Kylee

We have been talking about getting Julia a kitten of her own for about 6 months. Hazel has always been my cat and she was 21 years old, not really up for playing. We would spend our time sitting quietly with Hazel giving her nice pets.
I wanted Julia to experience playing with a younger cat as well. I wanted her to have something to bond with as she grows, a cat to play with and maybe even cuddle. Having 2 cats wasn’t an issue for us so we talked about getting one for Julia’s second birthday. Things changed and our house got sad missing Hazel so we started looking for a cat. We made several trips to several Humane Societies.
We found Kylee! They said she was 2 but I knew better, she was far too kitten like to be 2! I asked our vet and she said no way was she 2, maybe 6-12 months, not older.

We are working on getting to Julia to not pick her up. Kylee is a great cat and Julia is eager to hold her, she doesn’t hold her well and Kylee panics scratching to get free ( if you saw it you would see how appropriate it is for the cat to want free, yikes!)
We have been telling her that only Mommy and Daddy can pick up Kylee. She still tries, even after being scratched. I went out last night and bought her a large  pink stuffed dog, and we named it Toby. Only Julia can pick up Toby, she can also have Toby sit on her lap if she would like Mommy and Daddy shouldn’t pick up Toby, only Julia.. We will see how that goes. We are working on creative ways to get past continuing problems instead of wasting our time barking at her.