New Kitty has a name - Calypso (pic)

[radfringe]

Meet Calypso (Caly for short)

Mythology: Calypso was a nymph, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a sea nymph who inhabited the island of Ogygia. After the last of Odysseus' men had perished at sea, she waylaid the homeward-bound Odysseus. Odysseus himself was washed ashore on Ogygia, where Calypso became enamored of him, taking him as her lover and promising him immortality if he would stay with her. Odysseus refused her offer, wishing to return home to Ithaca and to his wife, Penelope. But Calypso refused to let him leave, and held him prisoner for seven years. Finally Athena complained of Odysseus' plight to Zeus, and Zeus sent Hermes to Ogygia to order Calypso to set Odysseus free. Calypso complied reluctantly, allowing Odysseus to construct a small boat and set sail from the island.

Vet update: She'll be on the antibiotics for a few more days, but doing real well. She weighs in at a WHOOPING 2 pounds. No ear mites or fleas/tics (YEAAA!!!) She got some wormer meds today, next dose is 9/12.

She is safe and comfy cozy in a huge crate with a blanky, food, water, toys and her own private litter box. She'll be in there during the day while we are at work until she and our dogs come to a mutal understanding. (We have 2 greyhounds and an airdale). Plus it gives time for our other 4 cats to get use to another kitty in the house.

We'll have her out of the crate when we are home and able to supervise.

[demnan]

1. Beautiful kitty

beautiful name too! Hope everything goes well and the transition is smooth!

[Robeson]

2. Beautiful Tortie and great name!....

...sounds like she found a good home! Here's our Tortie Zoe. You can click on the pictures to see larger versions. http://community.webshots.com/album/87486584EcYstN

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Zoe is adorable..and sooo helpful. Her reaction to the animals on TV is

a riot. I have a video of various animals for the cats. It is so funny to watch their reactions to it.

[Robeson]

19. Thanks so much! Zoe will be happy to know she has another fan!...

...among many. Of course, we spoil her rotten. But isn't that what us cat owners are supposed to do!..:hi:

[Shoeempress]

3. What a little pumpkin. Give her a kiss for me.

[Branjor]

4. Beautiful kitty!

Great name! Best of luck with her!

I have the same game box.

[Patiod]

5. Little Torty!!!

Funny little thing - great name. Sounds like she'll hold her own with the other beasts.

[regnaD kciN]

6. Very clever!

I see you took my "Callie" suggestion, and came up with something even better.

The only problem is that I've now got John Denver's yodeling stuck in my head! ;-)

[Beaverhausen]

7. oh no!!! it's in my head now too!

damn you!!!

:P

Cally is so cute!!! congrats!

[radfringe]

9. that song ran in my head too

right after we officially named her.... :eyes:

[superconnected]

8. I love torties! Wonderful!

Congratulations!

[radfringe]

10. update

We had her out of the crate last night to get her use to the dogs and visa-versa

The dogs were naturally curious - lots of sniffing. Caly did hiss and spit a bit, but calmed down when she realied she was just being "slimed" by wet dog noses. Although she did swat our big Greyhound (Sunny), he backed off, laid down, whined for a bit and then went to sleep.

Later on, Caly was "exploring" the bed. Sunny was sleeping at the foot of the bed, Caly went up and "touched" his paw - he woke up, whimpered and scooted down out of "paw" range. Kinda funny to see a 70-75 pound dog back down from a 2 pound kitten....

She played with a piece of string and the laser light for awhile, then settled down on my chest and went to sleep.

so far so good

[AtomicKitten]

11. I laughed when I read your dog/kitten encounter.

My now 5-month-male kittem kicks the living bejeezus out of my part pit female dog. It's hysterical. The kitten fetches but my dog won't. Within about a week they were the best of friends. My dog has about four beds scattered throughout the house, and the kitten laid claim to one. They are endless sources of entertainment. Congratulations on the new addition to your family.

[ET Awful]

12. She's a cutie :)

Congratulations on the new addition :)

[BrklynLiberal]

13. What an adorable little sweetie. She sure lucked out falling in with your

bunch!
PS Thanks for the great explanation of the name. So that is why that French diver (whose name escapes me..thank you middle age x( ) named his ship The Calypso...

[oregonjen]

15. jaques cousteau

I remember watching the John Denver tv special with Jaques Cousteau.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Thank you. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

[KyndCulture]

14. A russian friend told me that

Kalipso in Russian means she who is cloaked... so that's kinda cool too!

ADORABLE Tortie!

[ironflange]

18. Separated at birth?

Check out our Amber, on the right:



Very cool name, Calypso. We aren't very imaginative.

[radfringe]

20. could be

the markings look very similar

our other cats: Kudra (19 yrs) - snowshoe cat, sort of looks siamese except snowshoe cats have white paws and the "points" are not very symetrical

Dutchess (15 yrs) long-haired calico

Pookah (4 yrs) grey/white tuxedo

Gato (4-5yrs) grey tiger with white belly - rescued him from work also. he came neutered and declawed. weighs in at 25pounds - not fat just a big cat. also known as CATZILLA

the dogs: Dax (9 yrs) Airedale

Sunny (6yrs) Black Greyhound with white feet/belly, tip on his tail
his racing name was Waikiki Sunset

Mint (4 yrs) Also black/white greyhound, similar markings to Sunny. Her racing name was Midnight Mint