Hello Catsters!
I’m Crystal. I work within the advertising division for Catster. You could have seen a few of my posts on our social media and listened to a few of my tales on our YouTube channel.
Rising up, we all the time had canines. I thought-about myself to be a canine individual! That was till I moved in with my fiance, had a spot of my very own, and met my soul cat, Ivy.
My fiance must go away city typically for work, leaving me alone in a quiet home. One factor to learn about me: I HATE being alone.
As we lived in a posh, it’d be unfair to have a canine in such a small house. The yard was teeny tiny, and with so many residents already complaining about different canines within the advanced, I needed to search for different choices to search out companionship.
This was after I set my coronary heart on adopting a cat. With so many stunning kitties ready for his or her perpetually properties in shelters, essentially the most tough half was convincing my fiance. I begged, I pleaded (I even perhaps cried) for weeks on finish.
Finally, he gave in. I already had so many adoption posters saved on social media, and I discovered it unattainable to decide on one. Why couldn’t I’ve all of them?
Someday, I opened Fb and noticed this put up:
I can’t clarify it, however I knew this was meant to be my cat. I instantly referred to as the quantity. The girl mentioned that as a result of this kitty has such a novel coat and is long-haired, there was quite a lot of curiosity already, however she would hold me up to date.
Later that day, she gave me a name and let me know what I’d need to do to ensure that her to determine whether or not I used to be the very best potential cat mother – I needed to ship via a video of our house, a pet approval doc from our advanced, and be ready to pay an adoption price of round $150. This would come with her first vaccinations and spaying process.
Lengthy story brief, two days and quite a lot of preparation later, I used to be on the way in which to choose up my kitty after she had been spayed!
I knew I’d love her, in fact, however I used to be so nervous. Would she love me? Would I be cat mother? Would she solely be round when it was feeding time?
All of these worries had been put to mattress just about instantly. She was friendly and affectionate and appeared actually grateful to have discovered a protected, loving residence with us. Over time, with quite a lot of persistence and reassurance (and treats), we constructed a tremendous relationship.
The bond I’ve with my cat is not like another bond I’ve had with earlier animals we’ve owned.
And sure, my fiance adores her – she stole his coronary heart the second he laid eyes on her and now accompanies him whereas he will get prepared for work early within the mornings.
After all, cat possession doesn’t come with out its personal set of distinctive hurdles and challenges…
I’ll be sharing some extra of my life with Ivy – the nice, the dangerous, and the ugly – on Catster.com within the weeks to return!