The "Tail" of a Little Gray Kitten

Well, after two years and four months of living just the two of us we have an addition to our family! Since we moved to Greenville, we are further away from our families and their pets and can't just go visit and get kitty snuggles anytime we want! We {okay, maybe when I say "we", I really mean "I"}... anyway, we were missing our sibling pets, so we started keeping a eye out for pets who needed a home. We saw this picture along with some shots of his siblings on Craigslist last weekend and this little guy caught my eye. I'm not sure why, but I've always had a thing for gray kitties and he is one of the cutest I've seen!

I'm adorable, I know!

We had a busy week without much time for pet-searching, so on Saturday we decided to head out and visit a couple shelters. There were several very sweet kitties there, but we just didn't really connect with any of them. I had emailed this little guy's foster dad and knew that he was still available so we decided to drive on over to Bayboro and check him out!

Neither of us really thought we would end up taking him back home with us since we hadn't really connected with the other cats that day, but he was just too cute not to go. When we arrived, his kitty mom was sprawled on the kitchen floor enjoying her afternoon, and this guy and his sister were like little flying squirrels, darting all over the place! We finally caught him and realized he didn't necessarily want to snuggle but he was sweet! His foster parents explained that they had seen his mom come and go outside and ended up finding the four kittens under the hood of their son's car so they brought them inside and started looking for good homes for them. After visiting for a few minutes, Stephen and I talked it over and decided that we did want to take him home.

Mama cat and all the kittens

His sweet foster mom packed him up in a little crate with a towel and his jingle-ball and sent us out with a bag of food and some cans of Friskies. It broke my heart when his kitty mom heard him crying and came to see what was going on--he reached out of the crate and pawed at her face. We had to hit the road after that before we were all crying!


We stopped by Walmart and picked I up all of the kitten basics while Stephen only slightly reluctantly kept the kitty company out in the car. It was a long drive home on bumpy country roads, but this little guy was a trooper and slept most of the way.

My parents and Hilary had some awesome suggestions for names during the trip... Slater, Grayson, Ashes, and Castrol were just a few of them! Stephen suggested Captain Flint and that seemed appropriate. We're all joining the Pirate Nation this week and we need a little mascot! So Captain Flint it is... he'll probably just go by Flint, though, because he is pretty shy and unpretentious.

Cuddled up in his tiny corner

 Flint has spent a lot of the 24 hours we've had him curled up on his towel sleeping behind the toilet. He definitely likes sleeping there and did great last night! We've made friends with him and have played a ton. He has explored most of the house and is feeling more comfortable now.

When he is playing he forgets he's shy!

He seems to think his reflection is one of his siblings and he has been preoccupied with trying to play with it. We've tried to distract him so that he doesn't get too sad when he can't find them.

Captain Flint is going to make a great kitty companion and we are excited to add him to the family!! Hopefully we'll have some pictures with him soon... he's just too busy to sit still enough right now!