Ian and I took a trip out to see his Aunt in Marshaltown today. This trip had two objectives. He wanted to see his sister off, and I wanted to look at kittens. His Aunt’s cats both just had litters and some of the little ones need homes (the remainder will live on the farm).
Last weekend Mom said that she would probably be ok with keeping a kitten for a few weeks until I move into my new apartment so I figured going out and looking at them was ok. They’re still a tiny bit young for adoption but that didn’t stop me from sizing them up. The two you see me holding were pretty quickly the prime contenders. The one is a long haired all grey kitten. He was very affectionate and far more interested in people then any of his siblings/cousins/whatever. The little orange one (with cute little white socks!) was probably the most mellow. She wasn’t trotting up to me as quickly but she certainly didn’t jump out of my arms when I started petting her either. They also didn’t present any other clear flaws such as: scratching things, scratching people, hissing, running away, and/or alien infestation.
In the end I decided the only possible methods to choose between them were a) call my Mother (her only insight was that a longer haired cat would leave more hair) and b) make them duke it out. The end result of option b is pictured here. Neither were fond of the idea however Bo (the little grey one) retreated far sooner and was declared the loser.
My only problem now is that the name I had picked out (Agathon) really doesn’t work so well and the female equivelant (Agatha) really isn’t sitting too well with me anymore either. I’m now working on a name, suggestions are welcome.
I'm Trevin Ward, I'm a Political Science Student at Iowa State University in Ames, IA.