i’m a cat mom!

I have news!! Last month I adopted a kitten🥹. His name is teddy, and he’s a perfect little black cat.

I always said I would not get an animal for years, but i unexpectedly started changing my mind.

There’s stray cats in my neighborhood. I was on a walk one morning when I saw a black cat curled up next to a curb. It’s nose was running, and it looked sick.

I immediately started freaking out. I called my sister and my roommate and started making a plan. i wanted to catch it and take it to the vet.

Kyndle and i went to walmart and bought some necessities, but as much as I tried, I couldn’t catch it. I didn’t not what else to do, so i stopped trying for the time being.

i was so sad that i couldn’t help it…i cried like four times. I didn’t see it for weeks.

a few weeks later, my mom asked if she got me a cat for christmas if i would want it. i then started seriously considering having a pet but didn’t want to make any rash decisions.

i looked at shelters in the norman and okc area and did some research on owning cats. my mom has two cats, but i wanted to make sure i knew what i was doing as the sole provider for a kitten.

i decided i wanted a black cat. i looked online at the okc animal shelter’s available pets and fell in love with a little boy kitten.

he was a dark brown color with green eyes and so fluffy. it looked like there was something wrong with his eyes in the photo.

i waited a few days, but he was still there. it felt like a sign.

anna and i drove to the shelter to see him. I was so anxious and couldn’t wait.

once we arrived, i asked about him. he had an upper respiratory infection, and his stomach was really upset from eating what he could find. he had been found outside of an evicted home by a cop. he had spit at him but was sweet when the cop picked him up.

i couldn’t visit him because he was in the medical unit but could try to look at him through the window. i signed up for him, so i could adopt him as soon as he was healthy and neutered.

a week or so later, it was finally time to bring him home! i picked hiim up and was so excited.

he was so scared and wouldn’t come out of his kennel. i was patient and slowly tried to introduce myself to him.

THe first night was rough because he was confused. he warmed up to me within the next week.

since then, he has visited my parents house, had his first thanksgiving, gotten lots of toys and his own blanket.

he loves playing with all toys, especially his rainbow toy. he loves playing on the stairs at my house and sitting on my bathroom counter while i get ready.

he sleeps on my pillow sometimes and wakes me up every morning. he bites and scratches but cuddles even more.

i can’t wait to grow up with my sweet teddy 🤎