House Full of Sick Cats!

I can't believe that almost three months have passed since I last posted an entry. I've been busy with sick kitties. They have all had runny eyes and varying degrees of upper resp. It hasn't been fun. It seemed that as soon as one of the cats was getting better, another one would get sick. It's just like daycare - they pass it around to each other.

During this time, before all of the cats got sick, Poppy was adopted by a young woman who lived at home with her parents and two brothers. I thought Poppy was going to a great home as she was very much wanted, but it didn't turn out. I explained that it would take a while for Poppy to settle in and that she would be shy at the beginning. Poppy spent most of the time under the bed and her new mother wasn't willing to wait for her to come around. I took Poppy back after only one week. I was told that she was hissing and scratching them by the end of the week so I went to pick her up. When I brought her in the house and let her out of the carrier, all of the other cats came running up to her to welcome her back. She greeted each one and rubbed up against them, settling right back in.

Even though I had told the young woman that there would be an adjustment period, she wasn't willing to wait and that being the case, Poppy is better off back with me. I feel that she would have always been critical of Poppy as she wasn't willing to accept her as she was.