Kitty Update

Well, it's been 2 whole days (and a couple hours) since the new cats arrived here at the house. I must say things are going rather well.

As I already admitted, I goofed up and didn't seperate them from Kaguya immediately upon their arrival. BC made himself at home while Salem hid. Eventually, after a couple hisses from Kaguya, and some sound advince from Connie and Chicken, I did set them up in the back room. Well, I set BC up in the back room.

Turns out Salem was hiding in the puter room in a small Yaffa block cubby filled with neopets plushies. It made a nice little bed for him and was blocked partially in front by a box so she was well hidden from view. Wasn't until he came out to use Kaguya's litter box (which is currently set in the puter room...much to my dismay...she has a tendenciy not to cover her poo which makes it smell oh so lovely back here ... but I digress...) that I finally saw him and managed to snag him and corral him into the other back room with BC.

I went in about once an hour to play with BC and make sure they had food and water. (Until I went to work that night...then it was Kevin's duty to check in on them) Salem was a no show kitty. That's fine tho. My friend had told me that he hid around his house for a few days when he first got him.

Yesterday when I went in the room Salem finally came out. After much persuading I was able to get him to let me pet him and he wanted some serious loving after that. So with Salem rubbing on my lap and BC perched on my shoulder (think parrot ... it's frigging hilarious!) we hung out for about an hour and I gave them treats and stuff. It went well.

I let BC out for a few yesterday down in the basement. Kaguya was still hissing a bit, so I put him back in the room after only about 15 minutes. I didn't want them to start getting aggressive with each other.

And today I just got done following Kaguya and BC around the house together for about an hour. It was rather amusing. Kaguya follwed BC everywhere he went. She even figured out that if she hid behind the doors in the basement leading to the laundry room she could surprise him. So when he walked thru she pounced. It was a plyful pounce more than anything. There were no hisses or growls or claws from either of them. The funny part was after a couple surprise pounces from Kaguya onto BC he was very careful about going around corners. I wish I had something to record them to share. Good stuff.

But then BC growled at Kaguya and I gently reminded him that it was her house and picked him up and put him in the back room with Salem again. I know he hates it, but I can't have him being aggressive to her. It's her house, they're just borders for now.

All in all it seems to be going well. I've heard tell that it could take a week or so for them to become acclimated to each other. We'll see. I'm giving 2 weeks. If it's not better by then we'll have to work something out with my friend. I really hope it doesn't come to that tho. I don't think he has anyone else to help him take care of them.