Flying Omelette wrote:
I think Mel knew I was sad last night. She got on my lap when I was at the computer and stayed for quite awhile. I had to go to bed around 11:30 so I asked Crawl to rattle a treat bag, because I didn't want to just make her leave.

Some cats can be very attuned to people's emotions. I'm sorry that you couldn't keep the 7th cat, but it sounds like the shelter you took it to is a wonderful place and with that indoor house thing, it sounds like it's more akin to a petting zoo than the depressing, overcrowded shelters around here, most of which aren't even no-kill.

I have seven cats right now, and the most I ever had at once was nine, but I live out in rural country on almost 2 acres of land with a barn in the backyard, so most of mine roam around outdoors.