ANDY AND DELILAH

Nope, I don't mean "Samson and Delilah". Andy is our Ragdoll, who already has two blogs telling his story up until now. This new tale comes from Carol, one of our foster moms, referred to earlier as my Wheel Man. At any rate, Carol took in D., or Lilah, to save her from being euthanized at a local shelter. She, the cat that is, had a very bad "rep"; she fought with all the other girls and was nasty when people came to visit and she was briefly let out of her cage. D. remained unspayed after nine months because she kept going into heat. Cause for Paws felt this was very cruel, so arranged to have the operation done, and Carol was to provide a safe, quiet refuge for her to recover in. It was expected that the cat would not be much fun, that is not respond to affection, toys, or cajoing with treats, etc. Well......as you can imagine, just the reverse occurred. Carol said Delilah was sweet, charming, delicate, shy maybe, but very easy to care for. We all assumed that having total peace and quiet, no other cats, and Carol to dote on her had made all the difference. Maybe it did, but soon enough a new challenge to all this serenity arrived in the form of Andy (whose new mom calls him Cesar). Carol was doing some pet sitting, and is quite skilled at gauging as to whether or not her charges can get along well. She debated introducing D and C (or A), but then decided to see if they could play together, rather than being isolated. As she tells it, after only one night, she opened both their doors and Andy, who is rambunctious to put it mildly, walked gently up to D. and, like a perfect gentleman gave her a chaste kiss of hello. She readily accepted this overture and for two days they played together and became fast friends. So now we can tell everyone that she is really ready for adoption and can even join a family with another quiet, well-behaved feline like herself! ABRACADABRA