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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
I finally got all the cats flea-treated, so yesterday it was time to
introduce Kate and Jack to the rest of the crew. I took them downstairs in a carrier, and let the other cats sniff them for a few minutes, after giving the resident cats treats to make them happy. Most sniffed without comment. Wolfie, however, would come nowhere near that carrier! Merlyn was looking worried. Neither of them much care for other cats, so it wasn't surprising they were less than thrilled. I let the little Munchkins out of the carrier, and they were cautiously well-behaved kittens -- for while. They had to sniff everything in sight, of course, which took quite awhile, while a train of other cats followed them attempting to sniff their rear ends. Jack finally discovered the smaller cat tree, and decided it was *his*. He scratched on it, sat on it, sat in it, rolled on it, and eventually, played a bit with Arthur on it. Kate seemed particularly interested in the kitchen ("I smell *food*!"), and spent much of her time sniffing around there. Eventually they got close to Merlyn and Wolfie, and a round of growls and hisses was heard from our silly neurotic pair of cats. It was time to take the Snittens back upstairs, so I loaded them into the carrier and put them back into their "house" with plenty of food to satisfy them. All in all, not a bad introduction. But then there's today. I suspect they will discover tables, and things on tables, and knocking things off of tables, at their next introduction. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:22:53 +0000, glsummer wrote:
I finally got all the cats flea-treated, so yesterday it was time to introduce Kate and Jack to the rest of the crew. I took them downstairs in a carrier, and let the other cats sniff them for a few minutes, after giving the resident cats treats to make them happy. Most sniffed without comment. Wolfie, however, would come nowhere near that carrier! Merlyn was looking worried. Neither of them much care for other cats, so it wasn't surprising they were less than thrilled. I let the little Munchkins out of the carrier, and they were cautiously well-behaved kittens -- for while. They had to sniff everything in sight, of course, which took quite awhile, while a train of other cats followed them attempting to sniff their rear ends. Jack finally discovered the smaller cat tree, and decided it was *his*. He scratched on it, sat on it, sat in it, rolled on it, and eventually, played a bit with Arthur on it. Kate seemed particularly interested in the kitchen ("I smell *food*!"), and spent much of her time sniffing around there. Eventually they got close to Merlyn and Wolfie, and a round of growls and hisses was heard from our silly neurotic pair of cats. It was time to take the Snittens back upstairs, so I loaded them into the carrier and put them back into their "house" with plenty of food to satisfy them. All in all, not a bad introduction. But then there's today. I suspect they will discover tables, and things on tables, and knocking things off of tables, at their next introduction. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) Well, you won't have time to get bored. MLB |
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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
On Tue 13 Dec 2005 01:22:53p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
): All in all, not a bad introduction. But then there's today. I suspect they will discover tables, and things on tables, and knocking things off of tables, at their next introduction. Ready for hoolikittenism? LOL! Glad it seems to have gone well so far. I had to crack up about the butt sniffing part - Shamrock and Bonnie both had to thoroughly sniff the new kittens bottoms, and still do. Though, now the "kittens" reciprocate. -- Cheryl |
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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
On 13 Dec 2005 22:42:10 GMT, Cheryl
yodeled: On Tue 13 Dec 2005 01:22:53p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ) : All in all, not a bad introduction. But then there's today. I suspect they will discover tables, and things on tables, and knocking things off of tables, at their next introduction. Ready for hoolikittenism? LOL! Glad it seems to have gone well so far. I had to crack up about the butt sniffing part - Shamrock and Bonnie both had to thoroughly sniff the new kittens bottoms, and still do. Though, now the "kittens" reciprocate. Butt-sniffing is the most common transaction here when one of the boyz is asleep. Sheeesh. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War |
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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
On Tue 13 Dec 2005 08:26:54p, Kreisleriana wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Butt-sniffing is the most common transaction here when one of the boyz is asleep. Sheeesh. Sheesh is right. The majority of the clowder wiggle away from butt sniffing, but Bonnie seems to like it. LOL -- Cheryl |
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Kate and Jack get sprung (temporarily)
Cheryl wrote:
On Tue 13 Dec 2005 08:26:54p, Kreisleriana wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Butt-sniffing is the most common transaction here when one of the boyz is asleep. Sheeesh. Sheesh is right. The majority of the clowder wiggle away from butt sniffing, but Bonnie seems to like it. LOL I hesitate to think we hoomins might *learn* something from this! Jill |
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