Kitty progress

[kyrielle]

So, we've several times now let Ray and Apple meet face to face. At this point they're on I think their second, maybe third jaunt with Ray loose in the house and Apple loose also. No major spats. Little ones, but I'm not entirely sure they aren't playful and none have had a harmful or lasting tone. Ray is going to be a handful. Actually, several handfuls. Tons of energy, painfully curious, into everything, and of course he doesn't know the house rules yet. He's learning. Fortunately, he's more responsive to being squired with water than Apple ever was - cat vanishes from the room in a cloud of startlement when it happens.

So far, so good.

(No, the kitty in the icon isn't Ray - it's my parents' cat Curious from a number of years ago. I really ought to get a cat icon that includes one of our current cats, at some point.)

Comments

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

I love the name Ray. And Curious was a beautiful kitty.

[grey-lady.livejournal.com]

I've always heard that a male / female cat combination makes for a more harmonious household than female / female. I hope things continue to harmonize!

[kyrielle]

I love it too! And Curious was. That's a great shot of him. It may be the only shot I have of him. He's actually on the outside back deck in that photo, and the photographer is inside on the back porch looking out through the window (the uncropped shows it), so that's a "pleeeease can I come in for a while?" look. Or maybe a "you gonna put any treat food out?" look. *grins*

[kyrielle]

Yep, I've heard that too and as far as I know it's true. Just luck that when we got Apple, all the potential candidates I met (all two of them) were female. I was trying so hard to get a yielding kitty for Babe's companion, because Babe was so submissive I wasn't sure how she'd adapt. Answer: well enough that maybe that wasn't necessary. But I'm still glad we went through that. Apple's not my perfect cat, but she's a sweetheart, and she did Babe a world of good in socialization, I think.

[grey-lady.livejournal.com]

Our pair are both female; they were together in the pen when we adopted them, and we were told they came in together, possibly/probably siblings. At home they will pretty much have nothing to do with each other. It's only when they have to go into the cattery or suchlike that they'll band together ("I don't like you, but I dislike other cats more!").