As most of you know, in the September 27th, 2009 edition of the Times I wrote an article about my cat named Stubby. Well, this is an article about our new kitten we got Saturday, October 24th, 2009!
She's all kinds of brown, striped, personable and very lovable. While Muddy is jollily trotting towards you, Stubby lays there staring at you. Although, let's start from the beginning of this cute kitten's story.
It was a normal weekend for Jamie and me. Well, so we thought. Jamie had been talking about how she wanted another kitten. We were driving to the store and my dad turned to the road heading to the SPCA. We got out of the car and headed in. My dad asked if we could see the cats but they were on quarantine. So sulkily, Jamie and I got back in the car.
My dad started driving and we passed the jail then turned towards it. We then arrived at the city's other shelter. We asked where the kittens were and the lady pointed. We were disappointed at the sight of only 3 kittens in all. Two were in the same bed rolling over each other sleeping, one was different shades of brown, the was other yellow, like Kelsey (ocean10kv's kitten). The other one was standing there, the same yellow as the one sleeping. Since it was Jamie's job to pick it out, I was clueless.
We went over to the cats. One was meowing and looked like an extremely furry version of Stubby. It was interesting.
Leaving the cat exhibit we went back to the kittens. Jamie decided she wanted the sleeping yellow one. So we told the lady we wanted a kitten. Jamie said she wanted the sleeping yellow kitten. The lady said that it was a boy. My dad pointed out that it would mark its territory. With a bit of sadness in her voice, Jamie said the brown kitten. It was a girl kitten, that was a plus. She was laying there half awake in Jamie's arms. She looked so cute.
A mom and boy came in, the mom asked what kind of cat it was. The lady said it was a Torby. The boy scratched the kitten's head quickly.
We decided this kitten was the kitten we wanted to get. So I held her and carried her close to the box until she started to freak out. My dad took her then. After she was in the box, she was desperately trying to get out. She did succeed once, only to be put back in.
Once we finished the paperwork and stuff, we were off to our house. Luckily, she was as noisy as Stubby was. We arrived, knowing what was about to happen might not be good. Stubby didn't like to share. Period. When we took her out the box and Stubby got her first sight, she looked at us like she was thinking, "What have you done!?" We heard a hiss and a growl, and the battle began.
It was pretty much Stubby chasing her. We had just thought of the name Muddy, then it was going to be Hershey, but after trying we kept it Muddy. We found Muddy's wittiness when she was under a shelf and on top of a box. Stubby was standing there and looked away, and suffered a whack on the head from Muddy. Later on Stubby freaked out from Muddy whacking her tail.
Because Muddy's claws were getting caught in toys, she got a nail clipping from my dad. Turns out she didn't even have all her baby teeth. Shortly after that, Muddy and Stubby peacefully slept until Stubby disturbed her. Then there was a bit more fighting. Then we found out something that proved we have cats with odd traits. Muddy is a true mixed cat. Lighter cats have pink pads. Darker cats have brown pads. Well one of Muddy's pads are pink. And she's all kinds of brown.
Life has gone pretty normal with two cats. She occasionally gets the sniffles and only sneezes on me usually, but I love her.
Well, it wouldn't be a good article without pictures. So here's pictures of the much wanted Stubby's tail and a picture of Muddy and her paw!
