Not sure if you heard the news on social media – but on Saturday, after much umming and aahing, we adopted a new fur baby.
Introducing Seth, a 5 year old tabby, from the local animal shelter (I’ll share his story, and how we came to choose him, another day).
We knew that getting the new cat settled, and introducing him to our resident fur baby Miss Fleur – the Princess-Diva-Puss-Kitty – would be a demanding task, requiring much patience.
So how did it go? Let’s just say it wasn’t exactly love at first sight for Seth and Fleur 😉 … But they are getting used to each other remarkedly quickly.
After just one day, the hisses, snarls and growls had dwindled to the occasional hiss. They have both been very interested in what the other is doing – Seth even stands up on his hind legs to peek on Miss Fleur – he looks like a meerkat!
We prepared the garage specially to be Seth’s sanctuary for his first couple of weeks, by adding a screen door. This keeps the cats safely separated, but allows them to see and sniff each other.
I even “camped out” that first night, sleeping on a mattress in the hallway beside the screen – with Seth on his new bed on one side, while Fleur settled in her favourite papasan chair beside me (of course she ended up on the bed though 😉 ). As luck would have it, we brought Seth home on the coldest weekend of the year so far – it was freezing!
I lasted until about 4am when Seth used his litter tray and stunk me out LOL!
We have placed both cat’s bowls near to the screen, and within a day they were happily eating within a couple of feet from each other.
This morning, I even saw them greet each other by touching noses through the screen!
Apart from settling Seth in, we have also been making a big fuss of Miss Fleur – which she hasn’t minded one bit, in true Princess-Diva-Puss-Kitty style.
Slowly but steadily … One of the reasons we chose Seth is because the animal shelter staff assured us that he was really good with other cats. And Miss Fleur spent her first year in a foster home with 4 other kitties, so hopefully they will be great company for each other in time.
Do you have any suggestions to help us integrate our new fur baby into the family?!
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