Meet Issy My New Baby Girl

Mark could see how awfully sad I was with losing Trip. In fact I felt so bad I just didn't have the energy to do anything. I didn't even want to go shopping for fun, which is something I would usually jump at the chance to do.

Mark pretty much put his foot down and made me go out on Friday. He wanted to take me to the RSPCA to just look at kitties. In fact there were 32 at the shelter when we looked on the website. Looking online is one thing, Driving there was something totally different. Plus it was an hour away.

Reluctantly I got in the car with Mark & Brodie, Angus wanted to remain at home, and we drove to Pearcedale, our closest RSPCA.

Just looking at all the cats did make me feel better. With all these gorgeous kitties being so happy that someone was coming to look at them, talk with them and pat them through the fences made most of them happy, vocal and affectionate.

There were three or four that I liked the look of. Who came up to me. Kissed or licked my hand. But this little one, Issy, came out of her basket for me. Just for me. She just looked at Mark and Brodie but moved for me. Even one of the handlers said she hadn't seen her out of her basket.

OMGosh she is just so affectionate. With lots of head butts and smooching. She won me over. She now has a new forever home.

She isn't too sure of C.K. yet. In fact she growled big time at him. I think C.K. is a bit scared of her at the moment. I also think his nose is a bit out of joint as we have closed of the other end of the house where all the bedrooms are. It's Issy's domain for now.

I still feel bad that we had to put Trip down but as Mark has said to me getting a new cat will help me to focus on something else. He's right it does but I still miss Trip like crazy.

Our New Baby - Trip(od)

We got this adorable cat on Wednesday afternoon from the RSPCA shelter. We had been hunting for days and Mark got very frustrated because we weren't able to find any. We went to another shelter but they weren't going to let us adopt a cat because we live in a rental property and they wanted a letter confirming we were allowed a pet. The big fella came with us that day too and he was just heart broken because we had found a couple of cats there that we liked.

Thankfully we didn't give up though and we found the RSPCA shelter. They only had a small selection of animals but that was okay. We were determined to get a cat no matter what. We had seen this beautiful black and white shorthaired cat who seemed to be talking to us as we went by his cage. He looked adorable. It said his name was Tiger so we called him and he answered us. We checked out a few of the other cats also and the big fella went back to Tigers cage. He then called us to say hey Mum did you know this cat only has three legs. My heart melted as did Marks. We just knew we had to check him out further. He was so affectionate it was just what we were looking for in a cat.

We had no problems getting him either. The people that worked at the shelter were so happy that Tiger was getting a new home and family. They were thrilled that we were going to keep him as an indoor cat. We just don't want a cat that may get into fights by going outside. Especially Trip because of the fact that he only has three legs. They explained to us that his leg was damaged when he was brought in and hadn't improved so they had to amputate it. The poor baby! But I don't think its affected him at all. He gets around like its still there. He's adapted really well.
Mark chose Trips name .. it's actually short for tripod because tripods have three legs. The boys love it (the name) & Trip!! In fact we ALL do!!