Some of you may remember I posted about losing our beloved family pet Gabriel in January. We adopted him in Dec. 2000 when we lived in the Azores. Since January, I have been giving lots of love and attention to our other cat Shadow (he was adopted in Feb. 2004).
When our boys returned from college, I promised them we'd consider adopting another cat. Eric was home 2 days when he convinced me to start looking. We went to PetSmart where we found a dozen cats/kittens needing a home. Although I would love to have a houseful of cats, it's not practical nor logical.
Based on our needs, Eric and I chose Rocco, a 3-year-old male cat. He was very shy, with sad eyes, and it was unknown why he was left in a box on the doorstep of a vet. I knew we could have a few issues with the unknowns, but we had taken a chance on Shadow six years ago.
We opened our hearts and our home to Rocco. Shadow has done the normal hissing and growling and moping, but the two have not had any physical encounters yet. Rocco doesn't like people messing with his tail, and he's a bit skittish. But he's eating fine and loves to chase the laser light. We are optimistic he'll settle into our family and Shadow will accept him as friend/brother.
