Riley and Avery

...is gone. To the shelter. I tried all I could to re-home her, and nothing. She turned for the worse (if that's possible) in regards to attacking the kids. She used to do it behind my back, stalk them, attack, and run off. If we were able to catch her while stalking, we could clap our hands or otherwise disrupt the prey drive and all would be safe. Over the past couple of days, she started stalking in the open, refusing to be deterred, and would attack the kids while I watched. So not cool. So Rudi took her to the shelter today. I don't know what else I could have done. It sucks, though. Totally. On the up side, Rudi said that a 6mo black cat was being adopted while they were there and the shelter lady said that 6mo is a popular age and that black cats are really popular right now too. She felt confident that Little Sweetheart would be adopted and would make sure it was to a child-free home. Now, that may just be something they say to everyone surrendering a pet, and could just be a bunch of hooey, but it makes me feel better.

And...drumroll, please...we pick up our rabbits tomorrow. Ah, normal pets! We are adopting them from a rescue here and from what I hear they are sweet bunnies who love to explore and be held. This rescue fosters their animals, so they live in a normal home environment until adoption, not cages in a warehouse. The girls are beyond excited. So cool after the terror of Little Sweetheart. Avery is going to call hers Annabelle and Riley has decided on Twinkles for hers, although if I can convince her to reconsider, I will. No more freaky weird names, please! I'm dropping Riley off at school tomorrow morning and then going to pick up the rabbits. That'll give the rabbits time to acclimate in a quieter household without Riley there. Oh, I cannot forget to ask the foster lady if the rabbits are spayed. I'm sure I'll forget.

So, if all goes well, we'll have pictures of bunnies to post tomorrow...