Tessie settles in

(This actually Kajikit... my computer won't start up this morning so
I'm borrowing Johns!)

I took a few photos of Tessie yesterday afternoon after we brought her
home... right now she's meatloafing on the dresser - she's obviously
not the slightest bit concerned about being in a new place! I carried
her home from the vets in my arms and she snuggled into me and
gradually revved up her purrs en route until she was practically
shaking the car! She didn't want to go back into the cardboard carrier
but John said we should bring her upstairs in it so the girls didn't
see me carrying her in my arms (and so she couldn't see them right
away)...

The girls are taking it okay so far... when I brought the cardboard
carrier in and set it down in the spare room and got her food and
water and litter they both snuck in to sniff at it and gave a good
hiss at her. Then I shut the door and let her out. Scouty seems to
think that Meowmie should NOT be on the other side of a closed door so
she's come and squeaked at me a few times and I've gone out to her...
Silver is ambivelant. She hissed at Scouty once and when she saw the
kitten when John came in and left the door open for a minute (he was
standing in the doorway) she stared at Tessie for a moment in silence
and then hissed and ran away (Tessie of course hissed back). We're not
going to rush the integration... the good thing is that Scouty and
Silver have accepted the kitten's smell - they're not afraid of being
touched after we've petted the kitten, in fact they were sniffing our
fingers very curiously...

Now for the photos -
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315IXzYLS

Tessie sprawling so you can see her shaved tummy... poor little girl!
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315fNyVse

And Tessie exploring the window sill and soaking up the afternoon sun.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315SutQZr
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315BVwQtJ

i just went over to the window and picked tessie up. she's snuggling
into my arms and purring and kneading rather painfully! but scouty
just squeaked on the other side of the door she wants me out there
with her...

No hisspits and snarls (yet)... Scouty and Silver really want to get
into the craftroom though - they hate closed doors. I just went in to
say good morning to Tessie and when I opened the door to go out Scouty
poked her head in and got bopped by the door cause I didn't notice her
Poor baby... I apologised profusely but apparantly it didn't hurt
her - she's lying on the bed and she let me scritch her tummy.
Tessie would like as much attention as humanly possible and then some!
But I'm not sure how much to give her - every time I go into the
craftroom Scouty and Silver sit outside the door to wait for me, and
Scouty starts meeping at me if I don't come out again in five minutes!

jaggath wrote:
(This actually Kajikit... my computer won't start up this morning so
I'm borrowing Johns!)

I took a few photos of Tessie yesterday afternoon after we brought her
home... right now she's meatloafing on the dresser - she's obviously
not the slightest bit concerned about being in a new place! I carried
her home from the vets in my arms and she snuggled into me and
gradually revved up her purrs en route until she was practically
shaking the car! She didn't want to go back into the cardboard carrier
but John said we should bring her upstairs in it so the girls didn't
see me carrying her in my arms (and so she couldn't see them right
away)...

The girls are taking it okay so far... when I brought the cardboard
carrier in and set it down in the spare room and got her food and
water and litter they both snuck in to sniff at it and gave a good
hiss at her. Then I shut the door and let her out. Scouty seems to
think that Meowmie should NOT be on the other side of a closed door so
she's come and squeaked at me a few times and I've gone out to her...
Silver is ambivelant. She hissed at Scouty once and when she saw the
kitten when John came in and left the door open for a minute (he was
standing in the doorway) she stared at Tessie for a moment in silence
and then hissed and ran away (Tessie of course hissed back). We're not
going to rush the integration... the good thing is that Scouty and
Silver have accepted the kitten's smell - they're not afraid of being
touched after we've petted the kitten, in fact they were sniffing our
fingers very curiously...

Now for the photos -
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315IXzYLS

Tessie sprawling so you can see her shaved tummy... poor little girl!
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315fNyVse

And Tessie exploring the window sill and soaking up the afternoon sun.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315SutQZr
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315BVwQtJ

i just went over to the window and picked tessie up. she's snuggling
into my arms and purring and kneading rather painfully! but scouty
just squeaked on the other side of the door she wants me out there
with her...

No hisspits and snarls (yet)... Scouty and Silver really want to get
into the craftroom though - they hate closed doors. I just went in to
say good morning to Tessie and when I opened the door to go out Scouty
poked her head in and got bopped by the door cause I didn't notice her
Poor baby... I apologised profusely but apparantly it didn't hurt
her - she's lying on the bed and she let me scritch her tummy.
Tessie would like as much attention as humanly possible and then some!
But I'm not sure how much to give her - every time I go into the
craftroom Scouty and Silver sit outside the door to wait for me, and
Scouty starts meeping at me if I don't come out again in five minutes!

Sounds good so far! Tessie will get accustomed to being shut up in the
room and be okay with it. If you get an opportunity to shut the door on
Scout and Silver (when they're sleeping in another bedroom, for
instance)...you can let Tessie have the run of the house for a few
hours. I wouldn't do this right away, but after things settle down a
bit.
Just remember, it's a process. I hate to put a time frame on it,
because every cat is different; but Biskit stayed in the bedroom three
weeks. Bosley stayed there almost six weeks. They accepted Angel almost
right away; but she was a baby.
As always, your mileage will vary. My cats are very accustomed to me
bringing assorted street riff-raff into the house.
And good luck!! Keep us posted.
Sherry

Glad to hear that Tessie is settling in so well - I'm sure it won't be
too long before Scouty and Silver get used to her being there too.

The photos are lovely - give all three kitties some scritches from me


Kate.
Owned by Fudge, Caramel & Meg
Photos: http://www.geocities.com/kate_dunn/miaow.html

jaggath wrote:
(This actually Kajikit... my computer won't start up this morning so
I'm borrowing Johns!)
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No hisspits and snarls (yet)... Scouty and Silver really want to get
into the craftroom though - they hate closed doors. I just went in to
say good morning to Tessie and when I opened the door to go out Scouty
poked her head in and got bopped by the door cause I didn't notice her
Poor baby... I apologised profusely but apparantly it didn't hurt
her - she's lying on the bed and she let me scritch her tummy.
Tessie would like as much attention as humanly possible and then
some! But I'm not sure how much to give her - every time I go into the
craftroom Scouty and Silver sit outside the door to wait for me, and
Scouty starts meeping at me if I don't come out again in five minutes!

It sounds like you've got off to a really good start. Purrs for an easy
integration. I hope your computer is soon working again.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

It sounds like you've got off to a really good start. Purrs for an easy
integration.

So far so good, keep us posted. Allow the furballs to add their purrs
for this to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship amongst your
owners

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

wrote
My cats are very accustomed to me
bringing assorted street riff-raff into the house.

You don't want me to tell Billy & Lily that you said this, do you?

"jaggath" wrote in message
...
(This actually Kajikit... my computer won't start up this morning so
I'm borrowing Johns!)

I took a few photos of Tessie yesterday afternoon after we brought her
home... right now she's meatloafing on the dresser - she's obviously
not the slightest bit concerned about being in a new place! I carried
her home from the vets in my arms and she snuggled into me and
gradually revved up her purrs en route until she was practically
shaking the car! She didn't want to go back into the cardboard carrier
but John said we should bring her upstairs in it so the girls didn't
see me carrying her in my arms (and so she couldn't see them right
away)...

The girls are taking it okay so far... when I brought the cardboard
carrier in and set it down in the spare room and got her food and
water and litter they both snuck in to sniff at it and gave a good
hiss at her. Then I shut the door and let her out. Scouty seems to
think that Meowmie should NOT be on the other side of a closed door so
she's come and squeaked at me a few times and I've gone out to her...
Silver is ambivelant. She hissed at Scouty once and when she saw the
kitten when John came in and left the door open for a minute (he was
standing in the doorway) she stared at Tessie for a moment in silence
and then hissed and ran away (Tessie of course hissed back). We're not
going to rush the integration... the good thing is that Scouty and
Silver have accepted the kitten's smell - they're not afraid of being
touched after we've petted the kitten, in fact they were sniffing our
fingers very curiously...

Now for the photos -
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315IXzYLS

Tessie sprawling so you can see her shaved tummy... poor little girl!
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315fNyVse

And Tessie exploring the window sill and soaking up the afternoon sun.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315SutQZr
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315BVwQtJ

i just went over to the window and picked tessie up. she's snuggling
into my arms and purring and kneading rather painfully! but scouty
just squeaked on the other side of the door she wants me out there
with her...

No hisspits and snarls (yet)... Scouty and Silver really want to get
into the craftroom though - they hate closed doors. I just went in to
say good morning to Tessie and when I opened the door to go out Scouty
poked her head in and got bopped by the door cause I didn't notice her
Poor baby... I apologised profusely but apparantly it didn't hurt
her - she's lying on the bed and she let me scritch her tummy.
Tessie would like as much attention as humanly possible and then some!
But I'm not sure how much to give her - every time I go into the
craftroom Scouty and Silver sit outside the door to wait for me, and
Scouty starts meeping at me if I don't come out again in five minutes!

Nice pix! Sounds like you're off to an excellent start. Purrs that the
whole integration process goes well.

kili

Awww, this sounds like such a happy ending for Tessie! She remembers you
and sounds so grateful to live with you. She is a very lucky girl.

The others are going to be jealous for awhile and need lots of
reassurance. I would go overboard with giving your old cats attention.
Tessie needs attention too of course, but I would give more to the other
cats. I know that's helped us with transitions. We had one cat less
accepting of newcomers than the other ones. I made a big fuss over her
and picked her up every time I saw her! She really needed to know she
wasn't being replaced. She eventually decided the new guys were okay.

Good luck to all of you. You did a very good thing!

Rhonda

jaggath wrote:


No hisspits and snarls (yet)... Scouty and Silver really want to get
into the craftroom though - they hate closed doors. I just went in to
say good morning to Tessie and when I opened the door to go out Scouty
poked her head in and got bopped by the door cause I didn't notice her
Poor baby... I apologised profusely but apparantly it didn't hurt
her - she's lying on the bed and she let me scritch her tummy.
Tessie would like as much attention as humanly possible and then some!
But I'm not sure how much to give her - every time I go into the
craftroom Scouty and Silver sit outside the door to wait for me, and
Scouty starts meeping at me if I don't come out again in five minutes!

Excellent photos. Hope the integration continues uneventfully.

--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

On 16 Feb 2006 07:39:46 -0800, wrote:

Sounds good so far! Tessie will get accustomed to being shut up in the
room and be okay with it. If you get an opportunity to shut the door on
Scout and Silver (when they're sleeping in another bedroom, for
instance)...you can let Tessie have the run of the house for a few
hours. I wouldn't do this right away, but after things settle down a
bit.

Alas we live in a two-bedroom apartment and there ARE only two doors
to close... Scouty and Silver HATE closed doors and I think they'd
have a fit if I tried to shut them into the bedroom - the only time
they'll allow it is if workmen are here and the closed door makes them
feel safer...