Sybella

I ran with my heart last night and picked up a beautiful long-haired black and white kitty, who I named Sybella (she did not answer to her previous name). I have pictures ready to go but Blogger is not allowing me to upload them!

Sybella lived in a home with many other cats and actually had a litter about six months ago. Afterwards, her owner could not afford to have her spayed so a rescue group volunteered to that for her. After her procedure, Sybella's owner decided she had one too many cats and the rescue group took Sybella off her hands. She's only a year and a half old.

She arrived at my home around 5 pm yesterday and went immediately to exploring. Nothing was left undiscovered - even the fireplace! Sybella has quite a bit of kitten left in her which should be fun - though her claws less so. Louis was declawed in the front so I don't quite know how to handle a clawed kitty. Any suggestions? She doesn't seem overly destructive but she does smell where Louis used to scratch (without any damage) - and she's tempted to do the same (with damage).

I'm so glad I got this precious girl out of her cage. It was so cute watching her stare and chirp at the birds and squirrels yesterday. She was good when it came time to sleep; unfortunately, other factors kept me awake. Plus, I was nervous she would try to get into something. It's going to be a few days before we're adjusted to each other and I can't wait!

Oh - and about her name. The first Delphic oracle was a prophetess named Sibyll (in the Greek). Sybella is a Latinized version of this. There are several famous Sybellas - most notably during the Crusades. You may remember a Sybella from Eva Green's character (written poorly and extracted from history in an appalling manner) in THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, with Orlando Bloom. This was one famous Sybella.