my feline indecision
2010-Nov-08, Monday 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Reasons for and against have emotional components, and it's not at all clear which side will win.
For:
- CUTE! Hope is watching the cursor move on the screen as I type this sentence.
- The animal comfort of physical contact. Hope gives every indication that she'll actually be a "lap cat", unlike T'Reese. She's already settled onto my lap now, as I near the end of my blog editing session.
- The relief of ensuring that she doesn't stay in a home where roughhousing is encouraged. She's prone to biting/kicking (time spent in the wild?). I've seen what becomes of cats who are indulged as simply being "playful", and I want Hope to avoid that personality.
- I'd lose any opportunity at Remaking myself, if I commit to another decade+ of time spent responsible feeding another mouth. That option is "a lot" to give up. It's my main concern against adopting Hope.
- Yes, I'd be responsible for feeding another mouth. I expect economic times ahead to be even worse than now. I have no idea what to expect long-term from my nerve issues. Can I keep up with the responsibility?
- I'd face household warfare as I spend weeks/months negotiating the peace with T'Reese and Hope. Even now, playful Hope bounds into T'Reese which prompts a very hissy encounter from both.
- I'd have to maintain a solution (other than declawing) to scratching for the next decade. Very annoying problem.
*sigh* Decisions, decisions.