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Joey came in the house today. He's been a pet and used to a house judging by the way he calmly walked around and explored and even played with me inside. He even curled up on the chesterfield and went to sleep. A year ago when he first showed up outside we could not get near him though he did allow us to see him.
The dilemma is, we already have 5 cats in the house, all former ferals live trapped outside, and they don't get along. The most timid (and the biggest, the big sissy) has a working relationship with the oldest who is 18 and vigorously defends her territory. They get to enjoy the whole house mornings and nights at bedtime. The mother and two of her four tiny babies we brought in two years ago get the house afternoons, stay in my laundry/sewing room the rest of the time. The mother and one of these will fight my oldest who does not back down and they torment the big sissy who hides in fear.
I just don't know how we are going to mesh Joey into this cat household. Joey doesn't seem to be a fighter, he gets along with another feral outside. Because Joey is a neutered male like the big sissy maybe my oldest will tolerate him but I'm sure Momma cat won't. And of course we are in love with Joey and would like him to be inside at least at night. Joey has met all the cats except the big sissy when he spent a lot of his time sitting on the outside of a window ledge while they sat right beside him on the inside of the window ledge. But it won't be the same without the window and screen between them.
Oh, and Joey loves the dog and so does the big sissy. Funny huh? People talk about cats and dogs and it's the cat on cat interaction I'm most worried about. All the cats seem to actually like, if not love, the dog.
The dilemma is, we already have 5 cats in the house, all former ferals live trapped outside, and they don't get along. The most timid (and the biggest, the big sissy) has a working relationship with the oldest who is 18 and vigorously defends her territory. They get to enjoy the whole house mornings and nights at bedtime. The mother and two of her four tiny babies we brought in two years ago get the house afternoons, stay in my laundry/sewing room the rest of the time. The mother and one of these will fight my oldest who does not back down and they torment the big sissy who hides in fear.
I just don't know how we are going to mesh Joey into this cat household. Joey doesn't seem to be a fighter, he gets along with another feral outside. Because Joey is a neutered male like the big sissy maybe my oldest will tolerate him but I'm sure Momma cat won't. And of course we are in love with Joey and would like him to be inside at least at night. Joey has met all the cats except the big sissy when he spent a lot of his time sitting on the outside of a window ledge while they sat right beside him on the inside of the window ledge. But it won't be the same without the window and screen between them.
Oh, and Joey loves the dog and so does the big sissy. Funny huh? People talk about cats and dogs and it's the cat on cat interaction I'm most worried about. All the cats seem to actually like, if not love, the dog.