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Here, our two cats enjoy a period of peace, lounging in the window at the back of our couch.
Our older cat, Lucy, is very loving, but she's also very skittish. She was extremely attached to our former cat, Bob, who died last year, but it takes her a while to warm up to a new face. She has been intrigued by Young Oscar the Cat since his arrival, but Young Oscar is exuberant, and Lucy doesn't like exuberant things. She likes him when he sits still, but he never sits still for long.
We thought maybe Lucy would take on a mothering attitude toward Oscar, but it hasn't worked out that way. I think she feels more like a big sister. She thinks he's cute, and for the most part, she likes him. But she also finds him annoying as Hell.
Editor's Note: It is a well-known fact of cats that black cats are hard to adopt out. That's partly why we got Oscar, because he was the only black cat of his litter, and we thought it might be hard for him to find a home. One of the reasons for the hesitation people have to take in black cats has to do with weird superstitions people have, but in the modern age, I think the bigger reason is that black cats are hard to photograph. Unless the light hits them just right, all a camera gets is a featureless black blob. I'm okay with that, as I don't photograph the cats all that often. But a lot of people in the modern world don't want a pet that won't work easily on Instagram.
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Here, our two cats enjoy a period of peace, lounging in the window at the back of our couch.
Our older cat, Lucy, is very loving, but she's also very skittish. She was extremely attached to our former cat, Bob, who died last year, but it takes her a while to warm up to a new face. She has been intrigued by Young Oscar the Cat since his arrival, but Young Oscar is exuberant, and Lucy doesn't like exuberant things. She likes him when he sits still, but he never sits still for long.
We thought maybe Lucy would take on a mothering attitude toward Oscar, but it hasn't worked out that way. I think she feels more like a big sister. She thinks he's cute, and for the most part, she likes him. But she also finds him annoying as Hell.
Editor's Note: It is a well-known fact of cats that black cats are hard to adopt out. That's partly why we got Oscar, because he was the only black cat of his litter, and we thought it might be hard for him to find a home. One of the reasons for the hesitation people have to take in black cats has to do with weird superstitions people have, but in the modern age, I think the bigger reason is that black cats are hard to photograph. Unless the light hits them just right, all a camera gets is a featureless black blob. I'm okay with that, as I don't photograph the cats all that often. But a lot of people in the modern world don't want a pet that won't work easily on Instagram.