Originally posted by Karen:
<STRONG>Oh, a cow-cat! How fun! Naming her would be fun to have a "typical cow-like" name, like Bessie or Bossy, my grandfather's cows were Melinda and Belinda, the Borden cow was Elsie ...

How nice that she isn't feral after all, but I'm glad you were very careful anyway - better safe than sorry.</STRONG>
Funny, but my husband suggested the name "Elsie". To me that is for an older cat, and since she is probably not quite a year old, he agreed. For some reason, Debbie and Daphne struck me, so I searched Cats of The Day and much to my surprise there were NO Debbie cats (I searched with all the possible spellings), and only one Daphne. In my day, Debbie was a common female name, but I guess not for cats! Last night I watched a TV show about a girl named Daphne that survived the WTC attack, so am leaning toward that name, as my little "cowgirl" is also a survivor.

Spencer, Gateway is the brand of my computer and I have the squeeze cow that was a freebie when I bought it staring at me as I type! Duh . . . why didn't I think of that possibility?!

I talked to the clinic today, and cowgirl is scheduled for spaying tomorrow . . . lots of emergencies, they tell me. My regular vet there is out on leave. I don't yet even know little cowgirl, but I miss her already! I'm being told that apparently it is difficult to detect if a female has been spayed because sometimes there is no scar, or if there is a scar it could be due to hernia surgery. The only way to tell for sure is to put her under, shave, look for scar tissue and feel for internal muscle separation. (Has anyone ever heard of this??) My option was to bring her home to see if she goes into heat and if she does I could reschedule spaying. I decided to let her stay and go through with the spaying if indicated. She has had all her shots, and the girl I spoke with said she is a sweetheart (Yea!) and a chow-hound! She is probably gobbling food like there is no tomorrow because for so long she had to do without. I will pick her up on Friday . . . can't wait to hold her and properly introduce ourselves. I will have to proceed with caution upon integrating her into Lily's domain, however!