Thursday, August 06, 2009

Another pet?

So it is just Cricket and I now. We live in a two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor, that has mostly carpeting. Cricket is doing fine, but I feel like she needs something to do, or someone else around to play with.

So... dog or cat? I have been searching for a few days for a small dog on Petfinder.com. I find myself looking for a dog that looks just like Treif. God, I miss him. I tear up just thinking about him. And not only am I doing that, but I am thinking of other things, like having to leave the dog alone for 9 hours every day, feeling like I need to rush home because of the dog, etc. I would have to take him everywhere with me, like when I go up to Michigan. So maybe having a dog is not such a good idea right now.

So I went back to Petfinder and searched for cats. There are so many! Again, I find myself looking for one that looks like Ladybug, whom I also still miss very much.

How can I choose between so many of them? How can I just take one? A lot of the postings plead for you to take the cats' companion as well. So I would have three cats! That is a lot in an apartment. And then I worry that Cricket would hate the cat, and would start peeing all over the apartment. My parents had a cat that hated the other cats, and started peeing in corners all over the house. Soon they were all doing it! And they were all females too! It wasn't a spraying issue like male cats have. I have seen Cricket pee on towels that have been left on the bathroom floor. Granted, the towel was right next to her litter box, but still... would she start doing it on carpet if she was unhappy?

Sigh, what to do... what to do....

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh (((Pam)))

I have five cats, so not in the market for another.. but I miss Omaha SO much, so I sympathize with missing Treif...

Maybe Cricket has a little urinary tract inflammation?

http://meowmeowmom.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/feline-lower-urinary-tract-disease/

Pam said...

I thought about that, but when I got her urine checked it was fine. It really is just a "quirk" because she is so weird! :)

Anonymous said...

OH, cystitis (urinary tract inflammation) won't always show in a urinalysis. It just means the urinary tract is inflammed/aggravated.

Then again, could just be behavior! Jellybean will pee in any boxes/plastic I leave lying around... and unfortunately sometimes pees on the chaise. :-(