Friend for Budda?
I have a cat. No I’m not a cat lover, but somehow I ended up with a cat.
A good friend of mine early last year was having a bit of a problem. You see, he and his wife are wonderful people and have over the course of years accumulated, oh, 9 cats. A mess, on most days. What’s a bigger mess, well when one of the cats gets sick. How long does it take for 9 cats to get sick, not long at all.
They shortly ran out of room to quarantine, and I opened my door to one of their cats, a 7lb runt named Budda. She’s a lovely tabby, about 2/3 the size of a normal cat and was very sheepish. I saw her maybe once a week over the course of a month.
The day came when finally Budda could head “home”, but I - uh - ended up suggesting that she stay. She’d become a little more accustomed to me (and me to her).
Fast-forward a year and a half, I’m glad I kept her. She’s a weird cat, who’s slowly been coming out of her shell - she was at one point a stray so she’s a *lot* shy. I showed her “outdoors” this summer. She would constantly sit by the patio door when the weather was nice (and occasionally meow to let me know she was there). Of course, the slightest noise or movement would have her scurrying back inside in a flash.
My cat friends called me the other night and told me that a good friend of theirs had decided that she was going to be giving up her cat. The question was posed as to whether Budda would like a playmate? Of course, the *real* question is - do I want another cat? This decision has been bothering me for a few days & nights and I just can’t decide - on one hand Budda would have a buddy to run around with, and going from one to two cats isn’t as big of a jump for me as going from none to one was. On the other hand, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me as of late - I have so many other challenges in my life right now I doubt I’d keep my sanity if a second cat comes into the picture and it turns out to be a hellion.
What are your thoughts?
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