Lola came to us with her sister Maisi when they were kittens. Twelve weeks old and very exuberant!
A few weeks earlier we’d started our search for a cat. We knew we wanted a kitten, and the local rescue centre had some kittens available. They sent us some pictures. Looking at the picture below husband said “those white ones look a bit… ratty… let’s get one of the black ones.”
We arranged to go and visit the kittens at their foster home. When we arrived we were told that the boys had all already been reserved. That left the two girls – the left and right most kittens in the picture. Yes, the “ratty” white kittens.
In life they weren’t so ratty. In fact they were quite lovely! We very quickly fell in love with the kitten that would later become Maisi – the kitten on the right of the picture. She came to greet us and was very happy to cuddle up on my lap. We asked to reserve her.
The other girl kitten was a bit wilder than her siblings. She was running around a lot, playing with everything. Not scared of people, but not interested in being with them. A bit of a hellion. I was happy with our choice of her staid sister.
But…
Wouldn’t it be good for the kitten to have a companion? A playmate? And that poor little mischief-maker was the last kitten in need of a home…
The next thing I knew we had agreed to adopt both the girls. We filled out the required paperwork and said goodbye to go back home and eagerly await the day that the kittens would be old enough for coming to live with us.
When the day finally came we were of course ecstatic to get our little sweeties home with us. It became clear that our first impressions of the pair were pretty accurate. They both had their playful sides, and both wanted cuddles too. But Maisi was generally soft, sweet and cuddly, whilst Lola was a bit crazy, hyperactive and independent.
I figured Lola would calm down with age. Kittens have a lot of energy, after all. Well… at six years old she’s still very energetic. She runs around like a crazy thing, and yells at the top of her voice for no good reason. And it can be frustrating, annoying, and downright irritating.
But that’s Lola. And we love her. Even if she sometimes drives us up the wall!
Love,
Lady Joyful
Oh cute post
Thanks 🙂
Lola sounds like my 7 year old Kessy, from nil to rocket in a milisecond, usually a quiet cat but when she has her crazy five minutes (which sometimes last ten) she is calling out loud.
Kessy sounds sweet! If only Lola was quiet most of the time 😉 Seems like she’s only quiet when she’s sleeping!
You are really making it hard for me to get just a single kitten next time. 2 very different personalities unde one roof. With Jamima it’s definitely a one-cat home.
Some cats do seem to prefer being the only cat. Sometimes I think Lola would prefer it – she doesn’t seem so keen on the boys especially since we lost her sister. All cats are different 🙂
A nice story, the little kittens look so cute. You have really lovely girls.
Thank you 🙂 Unfortunately we no longer have Maisi… And Lola certainly is lovely when she’s quiet 😉
Sorry you lost Maisie so soon. As much as Lola seems to fill the house I am sure you must miss her very much.
We do miss her. It’s always hard losing cats. And of course because the girls looked so similar sometimes we look at Lola and it seems like we’re seeing Maisi! Even three years after losing her it can be hard… But it’s a comfort having Lola, and the boys, and hopefully they’ll be with us for a good few years longer! Thanks for commenting 🙂
Haha I love her coloring ! That little splotchy of black on her backside is like a lady’s polite way of covering up !
Exactly! Maisi had the same little bit of black on her backside! Black tails on both too. Lola also has black on her side, whilst Maisi had a black diamond on the back of her neck 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
what sweet kitties. a pleasure to view them. <3
Thank you 😀
Lovely story. ?
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great story! Glad the sisters are together! Cute!
I was very glad we decided to get both of them too 🙂 Unfortunately Maisi is no longer with us – she became very ill and we lost her a month after their third birthday. We still have noisy Lola though! Thanks for commenting 🙂
Oh so sorry for your loss. It is not easy to lose a member of your family no matter how many feet they have.
Very very true! One of the downsides of being a pet owner is the eventual loss of them… And it’s so much harder when the loss is the result of an illness – your always wondering if you could have done something different that would have prevented it. But it’s been a few years now since we lost her, so the pain is not so raw 🙂
I am so glad you adopted both of these cuties.
We are too! Thanks 🙂
Adorable babies! I think Charlie would be quite happy being an only cat! Ting is very family orientated though 🙂
I’m certain Lola would enjoy being an only cat. I used to think Elvis might but then when we were fostering kittens he was daddying them so much that I changed my mind 😛 Sampson has always had four legged friends, and though he’s still not cuddly with the other two I think he’d hate it if he was an only cat.
Oh Elvis sounds so sweet! Charlie and Lily just used to hiss at Ting and Tooty when they were little…no motherliness at all!
Ha, that’s what Lola did! Although one day one of the kittens snuck into the basket with Lola when she was napping, and she was just confused when she woke up and kept cuddling him 😛
I love their tails. I have never seen a white cat with black tails before. They are cute.
Thanks! It is quite unusual colouring 🙂
Very nice post! Great pictures..
Thanks 🙂
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