More cat stuff.

[bladespark]

I opened the door to my room and let Kali in just a few minutes ago. Since the new cat got a clean bill of health, I figure it's time to let them get aqainted a bit. The new cat was under the bed. Kali came in, sniffed around a little, inspected the closet thoroughly, but left the bed alone right at first. Then she went over to the bed and peered under it. Her tail bushed out, but she didn't hiss or anything, and she didn't make any move to go under there. I think she realized that the other cat was scared, because her tail went back to normal after a bit, and she started moving really slowly, backing away from the bed and going slowly to the other side of the room, (it was kind of funny, she was walking with this exaggerated slow-motion sort of walk,) where she could see underneath, but wouldn't be threatening to the other cat, and she slowly settled down there.

Appareantly (at least thus far!) she's being a little feline diplomat! We'll see how it goes from here. I won't be leaving them alone together until I'm reasonably sure they won't hurt each other, so they'll probably still be separated when we go to FC. (I feel bad for leaving them that long! But what can I do? Somebody will be feeding them while we're gone, so they'll be okay.)

Comments

[rigger.livejournal.com]

Feline diplomacy? Would that be the art of saying "nice mousie" untill you can get into pouncing position?

Seriously though, glad to hear the cats are getting along. Hopefully the new one will become more confident in time.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

They had a quick hissing and threat-clawing a few minutes ago, so all is not smooth sailing, but neither one is being aggressive, so that's good.

[beetlecat.livejournal.com]

It's fairly unlikely that they'll have a real fight, cats generally prefer threats and posturing instead. Fight have too much danger of someone getting hurt, a big danger for a loner in the wild.

They may never be best buddies, but it looks like they'll accept each other in time, once they decide between them who can do what and where they can do it.

Despite not being evolved from pack animals, domestic cats can be very diplomatic regarding others as long as there are enough resources for all of them.

Assuming they're inside cats, it might be good to have two litterboxes (if you don't already). Occasionally, one cat may 'guard' its litterbox and not let the other use it.. but I guess you'll eventually find out if that's an issue ;D

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I do have two boxes, as for the first few days they were totally quarantined, so they could hardly share. Though I'm considering moving the second one out of my room and near the other one we already have. Dunno if that will cause issues or not. In any case I won't move it yet.

And yeah. I've never had two at once myself, but JJ is from a multi-cat household. They don't really like eachother, but they don't fight either.

[crystallinegirl.livejournal.com]

My grandmother has always had four or five cats at any one time. You'll find two of them (any two!) curled up together in the same bed ALL the time. I don't think I've ever seen any of them fight each other. Or even really hiss and claw at each other. I've seen lots of multi-cat households, and usually the cats are all perfectly okay with each other. (Grandma's cats were/are all strays, too.)

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Two cats brought together at a young age get along. Adult cats have a harder time, though some do warm to eachother eventually. What I've got here is one of the more difficult situations, one adult cat that's lived alone a long time and has established this whole apartment as her teritory, and one new adult that's also lived alone and isn't used to sharing!

I'm sure they'll at least get along, I don't anticipate any real fighting. But they have had one confrontation, with lots of hissing and posturing and showing of claws.

[keplilly.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear they are off to a decent start!