Lovely photos Cass, thanks for sharing. I hope the sweet little newcomer settles in very quickly and the others all give him a warm welcome....well most of them! Lol
,Good afternoon all Vassili was very good on the hour's journey to our house. . He is curious rather than afraid, which is a first with a feral kitten for us. he is asleep on my knee at the moment. Sotiri looked at him and then rushed to play out as he has been in since last night.Cosmo sniffed him and walked away. Chassis growled at him, but she doesn't like anyone except Sam and Celeste hid behind the curtains...
I love those descriptions of the various cats reactions, especially Cosmo's.
I hope Satoris pals up with Vassili and they all welcome him into the family. OK Chassis might have an issue. Chassis sounds like our Millie.
Chassis was the scourge of the neighbourhood when she was a bit younger, no-one dared cross her path. She has always merely tolerated me because I feed them but Sam can do anything with her - she growls at me if he kisses me and tries to push us apart.. Now she is nearly 12, she stays home for longer . She was shot twice in her lungs when she was a kitten by some lowlife scum and barely survived a long and difficult operation. Because of this, she sounds like Darth Vader after climbing the stairs. On the plus side, the vet was so proud of his life-saving handiwork that he has treated her for free ever since and she is quite the celebrity down at his clinic..
Poor Sotiris - I would be in bits too if he were mine. Your little newcomer is a real cutie and I love all your 'cats with attitude'! I hope it all works out.
I must admit your stories and photos are making me wish we had another kitty. It is over a year since we lost Harry and I am definitely missing having cats around the place - we had 6 at one point (nine briefly when some babies arrived) so to have none is very strange.
My Millie still only just about tolerates Boots. He tries to get as close as possible to her on the bed etc.
The other night they were both dozing where the heating pipes run under the floor with their front legs out straight towards each other, I guess Boots had been playing "dabs" but his paw was resting on hers. They looked so sweet, it didn't last long though lol!
That's one thing I love about my boys. They spend a lot of time together. They play together all the time ... drives me mad sometimes! And even now they curl up and sleep together. They call to each other too.
They also fight as a pair. If one is threatened by another, the other one will pile in. Doesn't happen often as there aren't many cats around here but I don't think I've seen that before. And I've had cats pretty much all my life. We had up to 16 when I was a kid and then as an adult I had three and now two. I've only ever had just one when they've been the last cat standing as it were.
I think these two will be a bit like Sotiris. Lost without the other.
How's things with Chassis Cass, is he settling in and making friends?
Vassili is the kitten, DD and he has settled in well. He's a real sweetie, character-wise.We have never had a kitten settle in, or be accepted, as quickly. Sotiris is not particularly interested in him, but stopped fretting as soon as he arrived. Although he doesn't seem to want a companion any more, he seems comforted by Vassili's presence so we are no longer concerned about him. He has definitely piqued the interest of Celeste, our extremely large and lazy 5 year old, they have been playing 'Tag' all over the house so all in all, his arrival has been a good thing, if not quite in the way we intended.
It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.
Sotiris had a lightbulb moment a week ago while watching Vassili chasing Celeste, joined in, and now he and Vassili are firm friends, play-fighting all over the house.Sotiris has started eating properly again and lost his nervous twitch. A happy ending and so pleased that we decided to adopt the kitten.
It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.