Imriel de la Phillips

Meet our new kitty, Imriel! ("Imri" for short.)  On Friday, Chris and I adopted this little snuggle bug from 2nd Chance Cats.  He is named after the character Imriel de la Courcel, from one of our favorite book series' Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey.  (Yes, I have mentioned these books before and will continue to do so until more people read them!)

Our little Imri is 10 months old and scrawny little string bean.  He is incredibly affectionate and has one of the loudest motor boat purrs I have ever heard.  He has been having some tummy trouble but other than that seems to be adjusting nicely.

Inara, our other cat, currently hates him and resents his introduction to the house.  (Hopefully that will change soon.)  She is certainly curious about him, but keeps hissing whenever they make eye contact.  Last night we made them both sleep with us in our room, and this morning I had Inara under the covers at my right side, Imri under the covers on my left.  When I started rousing at 5:30 to get to the gym, Inara gave Imri a growl and a hiss good morning and he promptly ignored her completely.  We'll see how this developes - especially since today will be their first day alone together.

As usual the hardest thing about having a new fuzz-ball in the house is I don't want to be at work! I just want to go home and play with him. :)