I almost got kicked out of the house today

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I went to PetSmart during lunch and of course I couldn't leave without checking out the kitties up for adoption. There is one big cage on the bottom that usually holds 2 or 3 kitties. Well today, there was one gray one and one tuxie in there. As soon as I walked up, the gray one locked eyes with me. He was sooo active, jumping around, playing with a chain hanging outside the cage etc. But the whole time he was doing this, he just kept looking at me. Then he stopped for a minute, sat and looked at me in a "full frontal" and then leapt at the side of the cage and hung on! He was hanging from the side of the cage with 3 feet and pawing through the bars at me with the other! And the whole time he just stared at me! How could I not get the message?!!? He eventually jumped down and continued to terrorize the cage, the whole while looking at me. Other people came up to watch (the kitties were unusually active because the girl was in there cleaning the cages) and he never even glanced at them, just kept staring at me! I'm still wondering how I walked out of there without adopting him right on the spot! I don't know how old he was, because he looked adult size, but the note on his cage mentioned kitten food, so I guess he must have been at least 6 months old, but not more than a year. And the other cage mate - the tuxie - just sat calm as can be. The note said they wanted to adopt the two out together (for the "special" fee of $175.00 for the two of them ) and evidently tuxie figured it was up to gray kitty to find their new home.

I know I'd be out on the streets looking for a new apartment had I brought these two home....and I guess that's why they're still there. He was so adorable though that I'm sure he'll find a home real soon.

There were some other adorable ones too. A very sweet looking orangie with white feetsies, Kali an adorable calico, a sweet tortie who kept pawing through the cage bars looking for attention and two blackies in the same cage. They were the most calm of them all - oh, except for the big male tuxie. He had big jowels so he must have been older and recently neutered. I wonder what the "special" adoption fee would have been if I took them all to my new home.