Marmalade (& mom, Tippy) Domestic Long Hair & Maine Coon Mix Cookeville, TN

Tippy's kitten; to be adopted with mom, Tippy
previously feral

Hi, I'm Marmalade! Nice to cyber-meet you! I was trapped with my mom, Tippy, in June of 2022 at a colony at a residence near the hospital and other medical buildings in Cookeville. I was pretty scared because they took my mom away to be spayed, and I was by myself for a little while. I WAS kind of curious about the lady who put water and food out for me though. Once my mom got back, I was brave enough to come out and start exploring and playing. I grew up mostly living in a bathroom. Mom and I could go out and explore the rest of the house once we got more comfortable and not so afraid of Miss Tana, but we actually really like it in the bathroom. It's our safe place. We have a cat tree in there and everything.

I got friendly with Miss Tana long before my mom did, but mom is an adult and she may have had bad experiences with some bad humans before. Who knows? But I grew to love Miss Tana coming in the bathroom, and I would jump up on the counter to get closer to her each time she came in. And she would pick me up and put me on her shoulder, even when she was brushing her teeth. I love for her to pick her up and hold me, and I know my name really well. It's not true that only dogs come when they are called. I almost always respond to Miss Tana calling me, even when I am out loose in the whole house.

Mom finally wants attention and affection from Miss Tana and even likes to be picked up and be in Tana's lap, getting lots of petting. Mom gets nervous if Miss Tana gets up and walks around holding her, but I think she is getting close to jumping up in Miss Tana's lap when she sits down and is sitting still.

We love Miss Tana a lot and have bonded with her, but I am only one year old and my mom is not very old either. We have a lot of years to bond with someone else and have a whole house to ourselves and all the tender loving care and attention of our human(s) to ourselves. It gets a little chaotic and overwhelming at the Feline Felicity house sometimes with all the other kitties. I am not too fond of some of the other kitties and get really nervous and defensive when some of them get too close to me. I guess my mom taught me not to trust easily in order to keep me safe when we lived outside.

I believe it would be great for my mom and me to have the chance to be two spoiled feline divas, furever living out the rest of our lives as cherished precious family members. Would you give us a chance please? You might be our purrfect person, and we could all live happily ever after. We are both spayed, vaccinated, internal and external parasite free, combo tested negative, and microchipped.