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Her name is Zoe.
05.09.04 / 11:27PM / Joe
Annie isn't quite sure what to make of Zoe, but she's already let loose a couple of dominant-sounding hisses to begin negotiations.
We picked up this little black farm kitten today, named her Zoe after consulting a list of Boyd's Bear stuffed animal cat names. "Zoe" works on several levels when combined with "Annie." There's Annie & Zoe, which sort of sounds like a J.D. Salinger novel. Then there's the alphabetical wordplay from A to Z.
We have the initial hurdles of fleas and mites and other outdoor cat concerns... and then there's the effect this will have on Annie's life. Right now, she's not pleased. She's made several forays to the door of Zoe's cage, and although she hasn't out and out attacked the cage door, she hasn't let it go without a low growl either. During one of her sneak-and-sniff passes, Rhonda tried to pick her up but startled her instead, so she jumped, hissed at us, and stomped away in a very symbolic fashion that put both of us in tears instantly. We love Annie so much, we don't want to see her turn mean or cold towards us... because she's always been a friendly, social cat. Annie could be anywhere from 8 to 11 years old, so this is a very delicate situation. We just thought it was the right time to get a kitten, but we're very watchful of what this could do to our first cat. |
