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i'm thinking about adopting cats (yr old or so) from a feral cat org that adopts out kittens taken from the colony younger than 8wks. does anyone have experience with this? i've heard that even removed pretty young, kittens of feral parentage (vs stray or owned) are more skittish etc bc they pick it up from their mother young. I just don't want to end up with problem cats if its foreseeable. i'll be looking at cats fostered almost a year, but still

fool for love: the cat edition

so. I adopted two cats tonight. hahaha. *facepalm*

seriously, I'm pretty sure they were destined to be mine. meet Irving and Seeley.

here's the funny thing. yes, he's named after Booth. no, I didn't name him. I'm gonna keep their original names, because they amuse me, both. the woman who fostered them was a fan of Bones (and Buffy!) and she named Seeley's litter after all the characters. there was a hodgins too, haha. he wasn't socialized enough to adopt out. still too paranoid. *SNICKER*

they're both around 9 months old. Irving is all legs and ears, and he's pretty darn outgoing, especially considering his origins. we played until he tuckered himself out and fell asleep. Seeley is kind of a couch potato kind of cat. he played for a few minutes and then laid down and watched like it was a spectator sport, haha. I'm gonna have to watch to make sure he doesn't get fat.

I talked with their foster mom for like 2 hours, so I feel like I know a lot about them already. officially they're mine but I needed to get all the paraphernalia so I'm picking them up tomorrow.

ps, can someone make that middle picture of Irving into an icon for me, by any chance? he just looks so endearingly awkward, I'd like to have an icon of it :)

ETA: thanks c_woodhaven for iconizing my cat!