There's a new cat in town...

Thank you for checking out this blog. On Saturday, July 11, 09, John and I finally adopted a cat for the house - first cat I've ever had. He is really cute, yet somewhat shy, but likes to play when he comes around. His name is Remillard Crow. When we picked him up, his name was already Crow, which he responds to now and then. He is black and white as seen in the picture on the main page of this blog, he's a year old, indoor cat, which we want, fixsed, has claws, which we are being careful with, and lots of bounceability! Of course I'm not used ot this, so I didn't get very much sleep last night. I'm hoping somehow I can train him to sleep at night and play during the day, but he must have the mind of a hamster. :) We are finding out that he doesn't like to be cradled, but he does like to sit in your lap, as well as explore everything! Whenever we open a door he runs the other way, which is a good thing since we live on a busy street, and I really wouldn't want there to be a possibility of him getting squished. :( He really likes my patchwork quilt that I made, but this morning I folded it with the rough edges down, as he seemed to be getting his claws tangled up easily. He is very well adjusted, he took to John and me after casing the joint out for awhile. He's litter box trained, and we had no problem showing him where the box and his food are. I'm still trying to get him to use his bed, a "cubbyhole", as well as a scratching post, however, no luck. But the poor thing was parched yesterday after John left, I could hear it in his voice. He would pick at his food dish now and then but always ignore the water, but after I put him directly in front of the water dish he went to down like water was limited! I am a little nervous and skittish since John is gone in the evenings, leaving me to attempt sleep alone with the neurotic furball. He has a couple of toys that we've tried introducing to him, there's not a whole lot of interest in the mouse, but he seems to like the multicolored cat dancer. I'm having a hard time keeping him off the counters, but we're hoping after we pick up a water bottle today, we can gently wean him out of this habit. Stay tuned for many more stories and pictures to come! Feel free to subscribe to this post so you can "follow me", and add me to the Google Reader. Thanks!