Vera has a great story and is proof Gene truly loves me. Gene went on vacation with his friend to visit a friend who lived down in the Carolina's. I took advantage of a week home alone to bring in a new cat. I figured nothing would go wrong, Gene wouldn't notice right away if at all.
I got Vera from a no-kill shelter I used to volunteer with, she was an indoor/most outdoor cat. Her outdoor colony had dwindled down to just her, a new colony came in and she was pushed out. I said this is a no-brainer. I have a yard, live in the country and have space in the house I can absolutely take her in. Worse case she would be mainly an outdoor cat, only coming in when the weather was bad. Vera had other thoughts on that.
Needless to say, Gene come home early from vacation, I was out with the girls for a girls night. He called to ask why the bathroom door was closed, I played stupid and said I didn't know. He continues...whose cat is in the bathroom, I know what a closed bathroom door means. Still playing stupid - well it must be our cat in the bathroom the door was closed accidentally. He's no fool...he knew without a doubt it's a new cat. He said we would discuss this later when I got home. That discussion has never been finished, Vera still lives happily under our roof and has never set foot outside again. Way to help me out, as I tried to plead my case that she'd be outside more than inside.
She continued to make her presence in the house known, in not the best ways. First she choose her human, how shocking it wasn't me but Gene. Which is fine, but she literally spends every waking moment in close proximity to her human bestie. To the point if he is downstairs for to long she comes down to look for him and stares him down till he goes back to his computer, right where she feels is the only place he belongs. It's baffling because he was NOT thrilled about her being here.
Some of that comes from her behavior right from day 1. She chewed (and still does occasionally) his computer speaker cord. The computer and all its other parts are completely off limits and to mess with them is a certain death wish. It got to the point I said to her, Listen if you want to stay you HAVE to stop chewing his computer cords! He's gonna kick you out if you keep this up. Maybe she got it, maybe she didn't. She still chews cords, but now it's for the air purifiers, humidifiers, the dustbuster. You know things that don't have anything to do with Gene.
She's become so comfortable around him and his space that she spends a good bit of time with her belly out . She has a mean/gruff side. She usually reserves that for me when I pet her to long. With Gene she's all sweet and doles out the cutest little nibbles. As another senior cat she has her own health issues. Chronic Bronchitis - really such a pain! She gets sick at least once a year for at least a month if not longer. So we treat with a steroid and have been floating the idea of using an inhaler daily for her. But she's really not fond of the Chamber that the inhaler meds go in, so we are trying to push that as far down the treatment line as possible. Fortunately a 2 week supply of meds is only $14, and no visit needed if she gets her annual check up regularly!
Til our Tails cross again!
Mel
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