He's no Molly

This is Molly.

This is Oscar.

They are two very different cats.

Molly was our first family cat. We brought her home when

Aubrey was 2 1/2. We loved Molly and Molly loved us.

She was such a great cat for the kids as she would let them love

on her like nothing else. When we brought our dog

Piper home Molly loved having a new

friend. Piper and Molly were the best of friends.

Last spring Molly was suddenly very sick.

After taking her to the vet we had to make

the heart breaking decision to have her put down.

It was awful and I hope to never

have to make that choice again. The girls

were very sad of course and Piper had lost

her best friend. She moped around for

weeks afterwards and her ears would even

perk up if you mentioned Molly's name.

The girls wanted another cat very badly.

We even visited the humane society a few times

in hopes of finding the perfect cat for our family.

Not a replacement cat, but, a playmate for Piper

and a new friend for our family. We came

very close to bringing home Tabby...

But, after finding a bit more information about

her we decided that she wouldn't be the best fit

for our family. She had not been around dogs or

children before and was already 4 years old.

Not the best time to introduce her to a new

environment such as our crazy household.

We held out until the end of the summer and

started talking about bringing a new cat home.

Our niece Amanda called one day and asked us

if we would be interested in adopting her cat. She

was moving into a new apartment that did not

allow pets. Oscar is 12 years old but, he has always

been around dogs and young children. After a family

discussion we decided that we would bring Oscar

home. Oscar did not settle into our household

quickly. Piper did not want anything to do with

him. Oscar pretty much hid from us for a

good part of his first week here. Aubrey was

determined that she was going to desensitize

both Piper and Oscar towards one another and

she was going to force them to be friends.

I have now given Aubrey the nickname of the

pet whiperer because she has succeeded in her

goal. With much love given to both

of them a good friendship is blooming. Oscar is not Molly. He is nothing like Molly was.

Oscar is VERY vocal compared to Molly who

never said a peep. Oscar's nickname in our

family is "the Siren." He is constantly voicing

his opinion about everything. Anyone know

cat speak? Would love to learn the language....

Though Piper and Oscar are not the best of

friends just yet they are learning to tolerate one

another. Aubrey has even managed to get them

to sleep on her bed simultaneously. We weren't

looking for a replacement when we

brought Oscar home.....we didn't get one.

We got an Oscar instead.