A Relaxed Cat With A New Name

Miss Cat, the blind girl who arrived here on Thursday, now has a new name:  Cinder!  Thanks to Ginger and Kathy, who both suggested Cinder in their blog comments.  We had a ton of great suggestions submitted via the blog and by email, and we appreciate everyone's wonderful ideas for a new name for this young lady.

Alayne took this photo of me with Cinder tonight in the cottage where she's currently in isolation for the next two weeks.  My experience has been that new cats need on average about three days after they arrive here to come out of their shell.  Sure enough, Cinder spent the last few days lurking in a litter box in the back of a crate in her cottage.  She wouldn't come out at all.

And then, when I went to feed her this morning, she was suddenly a different girl.  Cinder heard me open the crate door, and she immediately got up and came straight towards me, purring.  I started petting her, and the next thing I knew, she was rubbing her head on my beard, purring as loud as a lawn mower.  She climbed up on my shoulder, rolled around on my neck, and couldn't get enough loving. 

So I left her to roam around in the cottage all day, and by tonight, you can see just how relaxed she was.  (Bear in mind she's blind, yet still comfortable enough with me to lie upside down.)  The blue fleece blanket on that cot in the photo is all covered in her black fur because I'd been petting her there before we took the photo; she was rolling around on her back, purring away, while I scratched her tummy.

Comments

[ginger & Tobias (the greythound)]

Cinder is very happy to be at the RDR & with all the love & attention you're giving her, who could blame the lucky kitty? I hope she will grow to like her new name. I'm honored that I was one of the people that suggested it! I guess Kathy & I were on the same wave length! Great suggestion, Kathy!
Hugs to Cinder & the rest of the gang,
ginger & Tobias

[Roz]

It's great to see Cinder relaxed and happy already. I love this photo.