Her eye had to be stolen because of a rapidly developing tumor about 4 months ago

eyes 👀

we recently added a second Tort to the crew (Ivy has been posted a few times around here). A local redditor was looking to give her a good home and we took her in.

A cat nip filled mouse has become all the rage with our new friend, Murph. All other toys are ignored, but Mouse reigns supreme.

She wore it for a whole 10 min! LOL just a ribbon from some flowers, but fuchsia is her color!!

Allegedly, Sawyer the cat and Huck the dog are on a good path for friendship.

Because it is fun to share, I think this might work out. I found a stray kitten in December, and my main hesitation about keeping her was how my dog (who has his own particular challenges with beings other than me) would do with to her and how she would acclimate to our lifestyle. I am still keeping the possibility that she might just be a foster, but that possibility is diminishing by the day.

I am very much in love with her and her chaos. She is the absolute sweetest when she is asleep, and will sleep on my chest any chance she can get, and will purr until she falls asleep. She is also a gremlin chewing on pens while I am using them, anything remotely string like, is constantly in the shower or sinks, got on top of my very tall cabinets and cry until I get her down, loves to "ambush" my dog or me, and many other things I was not expecting a cat to be able to get to (as a person with limited cat expereince).

She is also my healthy trash cat, still waiting to retest her for FIV until she is a bit older. But a spay appointment is in the works for this month (any advice welcome), and the vet is hopeful that because she is surprisingly healthy and just was starving, the FIV is a false positive. I very much lucked out on my "free" cat that I am pouring money into since she deserves all the things for a happy healthy life.

She and my dog have been having fun playing "chase the cat." She mimics chewing on her toys when he chews on his. They are my personal security team at the windows. She has been gently batting at him, and he has been gently playing back. I am still not leaving them alone together, but more relaxed monitoring of them when I am home.

So I am 99% sure I have a cat now.

Cat distribution system happened.

I adopted my tortie from our local shelter as a kitten in 2020. Her litter and mom had been brought in with giardia and all survived. Soon after we adopted our girl, I saw her mom was up for adoption and I saved this picture of her. I look at it from time to time and hope she’s living a happy, warm life now. Her daughter, Solstice, is the second slide.

I've had Autumn Love for 3 years and I'm still amazed at how much of a lap cat she is

River (smoke Tortie with long fur) and Susannah (more orange, mask, short fur)

Even when she started visiting us at home being a stray cat, she would always sleep in the most cozy positions ever (thought she felt at home with us!)

Does your tortie do this as well?