We adopted a kitten today. I was looking at the Animal Control website and I got totally attached to a kitten named Pouncer. I could tell right away that she was the cat for us!! We weren't going to get one for a while, but when I got attached, my husband decided we needed to go get her before someone else did. He knew I'd be crushed if someone else adopted her.
We also have Cooper, our 9 year old furbaby. He's been the only cat around here so we were worried about how he'd react. We brought Pouncer home and Cooper sniffed the carrier before we got her upstairs. He didn't seem to care at all! We took her up to our bedroom (where she'll be staying for a little while) and Cooper sat outside our bedroom door just looking. Pouncer came to the door and stuck her paw under it. Cooper just looked at her. I brought the towel she'd been laying on to Cooper and he sniffed it. No reaction. So, we decided to let him see her. We carefully took him in the room (sitting right next to him, with blankets ready). He saw the kitten and just sat there for a minute, then he hissed at her. But he didn't try to go after her. We told him it was OK and then slowly picked him up and carried him out of the room. Not a bad reaction, if you ask me! We'll give him a day or two to see that it's ok that she's here. And we still love him and give him attention. Then we'll try it again. Nice and easy!
Anyway, here's some pics of our kitties!
Cooper
Pouncer
We also have Cooper, our 9 year old furbaby. He's been the only cat around here so we were worried about how he'd react. We brought Pouncer home and Cooper sniffed the carrier before we got her upstairs. He didn't seem to care at all! We took her up to our bedroom (where she'll be staying for a little while) and Cooper sat outside our bedroom door just looking. Pouncer came to the door and stuck her paw under it. Cooper just looked at her. I brought the towel she'd been laying on to Cooper and he sniffed it. No reaction. So, we decided to let him see her. We carefully took him in the room (sitting right next to him, with blankets ready). He saw the kitten and just sat there for a minute, then he hissed at her. But he didn't try to go after her. We told him it was OK and then slowly picked him up and carried him out of the room. Not a bad reaction, if you ask me! We'll give him a day or two to see that it's ok that she's here. And we still love him and give him attention. Then we'll try it again. Nice and easy!
Anyway, here's some pics of our kitties!
Cooper
Pouncer