Sunday, October 19, 2008

A new member of the family

"Finally" Axelle would say! And indeed, she was already asking for a pet in Marina del Rey, but we always told her she would have to wait till we were back in Belgium. I think she did her best waiting, considering we are back in Belgium since mid-July! Yesterday she got her cat... she's (it's a female) named Niki.
The story behind this adoption is the following one.
On Wednesday we went to the shelter to pick out a cat we would go and get this Saturday. We wanted a little tiger and saw a little male we wanted to give a new home. He had had a vaccination earlier that week and was not feeling well, had a bad reaction. Anyway, they told us they would give us a call in case the cat would not be able to go home with us on Saturday. Since I did not get any calls, we assumed that on Saturday Spiky (that's how we wanted to call him) would be our new pet. We were told at the shelter that Spiky was not doing well at all and that they had to put him into quarantine because his health condition even got worse.
And so Axelle started playing with this cute little black cat and little misses black came home with us. She was eager to step into the transport box, did not complain at all on the way home and quickly adjusted to her new home. In the evening we had visitors and she was not shy at all but wanted to be cuddled by them all. Crazy isn't it... Most of the time cats will hide in a new environment, well, that's not our Niki!
So here she is, are new little darling.... we're all so happy to have her in our lives and hope she'll live long and happy for many years !


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Juist een kopietje van onze poes, Flore van de flanse floer. Al een tijdje overreden.
Beste Axelle, probeer ze van de Driesstraat te houden.

En ze is herkenbaar tussen de andere katten die hier rondlopen, die zijn zo mooi niet.
Groetjes
Goedele en den Bère

De Martens in Pasadena said...

Aiai, ons kinderen zullen jaloers zijn! Die zouden zo graag en poesje of een hondje hebben, maar aangezien ik daar absoluut niet tegen kan (astma) is dat onmogelijk. Een heel schoon beestje zunne. Proficiat met het nieuwe "member" in de familie Steenhouwer en veel plezier ermee! Wij kwamen vandaag op het strand een allerschattigste pup tegen, een Sint Bernardke. De kinderen waren er stekelzot van.
Groetjes, Nele