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Title: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Jamie-o on May 29, 2009, 09:34:23 PM
And she's making it very hard to type.  :D  She's also doing a marvelous job of dusting under the furniture.  ;)

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi674.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv110%2FJamie-O7%2Fkitten.jpg&hash=0ee2c681d09b60186f7266a532f6cf89733e5dc6) (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi674.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv110%2FJamie-O7%2FkITTEN2.jpg&hash=bc41873eda7148470c4ca5e21c1a857d7a94caad)

I can't decide what to name her, though.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Lori on May 29, 2009, 09:52:04 PM
AWWWWWWWWw,  she's sooo cute!!

How about smudge. Or 8-ball?
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Michelle. on May 29, 2009, 09:54:42 PM
She sure is a cutie.

Take your time naming her. Have fun while she's in the very young kitten stage.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Janet_Girl on May 29, 2009, 09:58:20 PM
She is adorable.  She will name herself, Dad.

Janet
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Miniar on May 29, 2009, 09:58:45 PM
That's a great OHAI expression, so get her a good OHAI name..

Like "skittles"
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: MMarieN on May 29, 2009, 10:02:59 PM
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Such a little cutie! I want to cuddle her!
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: ArleneTgirl on May 29, 2009, 10:15:31 PM
Awww, I love kittens.  I'm going to cry, i miss mine. 
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Dennis on May 30, 2009, 02:32:27 AM
What a cutie. What a devilish expression though. You're gonna have your hands full there. How about 'Trouble'?

Dennis
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Cindy on May 30, 2009, 03:23:27 AM
She is very cute, she looks full of mischief. Maybe that's a name? MissChief :laugh:

Have fun
Cindy
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: V M on May 30, 2009, 03:42:01 AM
Ooooohhhh, I love kitty cats  :laugh:

Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Jamie-o on May 30, 2009, 04:11:30 AM
Yeah, she was a little wild when I took the pictures.  And she was fascinated by the flashing light on the front of the camera.  She eventually got so hyper I had to lock her in the bathroom for a few minutes to calm down before she destroyed something. (Like my legs, which she kept trying to climb.) Amazingly enough, she managed to escape under the door.  :o  I knew the gap was unusually large, but I didn't think it was that big!  :D  But now she's been zonked for a good 3 or 4 hours.  Storing up the energy in anticipation of me going to bed, no doubt.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: V M on May 30, 2009, 04:16:47 AM
She'll be randomly knocking things over and biting your toes while you're trying to sleep. You'll want to call her Buggerhead  :laugh:
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Dennis on May 30, 2009, 09:25:47 AM
Speaking of cats and sleep, I saw the most stupid cat toy on display at the grocery store. Called "Night Play", they were hard, plastic glow-in-the-dark balls meant for the cat to bat around at night. Yeah, like most people with cats aren't constantly woken up by the cat batting a toy against a wall or a door.

Dennis
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: tekla on May 30, 2009, 10:14:06 AM
Yeah, like most people with cats aren't constantly woken up by the cat batting a toy against a wall or a door.

If your choice of pets is a nocturnal hunter, then you get what you pay for.  That's why my pet of choice is a sloth.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Suzy on May 30, 2009, 10:20:01 AM
I've got it:  Name her Tekla.  (Except I don't think Tekla dusts under stuff.)

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fganjataz.com%2F01smileys%2Fimages%2Fsmileys%2FloopyBlonde-blinking.gif&hash=4545ddf8251cf9c32ae6074d56e48bc34a755857)Kristi
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Michelle. on May 30, 2009, 02:56:54 PM
Merrrrow!! Kristi you better watch out, Tekla might take you in to be declawed!!

Even though the new kitty is a "queen." I would suggest "Houdini," given the escape from the bathroom.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: MarySue on May 30, 2009, 03:49:37 PM
Quote from: michellesofl on May 30, 2009, 02:56:54 PM
Merrrrow!! Kristi you better watch out, Tekla might take you in to be declawed!!

Declawed? Hell, Tekla will have her fixed!

Yup, it sure sounds like you have a cute little devil on your hands. I hope you're prepared to be pussy whipped.

Although your description of her antics reminds me of the advice that you should always get two kittens, not one. Yes, they'll have double the energy, but they'll expend it destroying each other, rather you or your stuff.

As for names, how about Natasha? If anyone asks, say it's because she goes rushin around.

And yes, I admit that I've been pussy whipped eight times over the last two decades. Every one has had a unique purrsonality. Alas, only one is still with me.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: TamTam on May 30, 2009, 04:42:38 PM
Dusty. :D
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Suzy on May 30, 2009, 09:13:43 PM
Quote from: michellesofl on May 30, 2009, 02:56:54 PM
Merrrrow!! Kristi you better watch out, Tekla might take you in to be declawed!!

Oh now, I have three kitties (sometimes four) and I named them all after people I like.  It is a great honor, especially when it is a beautiful one like this little devil.  Plus a nocturnal hunter?   Gotta Be a Tekla. 



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Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Jamie-o on May 30, 2009, 10:31:47 PM
She loves to talk and complain a lot.  I'm thinking of calling her "Chicago" (the Windy Kitty).  ;)

And yes, she was up biting my toes half the night.  I tried to reason with her.  I said, "Did I bite your toes while you were trying to sleep?"  Didn't make any difference.   But I've managed to find some toys that she likes, so hopefully she'll start playing with those instead.  Yeah right.  ::)

I'm looking for a second kitty to keep her company while I'm at work.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: MarySue on May 30, 2009, 11:25:50 PM
Quote from: Jamie-o on May 30, 2009, 10:31:47 PM
And yes, she was up biting my toes half the night.  I tried to reason with her.  I said, "Did I bite your toes while you were trying to sleep?"  Didn't make any difference.   But I've managed to find some toys that she likes, so hopefully she'll start playing with those instead.  Yeah right.  ::)

Sounds like she was chasing "bed mice." Bed mice are invisible. They can only be detected when they make lumps under the sheets.

Bed mice are not to be confused with "bag mice." Bag mice are visible, but they're the same tan color as paper grocery bags, so they're very hard to spot in their native habitant. Although with the way supermarkets push plastic, bag mice are becoming an endangered species.

Quote from: Jamie-o on May 30, 2009, 10:31:47 PM
I'm looking for a second kitty to keep her company while I'm at work.

I have a tee shirt that says, "Cats are like potato chips. You can't have just one."


Post Merge: May 30, 2009, 10:33:18 PM

Quote from: Kristi on May 30, 2009, 09:13:43 PM
Oh now, I have three kitties (sometimes four) and I named them all after people I like.  It is a great honor, especially when it is a beautiful one like this little devil.

A friend of mine does the same thing.

Then she realized she had more cats than she could handle, and she gave one to the person for whom the cat was named. I was told that having a pet with the same name as the owner caused several "Who's on first?" moments in the vet's office.
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: JakeGrimm on June 06, 2009, 05:15:40 PM
She's so cute ^.^ Love the pic of her all dusty, lol. Hope you're havin fun with her! And good luck on the second kitty search <3
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: riotgrrl101 on June 10, 2009, 05:42:39 AM
Prehaps name her Springfield? as in Dusty Springfield?
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Windrider on June 10, 2009, 09:28:44 AM
Aww, she's cute! I think pets name themselves. I usually call them by a variety of names. They will come to one. That's how Bailey got her name. She actually came over when I called her that :P

Have fun with the new kitty!

WR
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Audrey on June 10, 2009, 11:21:56 AM
i just got my kitten yesterday morning lol.  more of a pussy actually.  wwow sorry im weird
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Michelle. on June 10, 2009, 03:08:22 PM
Audrey is one day post-op and already acting "frisky."
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: fae_reborn on June 10, 2009, 04:51:12 PM
Jamie, she's sooo cute!!  I want a kitty!  ;D
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: MarySue on June 10, 2009, 11:01:20 PM
Then go to a shelter and adopt one, Fae! Or better yet, adopt two.

Lord knows shelters have thousands of nice kitties that are dying to have a good home.

Literally.

*Sigh*
Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: Jamie-o on June 11, 2009, 05:21:09 AM
I'm leaning toward naming her Pywacket.  I'm probably going to be getting this other kitty (see picture below), if the current owner and I can find a time when we are both free.  This one is a little older - about a year old - but she should still be young enough to be open to making friends with, and playing with another kitten.  And on the plus side, she's already been fixed.

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Title: Re: I Just Got a New Kitten!
Post by: fae_reborn on June 11, 2009, 11:10:03 AM
I wish I could MarySue.  Unfortunately my current living situation dictates otherwise.  Besides, if I got a kitten now, I think my other cat Simba would get very jealous.  She's 15 and is really needy, haha  :D