Kitty Shopping in Korea~ Meet “Milk”

Meet my new baby boy “Milk”!!

Nara and I are engaged, but here in Korea we cant live together so it gets really lonely in my apartment + I don’t have much of a social life here sadly…… I really want to get a dog and was sighing about it a lot this spring, but I have to come and go a lot so it is a bit too much for me at this time so I decided to hold back.

Our antisocial Gogo and hyperactive Bibi

Nara is not very interested in dogs, but has been begging for another cat for the last few years! We adopted two which are currently being watched by my parents back home (first year here was chaotic…could not put them through that) but he wanted one more~ a white kitty because he said he always wanted one that color as a kid. Although I LOVE cats, I kind of fought it because that’s a lot of pets and hair to deal with + we have the two back home waiting for us while they catch lizards on my parents patio everyday lol.

Well this week he made the decision that he wanted this dream white kitty, and started looking around and sending me cute photos… oh that’s so evil! He said he got a fire lit under his ass about it after I posted the Choo Choo Cats article…. whoops!

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At first it was just to look… but yeah, we know how THAT goes haha what liar, I tried so hard to fight this! Honestly though, I am really lonely and I just can’t take my other two kitties here due to space and distance (they are all the way in Florida) ….but I started making peace with myself that maybe one more would not be SO bad.

Very cute, but very expensive Scottish Fold kitten ♥

Since this was Nara’s kitty quest I tried to sit back and let him do his thing, although the kitten would be living with me. He was open to adoption, but since he wanted a specific color (and odd eyes/ one each color..although this was not a must) this time we also hit up some fancy pet store and breeders here. One amazing store we visited that is a great clean place if you are looking for a large selection of higher end cat breeds is Cattery in Seoul they have every kind you could think of and all the kittens are happy and healthy + some of the Mommy cats are roaming free in the store which was nice. The also sell puppies, but mainly smaller toy types ♥

Cute little Angora girl! Her nose was so pink ♥

Cattery is the middle men with breeders + the buyer so they do mark the pets up, but they are very kind and helpful + they have a great selection… as bad as that sounds to say for a living creature *_*. We looked at a Scottish Fold and two Turkish Angoras, the Fold was so sweet and timid.. but she was about 1800,000 won ($1800.00) which was hard for us to justify. Scottish folds generally cost $1000+ here in Korea due to demand right now.

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The Angoras are a cheaper breed in Korea ($100-$500) but the two they had just didn’t feel right for the personality I wanted, sometimes you just kind of know, you know? We decided to wait and Cattery was kind enough to give us the contact info for a breeder that supplies them with kittens~

Very timid Scottish fold kitten with ears unfolded

A few days later we went to the breeder, it was way out on the edge of the city haha took over an hour to get there! They apparently had several white odd-eyes kittens ready to be sold, but by the time we arrived they had one tiny little boy left. He was so cute (sorry no pic of him!) but poor baby was 90% deaf in both ears… odd eye cats are often deaf in one ear (the side with the blue eye) but they cope just fine. Nara was worried that the little guy would have a hard time with 2 other cats in the house (who are a little bossy…) so we told them we would wait a bit more, and they agreed he needed a home with less cats.

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We also met another sweet Scottish fold with partial folded ears, beautiful eyes, and an interesting long face ♥ he was very shy and timid…still did not feel like the *right* one for us, but I really thought he was a such a sweetheart.

Quiet little boy

Before we left we noticed they had 3 fluffy baby Persians though, so Nara asked if I wanted to take a look~ I always wanted a Persian so I said yeah! Two had the flat face which Nara and I are not too fond of, but this little guy had a traditional (normal) kitty face and big grey eyes. He was calm, but still responsive to everything around him~ Nara let me hold him, but it was a boy and I had wanted a girl so I just intended to enjoy him before we finished up and left for the day…

While Nara talked to the breeder about what he was looking for so they would know when to call us again, I placed the little guy on his back in between my legs. Heart melted. He just stretched out very still and watched everyone with paws folded. I waved Nara over and we watched him just chill and act cute, he would glance around the room and back to us….aaaah cutenessssss. . I said “oh man… this little guy, I like him!!” and Nara agreed. We found our new baby. He is also the 2nd baby out of 6, so he should be nice and healthy!

We knew we wanted to name him something white….I liked “Cream” and “Milk” the first day, but “Milk” fit him in the end. He is now “Milk” “Milky” and “Milkis / 밀키스” after the milk soda drink here! haha! I am so happy we got this little guy, he has a very sweet and such a gentle personality so I am trying very hard to make sure he grows up into a friendly and happy adult. I’m glad he is mellow since our other cat Bibi is very hyper and never sits still unless she is asleep lol.

The first few days reminded me of when we first brought Bibi home as a tiny baby though, poo everyplace and you are just following them all around the room~ but now he is settling in and feels right at home on my poofy pink bed with the stuffed Alpacas!

Speaking of poo… he needed two baths so far because of that (._.) I felt so bad, but at least he smells better now.

He has such thick hair that it too forever to dry him though. Poor little baby~

My little Prince ♥ haha!

Mommy please stop farting around the internet and play with me!

Nara is extremely happy as well of course, he calls a lot to make sure Milk is ok and not too hot since it is summer…thoughtful Father lol. For the last two days Milk has been right on my desk while I work, which makes me super happy because my other two cats hate my desk~ the company is really nice… even when he knocks my tablet pen over or plops down on the keys.

He is still too young for pet snacks, but when he gets older I want to show a few off on the blog. We found an awesome pet shop by my house that has all these crazy cat treats from Korean and Japan that I found really amusing~ so you guys may too!