I mentioned in a post last week that we had someone coming out this weekend to meet three-legged Honey Girl for a possible adoption. Well, Keithi W. from Missoula arrived on Saturday as scheduled, and Honey Girl was everything she usually is … sweet, affectionate and full of antics as Keithi loved her up. It seemed like a perfect match. That's when I took this photo of Keithi with Honey Girl:
But then blind Herbie got in the way. Did he ever. He wanted Keithi to notice him, too, and he kept pawing at her for attention. Despite being blind, Herbie knows exactly (well, within a few inches) where you are, and he leans forward with his paws out to get some loving. "Hey, what about me? I'm adorable!" It is an irresistible sight, this beautiful little blind cat pawing at you and meowing for affection. He looks right at you, as if he can see. Then he climbs onto you, and you melt.
Keithi wavered.
The more she petted Herbie, the more antics Honey Girl performed to draw Keithi's attention back to her. When Keithi stopped to pet Honey Girl, Herbie would start up again, pawing and meowing at her.
Keithi said, "Oh no, I'm not sure now."
I fully understood, because both of these cats are real dolls and it would be difficult for me to choose between them.
I told her she was in luck, that this weekend only we were having our 2-for-1 special on cats. I offered her an extra crate, since she had only brought one. "The crate's free with the second cat," I said. (I was joking, but only sort of!)
Herbie pawed. She wavered some more.
She held Herbie, and I took this photo of them:
Keithi said, "This is really hard. I came here fully expecting to adopt Honey Girl and now I'm torn. I mean, look at him," she said, pointing to Herbie who was back on the cat tree, pawing at her again.
I told her that we would be delighted if she wanted to adopt either cat, but also reminded her about our one-time only 2-for-1 special on cats, including the free bonus crate.
At this point Honey Girl, not one to let Herbie outshine her, climbed back on the cat tree, too:
Meanwhile, during all of this our cat Fibby continued to chew on Keithi's shoelaces. Whenever she tried to walk around in the cat house, Fibby would use his paws to hold onto her foot so he could still nibble on her shoelaces.
Finally, Honey Girl decided to take matters into her own hands. She climbed down, walked over to Keithi's cat carrier, and got inside. She sat in there and looked up at Keithi with an expression that seemed to say, "I decided. I'm going home with you."
Keithi looked down at Honey Girl in the crate and said, "Well, I guess that settles it."
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