Samantha
I promised I’d post about our new cat, Samantha, so here I am!
Last weekend, Laura and I had to go to Petsmart to get dog food, cat food and cat litter. We were also hoping to find one of those new nail grinder-type things for “cutting” your dog’s & cat’s nails. So we get there and do most of the shopping, with my Mom in tow.
We ended up in the back of the store and they had dogs from the Heaven Can Wait sanctuary there. There was a really, really pretty chocolate lab puppy there that if we had the room, time and money, we may have very well have taken that puppy home. My Mom sure wanted her.
We ended up going to look at the cats since we generally always do that when we’re at Petsmart. My Mom “egged us on” a bit by saying we should go in and meet some of the cats. So we did, and we met this really affectionate fluffy black cat, 8 months old, called Skippie/Skipper (not sure on the name, it was different in different places the cat was mentioned). We met her and she was really affectionate. Purred like crazy, climbed all over you and just wanted to have everything to do with whoever was paying attention to her.
After sitting in there with her for about 10 minutes, I could tell Laura really wanted her. We looked over at my Mom and she gave us this whole “get the cat” look. We decided to go ahead and get the paperwork started on her and went outside to talk to my Mom and think it over.
Long story short, we decided to get her, and also got some more things she’d need, like kitty food, a scratching post, a litter box, etc. Laura was initially a little hesitant about getting her because we already have Dusty and he’s 20 years old. But in the end, we decided it would be alright.
We decided in the car on the way back to our place to call her Samantha. My Mom is the one that came up with it. She just blurted it out and Laura and I suddenly couldn’t think of a better name.
Heaven Can Wait said that she’d been having some eye issues and indeed she was. When I took her to the veterinarian the day after, they confirmed as such as gave us some eye ointment to give to her for it to clear up. I think it has finally, as she’s not winking any more and you can see her eyes fully now. We were initially worried about Dusty picking it up and it becoming a complication, so we sequestered her in the extra bedroom my Mom was staying in until it cleared up.
My Mom commented after the first night she was in that room that she is really, really affectionate. Licks your face, climbs on you, nips at your nose & ears, purrs like crazy, rinse and repeat. The second night she had to keep the cat in the bathroom because she couldn’t sleep that first night.
She get along with Dusty rather quickly. He even seems to have taken enough of a liking to her to not impose his dominance very much. It’s pretty awesome, Laura was worried about how Dusty would take us having another cat.
Pepper & Samantha, on the other hand, is another story. Pepper, just like when she met Dusty, was very interested in her. Wanted to meet the cat, smell her, etc. Samantha was very worried about his bigger, excited dog, naturally, so she still hasn’t really warmed up to her. She’s not as hesitant to walk past her as she initially was, but she’s still wary.
Anyway, I should probably wrap this up so I can give her the attention she’s meowing at me for. 
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