Day 1

Tulip arrived last night. We picked her up at Petsmart where Janet volunteers. She was quite content in her pet carrier and stayed that way for the whole ride home. On the way, we stopped to pick up some dinner. While Eve ran in to get the food, I stayed in the car with Tulip. I opened up the top of the carrier so I could pet her. She seemed to like that and was pretty affectionate considering she doesn't know me yet. When Eve got back to the car I closed the carrier back up and we came home. She didn't seem to mind at all.

We brought the carrier upstairs and left her in it while we unloaded the rest of her things from the car. She's got a lot of stuff for one small kitty! We set up a litterbox for her in the bathroom, so we decided we'd put her carrier just outside the bathroom so she would hopefully find it quickly. We opened up the carrier and it didn't take her long to venture out. She didn't go far, but she did poke around the bathroom a bit. We sat with her for quite a while, talking to her and petting her. We had quite a long day so we went to bed fairly soon. She found her way back into her carrier which we left open for her. She spent the night in there and seemed to be pretty content.

This morning we went in to see her. She was still in the carrier and responded nicely when we talked to her and petted her. So far we can't seem to interest her in any food or water. But she does know where the food bowls are. She hasn't been in the litterbox yet either. Hopefully that's not a big deal.

We got up and made coffee. We could see her from the kitchen. She poked around the bathroom some more, then ventured into the bedroom. She found her way under the bed and then finally under the nightstand. That's where she's been ever since. She seems to just want to sleep under there. We go in there to check on her every once in a while. She seems a little annoyed with us when we try to interact with her under there. I guess she just needs some time to figure out what's going on. Hopefully she'll decide to come out from under there soon.

Overall she seems to be doing pretty well. She doesn't seem to be particularly scared, just really confused. I'm looking forward to her being more relaxed with us.