I had wanted 3 cats for awhile. We had 3 cats briefly but it became clear that Micah did not like that arrangement nor did the cat we selected want to have any brothers. We tried to work things out for about a month and things only escalated from bad to terrible. In the end, Levi was returned to his foster mom and adopted out that very same weekend to a new forever home. I cried bitterly over the loss of Levi but I knew it was best for the family. I was content to have my two boys from then on but that was only meant to be for one more year. It’s still a very sensitive topic for me. I felt like a failure about it for a long time. I felt like one of those people who dump pets for stupid reasons. I know that wasn’t the case but it felt horrible giving him back. He was so sweet with John and I but he was beating the heck out of Micah and I couldn’t leave the cats alone for 10 seconds without fur flying.

So what does this have to do with Fionna you ask? Fionna was my second attempt at a 3rd cat. I was trying to decide between Fionna a 2 year old Bengal and a can named Lucy who was a 7 year old Snowshoe. Lucy was everything I’d dreamed of in looks but when I went to visit her I didn’t have a “bond” with her. She was very shy and I worried that she wouldn’t be much of a playmate for Jonah. I’d adopted Jonah a month before and he was a bundle of energy. He was keeping me up at night and it was affecting my sleep. I’d play with him before bed every night but he wouldn’t fail to wake me up at least 3 or 4 times between 12 and 6 AM. He was also attempting to play with Jake who at 14 years wasn’t very appreciative of being chased by a 3 year old!

I was very curious to meet Fionna. I knew nothing about Bengals other than they were active, vocal and liked water. How bad could it be? I had Siamese cats for goodness sake. When I first met Fionna she liked me immediately. She is was a stunning creature (as you know) with big green eyes. I went home and thought about her a lot. I finally decided that she’d probably make a better playmate for Jonah because she was 2 and more likely to play with him than a very shy 7 year old.

Fionna arrived on New Year’s Eve 2008. From the minute she arrived she was a firecracker. She didn’t want anything to do with her secluded room so I had to unleash her on the boys right away. She seemed to get along pretty well with Jake right away but Jonah was terrified of her and hid for 2 days!