Pepper

This is our new little girl, Pepper. She adopted us about a month ago. She came into our back yard. She looked so hungry and scrawny. Of course I had to feed her and give her water and she purred really loudly. That was it. She knew she had a new home. She went off to the vet to make sure she was well. She was in perfect health just really skinny.

Now she is very feisty and plays almost constantly. Max, Meekie and Chloe are not amused. Jake loves her though. She loves him, too. I think they'll be great playmates when she gets a little bigger.

Jake has a playpen that he stays in when we're not playing with him or he's not outside. He has his bed, toys, food and water in there. Pepper plays with him through the mesh and walks around of the top of the pen using it like a tightrope. He jumps up, wagging his tail. He doesn't realize he could jump out if he wanted to. They've been together in the yard for short supervised visits. Pepper doesn't like it if Jake runs toward her too fast. He doesn't chase our other cats but he tries to get them to chase him. He just wants to play. The older cats aren't much into play. They mostly just lay around and look at him like he's crazy. He has high hopes for Pepper, though. She does like to run around.