[October]

I've never been sure whether to trust those "must be an only" labels the shelters puts on cats, but in Murphy's case, I did end up confirming it with his first owner. She said he was visibly upset at the presence of the other cat and the two cats would compete over things like who got to sit in her lap, who got to sleep with her, etc. I was really glad to hear it was confirmed, because in the back of my mind there was always a possibility that someone just didn't want their cat and used that as an excuse to turn it into the shelter.