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January 18, 2006
One potato, two potato, three
It’s been a little over a year since I adopted two cats. I already had a 16 year-old neutered male. I had no intention of adopting two cats; I did not want three cats. Sometimes you get what you get because somehow it’s out of your hands.
Here’s how it began - - - I had two cats, one died. The 16 year-old
was the best imitation of a couch potato you can imagine. SLEEP, eat, sleep - - - it never changed. I decided he needed to have stimulation, play - - - a reason to get up off the couch. 
I started my search on Petfinders.org. What a wonderful job they do! I entered the profile of the cat I wanted to adopt. Male, Large, Maine Coon or look alike. I figured tri-state area was reasonable. I found the perfect pair of Maine Coons - - - “Two Kings of Queens.” There had been three and one lucky guy was adopted. They were adorable - - - of course. I filled out the very thorough application. I figured the cats were probably in a private home as the pictures looked homey compared to cages.
The caretaker of the adoption site and I e-mailed back and forth. I looked at ‘the Kings’ pictures every day. Long and short, my application got rejected. What a blow – it was because I lived 75+ miles from the adoption site and the caretakers always inspected the living situation before adoptions and a month afterwards. The staff was limited and they could not ‘visit’ my home. This sounded feasible.
OK, the search began again this time limited to Connecticut. I was now savvier and looked at the rescue sites every day. I saw which cats were adopted, which were not. Some are still not adopted. Then I hit pay dirt, “Large, Maine Coon, neutered male, age 7 needs home as his owner is going into a nursing home.”
I immediately called and asked when I could see him. Had to answer a few questions and engage in general conversation - - - assessment. “Can you come now to see him?” I soon met the ‘big guy.’ He was petrified and shaking in my arms. I put him on my lap and stroked him as I was quietly talking to him. He settled, yet was very alert to the other cats.
This rescue shelter Halfway Home(http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/CT211.html in North Haven) is wonderful. After the rescued cats have had their vet check-up and blood work, they’re then assessed as to their friendliness, etc. If they get along with other cats they go into the “living-room” with the ‘ready for adoption’ cats. The room is set up like a cat friendly living-room so they are acclimated to indoor living (if not already indoor cats). These 8-10 cats enjoy communal living and seem quite happy. I put the ‘big guy’ back into his enormous crate and stayed in the living-room. All the cats came to say hello when - - - out of nowhere came this flash of grey landing on my chest. She gave her all, she was working me, and she decided she wanted to come home with me. I did not want three cats, I definitely did not want a female. I heard myself saying ‘I’ll adopt this one, too.’
Until next time - - -
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