I was actually mourning the loss of my RL kitty, Mr. Bibs for quite a long time. He was my heart. He was a rescue kitty that was deaf, and he was pretty darn ugly because he had licked off all of his fur from being so stressed out (he was found in the attic of a house that had been raided for drugs by the police about 4 days earlier - he had been locked up there by the crackwhore owner so she could get high without him bugging her!) Anyway, he had eventually come to me scared, stressed out, and just *dying* for someone to love him. How could I resist? He turned out to be such a loving, cuddly, funny little man. When he came to me, I had just lost my previous kitty, Kaluha, that I'd had for 17 years and I didn't think I was ready for another one. Kaluha was my best friend for 17 years, I never thought I could ever open my heart to another cat. But Mr. Bibs proved me wrong!
Mr. Bibs was with me for a short 16 months before he finally succumbed to renal failure.
My heart was totally broken. First I lost my long-time, best friend Kaluha, and now the loving Mr. Bibs. I felt like I had lost the love of my life, and twice in such a short time. After Mr. Bibs, it took me at least a year to even think of adopting another kitty. So I thought about it. And thought about it some more. But I don't know, I just couldn't do it yet. More time passed and still I was kind of lonely but just couldn't bring myself to open my heart again.
One day I thought, maybe I could find a pet kitty in SL and that would help start the healing for me in RL? I did some research and looked around... I'd already had a VKC dog and a Zooby pet on my other account, but VKC didn't have cats and Zooby's cats were cool but the one that looked like Mr. Bibs was kind of creepy
LOL
I did some Google searching for cats in SL and found a blog entry where someone was reviewing this new breedable cat called "KittyCatS" (I wish I could remember now where I saw that article!) I definitely was NOT interested in breedables at all (I regularly made fun of the concept of breedables to others lol) but in this article it mentioned that they could be just pets and that they looked so much more realistic than other cats in SL. I went to the store and asked some questions (that was probably Kitten L), talked to one of my tenants that had some of them, and within a few hours I had my first KittyCat. And then about 45 minutes later I had my second one, and about an hour after that I had my third, and the rest you probably already know LOL
So now? I feel like every time I sit and watch the kitties sleep, or stare at the patterns on their fur or the details in their vibrant eyes, I feel just a little bit more of my heart healing. I don't think it will be too much longer before I once again have another RL kitty in my house.
I have always wanted to say thanks to the creators of KittyCatS actually, but figured they'd probably heard all kinds of stories like this one lol. But really, thanks
I never thought I would ever love another pet ever again, but now I know it's possible.
OMG, if I get another RL kitty I'll have to make another replicat, woot!!