Hello, Mochi
by barffie
So we decided over the New Year weekend that we will keep the foster kitty as our own after all! She was previously known as Munskin and she was in our “fostering room” for the past 3 weeks or so. I didn’t have a lot of energy to take care of her for the first 2 weeks due to my wisdom teeth surgery but Jeffwee liked her a lot… and being the cat-loving patient boy that he is, he took good care of her when I couldn’t.
We’ve always known that we would eventually have another cat after Gravy, just not that soon. Jeffwee always loved point cats and cats of this colour were almost always pedigree. I was adamant on not buying any of our future cats after I got involved with Cat Welfare Society because I became aware that there are just so many kitties out there without a home. Cookie was going to be the one and only cat that was purchased from a dingy pet shop. Never again. So there was a conundrum with no real solution.
After my final assignment early December, a friend of mine asked me if I would like to foster a rescued kitty which I agreed to. It’s the right timing because before my studies ended, I did not dare commit to anything extracurricular for fear of stretching myself too far. She was found dirty and scrawny from severe malnutrition, probably neglected and subsequently abandoned. We’d successfully fostered an Orange boy earlier in the year and nursed him back to health so I guess we were pretty ok fosters.
To our surprise, she is really pretty and cute. Jeffwee was instantly in love, even though she had some behavioral issues and poopoo problems and was really stinky from dried poop caking up her fur. We did not expect to adopt her as our own, really. But she was really sweet with a little squeaky meow.
We tried introducing her to our cats to see if they’d take to her… if she was aggressive and fierce towards them, then we wouldn’t keep her but work towards adopting her out to someone else suitable. But she was docile and submissive towards their unfriendly taunts and rude pawings… so I guess there was hope.
Then we figured out a name for her, Mochi… and the decision was set.
Hello, Mochi