Okay, here’s the scoop (no cat box pun intended). We thought Lola would be happier with another cat in the house so we went and found another at a local cat shelter just to the north of us at Animal Talk. A very patient volunteer told us that we’d me much happier with a male kitten since our female would get more territorial as she got older and another female would become problematic. We found a pure black cutie and adopted him.

His name is Blackjack.

He’s scrappy and quite a dart. Don’t open a door or he’ll be through it in a flash. He whines when you put him to bed at night. He loves to play and fight with Lola, even though she is twice his size.

It looks like they’re going to be fast friends. Our biggest fear was that they’d reject each other. But as soon as Lola gets over whatever cold Blackjack brought into the house, they’ll probably be inseparable.