Meet Lima (lee-ma).
We welcomed her to our family at about 1500 yesterday. We adopted her from the Oregon Humane Society... Before her life in the kennel (luckily she was only with them four days but still has an upper respiratory virus, damn), she was a stray kitten. Some folks had her living in a barn/shed because she had fleas, ear mites, and two other kitty companions (also taken into the shelter). She is about a year old and weighs just over four pounds. Formally, she is a short haired tortoiseshell.
In her first day with us, she has slept and explored. We love watching her get accustomed to her new home. She loves to sit in my lap and cuddle and especially loves her chin and neck to be rubbed. She actually purred for the first time this morning. We've also discovered that she loves soft material and will seek it out. We bought her a bed, but the chair and rug on the floor are softer, so she goes to those first. I suppose we will have to make sure we get her the softest bed possible.
We like her personality. She is very calm, cautious yet curious, and very loving. She plays, minimally. We believe the toys she likes the most are string, mouse tails, bird-like toys, and fingers typing on the keyboard.
She likes to lip my fingers as a gesture of sorts, and lifts her head and purrs at me when she wants to be rubbed.
So cute.
Congratulations on the new addition. For a soft place to be, try this: find an old quilt or quilted pillow sham, and place that on the bed you got her. Nacho Tigre is right now sleeping in the grandkids portable crib, on their quilt. Grandad also adopted a small cat a few weeks ago; a long haired calico with more white than dark. Persus. (or perhaps Purrsus). A house is not a home without a cat.
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