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Hi everyone. My name is Arlene.
I have a 2 1/2 year old and a 13 yr old, both females. The younger, Tinker, is a loving, playful cat who has slowed down a bit and I thought she would like a younger "friend". I knew my gamma eldest, Raven, would be under the bed for a while as she got used to the newbie. So I went into my local no-kill shelter looking for one 6 month old kitten.
I had Siamese as I grew up and have been looking for Siamese every time I adopted here. All my cats are from there except the ones my daughter left with us. Okay, so I walk in and lo and behold, they had- 10 mins earlier- put out two half Siamese, 4 mo old brother and sister that had been picked up with mom as strays two months earlier. How could I walk away from them? The male is a snowshoe with a blaze on his nose, and the female looks looks like a Himalayan. She is lilac point and will have long hair.
And so now I am a four cat family. With two newbies, I knew it would take a long time to let them get to know each other. I rigged a baby gate up so they could see each other before I let them out of their room. This has been their home for a month now.
I put them to bed in their own room at night so the older cats can have the run of the house, and to teach them to sleep while we are asleep.
Tinker is doing fine now, even running with them as they careen around corners first thing in the morning. Raven is out from under the bed, most of the time now, but has not made her usual foray into the rest of the house yet. I expect that to happen eventually. I am not in a hurry. She has actually touched noses once and only growls a bit when both are around.
I had just come home from a trip to the northern Scottish Islands so the female is named Orkney and the male is Shetland.
I have learned a lot and am now settled into a wet food that they ALL like (minor miracle after lots of testing) and we are all much more relaxed. (WOW, they eat a LOT! :lol3: ) I am actually glad I brought both home as they play with each other non stop unless they are eating or sleeping and do not bug the other cats too much for that energy release kittens need.
I have had four cats before, but not as kittens, and promised my husband that I am NOT on my way to being a crazy cat lady. (Now looking at a ceiling runway for them, but don't tell him!)
I have a 2 1/2 year old and a 13 yr old, both females. The younger, Tinker, is a loving, playful cat who has slowed down a bit and I thought she would like a younger "friend". I knew my gamma eldest, Raven, would be under the bed for a while as she got used to the newbie. So I went into my local no-kill shelter looking for one 6 month old kitten.
I had Siamese as I grew up and have been looking for Siamese every time I adopted here. All my cats are from there except the ones my daughter left with us. Okay, so I walk in and lo and behold, they had- 10 mins earlier- put out two half Siamese, 4 mo old brother and sister that had been picked up with mom as strays two months earlier. How could I walk away from them? The male is a snowshoe with a blaze on his nose, and the female looks looks like a Himalayan. She is lilac point and will have long hair.
And so now I am a four cat family. With two newbies, I knew it would take a long time to let them get to know each other. I rigged a baby gate up so they could see each other before I let them out of their room. This has been their home for a month now.
I put them to bed in their own room at night so the older cats can have the run of the house, and to teach them to sleep while we are asleep.
Tinker is doing fine now, even running with them as they careen around corners first thing in the morning. Raven is out from under the bed, most of the time now, but has not made her usual foray into the rest of the house yet. I expect that to happen eventually. I am not in a hurry. She has actually touched noses once and only growls a bit when both are around.
I had just come home from a trip to the northern Scottish Islands so the female is named Orkney and the male is Shetland.
I have learned a lot and am now settled into a wet food that they ALL like (minor miracle after lots of testing) and we are all much more relaxed. (WOW, they eat a LOT! :lol3: ) I am actually glad I brought both home as they play with each other non stop unless they are eating or sleeping and do not bug the other cats too much for that energy release kittens need.
I have had four cats before, but not as kittens, and promised my husband that I am NOT on my way to being a crazy cat lady. (Now looking at a ceiling runway for them, but don't tell him!)
