Meet Herbie

Since the passing of Jack a few months ago, Oreo has been quite alone. Due to holidays and mission trips, I delayed getting her another playmate. During those months, she became quite people friendly and talked much. Not that I didn't enjoy the attention of her--waiting at the door when I got home, snugglies at night, things of that sort--I could tell that while I was away for work or play, she was lonely.

With my own finances being less that desired, but still sustaining, I wasn't able to adopt a new buddy for her. However, with the lack of earnings for last year, a blessing came too--I received 100% of my taxes back from both the feds and staties--plus a few bucks extra too for credits. So, I bit the bullet and adopted Herbie.

Herbie is an overweight cat, but other wise, healthy. He's 2 1/2 years old and weighs in just about that of an infant at 17 pounds. He's been living in the home for about a week.5 now and has adjusted quite well. The acclimation period between Oreo and Herbie was short and involved much hissing and deep throat growling. But, each day--that got less and less and now they are taking naps together and even doing a little bit of play too. He's quite a people kitty--a lap cat too. Very much a talker--but his talk isn't the most attractive; kind of sounds like a strangled cat call--but he's cute nonetheless. Now in my care, a weight loss program is in store, and much love to be shared between the both of us.