Gerald

We got a cat! His name is Gerald. Our camera is broken, so sadly I can not include a photo of his tiny body. He's a kitten. Not sure how old. He and three siblings appeared out of nowhere at the clinic about a month or so ago. Hilary was trying to find homes for them. She had the genius idea of bringing the kittens to the clinic Easter party yesterday. It was very effective. Andrey happened to be with me so we were able to make the decision on the spot. We have been tossing up the idea of getting a cat but not wanting to deal with finding someone to house sit every time we go out of town, which is often. With Hilary and her husband agreeing to take care of the cat each time we are away, we couldn't refuse.

Gerald is mostly white with a few grayish-black spots on his head and a grayish-black tail. He is very social and cuddly and has bad breath. He is very playful. His meow sounds more like a squawk. He is almost always purring, especially when he's curled up next to one of us. He's quite the happy-go-lucky cat. He's even litter trained. He's super cute! We've barely had him 24 hours and both of us are smitten.

He was initially given the name "Jerry" by those who have been taking care of him the past month. Yesterday we decided to Filipinize his name so we started calling him "Jer Jer." But then we were told that that means "sex" in Visaya. No wonder why the others were giggling when we called him that yesterday! We've since changed his name to Gerald, his formal name.