Life. Taken for granted everyday. Some of us may know how precious life is. Others, like myself, don't fully understand what it is. But I am learning! In my most recent move, I am fortunate enough to have the "in-law apartment" that is attached to the house. This is a great feature for me to begin my "moving out." I have my own space, but my parents are right next door.
As some of you may know, we adopted two lovely cats into our home about 3 years ago for my mom's birthday. That's another story about their adoption :) Basically, I love adoption. It's one of those things that after you adopt a pet, you will never go back to buying from a breeder. I'm not going to sit here and preach how many animals need homes but seriously... the numbers are scary.Moving on to what I'm trying to get at... I adopted a kitten for my new apartment!
I have become a shelter creep for the past weeks: trying to locate the perfect kitten.Shelter creep n., one who visits shelters so often that the employees recognize & remember you.
Finally... there she was. Just arrived with her family. Her fate lay in the hopes of society to give her a home in 5 days. I was there!
May I present my new companion, Chloe!
She is such a darling. Spunky, and unbelievably loving. She is quite a bit of work though, being so young. The vet estimated her at around 6 weeks :) Weighing in at 1.2 lbs it's almost ridiculous how small she is. Ahhh the cuteness level is just ridiculous on her.
She's obsessed with sleeping in my lap.
So anyways... the moral of this post is this. When you adopt a pet, you save a life. And if you feel like you have space in your heart & life for an animal, no time is better than the present! Most animals in kill shelters, like Chloe, only have 5-7 days before they are killed. Unfortunately, only one other kitten from her litter found a home. All of the others, including her mother, have crossed over the Rainbow Bridge now. SPAY & NEUTER YOUR PETS PEOPLE.
VERY ADMIRABLE! honestly it kills me how many ppl actually go out and go to breeders to get a pet i actually adopted a PURE bread english bulldog bc after the person actually got the dog it became to big for them. so that comes to show u that just bc u buy from a breeder doesn't means u will have the perfect animal. ppl need to realize there are soo many pets that need homes.. y not just adopt. thank you for the lovely post! been missing u!! hope ur doing well! ADORABLE kitten too!! :)
ReplyDeleteWOW. Chloe is the cutest thing EVER! SOOO jealous <3
ReplyDeleteI would love to adopt a cat, but I dont think I have the money to look after a cat, and of course it might get tortured from my baby brother =P
Btw, soo glad you posted, you may not know this, but I seriously love you! (not in a weird way) as in Oh emm gee I WISH WISH WISH you were my best-friend-for-life-even-though-you-are-not-my-age-how-about-being-my-sister-you-are-so-awesome way. Does that make sense? You are sweet, you are funny, you are SMART. and you CARE, you have a huuuge heart, and its just everything combined, that I wish there were more youtubers like you, more people like you.
OKay, hope that did not sound creepy, if it did I am sorry, I wasn't trying to scare you =P
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what a lovely post. I agree. When I'm ready I'm so adopting a dog. (: thank you for sharing and what a precious kitten. <3
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Adorable kitten! I can not believe the rate at which shelters are euthanizing these poor animals. Your last paragraph seriously made me so upset (with the shelters and economy, not with you). It is absolutely ridiculous and I hope that that can change soon. You are that kitten's hero and I am so glad you got her :)
ReplyDeleteomg chloe is sooo cute! That is so nice your get to live in your own little apartment but still be at home technically!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so sad that some shelters in the US actually kill the animals after only a few days. Here in Jamaica we only have a handful of shelters which no one really knows about and unfortunately some Jamaicans don't see the importance of saving an animals life especially since they have no soul.
ReplyDeleteThese things make me cry :(