After Ajax died husband developed a kitten shaped hole in his life. I was not ready for another kitten-- Yodel really likes being an only cat. But husband was really very sure he wanted to take on another kitten.
Daughter tried to help. "My friend has a cat that is a real slut." (I pointed out that all cats are sluts-- that is why we spay them.)
Anyway. Today I am the recipient of a little grey kitten, who appears to be female. One of husbands work mates had a litter. (I mean his cat did.) I brought her home on the subway from Herald Squaure. She went right under the bed and has not come out again. I can see her with a flashlight.
Yodel is appalled. Hazel just wants to kiss and sniff her. I put a litter box and some food near the bed, and shut the door. I am keeping Yodel away from her. He kept trying to claw the door open so he could go and hiss at her. He knows right where she is of course. I am trying to keep things quiet. Hope she feels more confident soon.
Once that happens I will take some pictures. She is very cute.
Daughter tried to help. "My friend has a cat that is a real slut." (I pointed out that all cats are sluts-- that is why we spay them.)
Anyway. Today I am the recipient of a little grey kitten, who appears to be female. One of husbands work mates had a litter. (I mean his cat did.) I brought her home on the subway from Herald Squaure. She went right under the bed and has not come out again. I can see her with a flashlight.
Yodel is appalled. Hazel just wants to kiss and sniff her. I put a litter box and some food near the bed, and shut the door. I am keeping Yodel away from her. He kept trying to claw the door open so he could go and hiss at her. He knows right where she is of course. I am trying to keep things quiet. Hope she feels more confident soon.
Once that happens I will take some pictures. She is very cute.
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Introducing a new cat to the household is a big production! :P
A trick we learned when introducing new!cat to old!cat was to put flea powder on both of them. The flea powder will neutralise their respective scents, and they will smell the same for a while, which makes them more likely to accept each other more quickly. It worked for our cats.
And yes, I am the softest of touches.
I have no idea where the name Sophie came from, other than POB obviously ;) Funnily enough toots went off to school today with two toy kittens in her bag called Callum and Emily!
Maybe she will be a mouser. Girls cats are much more dedicated to the pursuit of prey. (We have mice in my building.) Yodel will leave a gentlemanly corpse now and then, but he is just a hobbyist.
A token effort to earn his keep perhaps?
Girls cats are much more dedicated to the pursuit of prey.
Definitely. My old cat was an indoor cat which I always thought was just as well, otherwise she would have hit the local bird population like the apocalypse. She was fast, vicious and extremely determined. She used to even stalk me!
I will look forward to hearing how Fuzzy's hunting skills develop.
I can't wait to see the pictures!