive litter box, and we made her a bed in our garage. We had gotten her all settled in and Tim made a post about her adopting us on his Facebook. Only a few minutes after he made the post his phone started ringing. One of his former soldiers, and really good friend's, wife was calling. She had seen Tim's post and her and her two children were interested in the cat and wanted to come get her tonight!! We love these people and know they will give her a great home. Also their little girl was so happy to get the cat it made my itchy eyes and throat worth it! I am really glad we found her a home so quickly. Husband took a couple of pictures for me. We could not get her to look at the camera, and please excuse my appearance!
aww. poor you with being allergic! I used to have a bad cat allergy as a young child so we were never allowed to have cats but I think I got over it as I grew older (haven't reacted since I was maybe 10) but now my husband (who grew up around cats) is allergic. we're dog people though. hehe.
ReplyDeleteyour reaction sounds bad. there are pills you can take so you can own certain animals, so I heard. I had a friend who always reacted really poorly to dogs and she always took her pills before she would come over so she could pet them and be near them (since she loved dogs).
Maybe cats are different though than dogs with such allergies.
I'm glad that you found a home for your cat!!
My cat allergy is pretty bad and has actually seemed to get worse as I have gotten older. I am not allergic to dogs! I had a little dog for 17 years and when she passed it was so hard that I have not gotten another one yet. It was totally expected she was really old, but still hard. We are thinking we will get a dog when we get to our next duty station!
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