I mentioned in a recent post that I had to put down my 17 year old cat in early June. He was the last of our 4 "senior" cats left, and I didn't realize how empty my heart would be without any cats. I thought it might be best to wait until mid-September to adopt because we'll be taking a short vacation and because I thought I might need more time to grieve. I admit, however, that I found myself looking at the local adoption agencies and even making a few trips to see kittens/cats. Finally, last Sunday (Father's Day) I suggested to my DH that we visit Oregon Humane Society just "to look"...just for something to do.

We ended up choosing some older kittens from the computer first then giving the list to the employee helping us. We interacted with each of the kitties on our list. Once the employee knew the type of personality we were looking for, she made suggestions and brought us kitties that were not on our list to consider. We finally found two that we really liked and were at the age we had previously decided on (range of 6 months-12 months or so). I also suggested that one should be black if possible since black cats don't get adopted as much. We were able to put the two on a 4 hour hold, and went to lunch to discuss our plans. We returned to adopt our two girls.

One was called "Biddy Earls", was 9 months old and had recently weaned kittens. She's solid black and the Vet & I think she might be a Bombay, although not sure and it really doesn't matter. We changed her name to "Mila" (variant of Emily). Here's her website: http://www.oregonhumane.org/adopt/ad...nimalID=108398

The other girl is a medium hair tortoiseshell and her name was "Puma Purrsalot" - we changed it to "Violet". She is about 8 months old and is extremely friendly and bold. Her website is: http://www.oregonhumane.org/adopt/ad...nimalID=109209

We don't have children and I always told my DH "Happy Father's Day" from the cats. Now I can continue on with this tradition because we are blessed with our two lovely cats.

I've been reading up on personalities of tortoiseshell and Bombay cats, although tortoiseshell is a color, not a breed. Anyone have either? Any experiences you'd care to share?

Thanks.