This past Sunday I decided to increase my family. I responded to a craigslist add for a 2 year old female red tabby. They owners couldn't keep her anymore because of allergies and they said if they couldn't find her a home they were going to put her down. 
My b/f and I went and met her that evening. She is 20lbs of absolute sweetness and loves to have her tummy rubbed. Unfortunately, when we brought her home we noticed she had fleas....:eek3: so she was immediately placed in the bathroom to try and minimize flea transfer and she and my other cat, Tofu, were treated for fleas. She went to the vet on Tuesday and got a clean bill of health. Wednesday she went to the groomer to clean her up and get rid of all the flea dirt. It was also partially mental on my part because I hate bugs and even though all the fleas were dead, I didn't want to pick her up! But, now that she's clean she gets lots of love!
Even though Georgie has been with us since Sunday, She and Tofu finally met last night and I have to say, it went much better then I was expecting. At first I introduced their scents to each other and they were both rather indifferent. So, I put up a baby gate between them and fed them on either side of the gate. They both ate and then layed down and just kinda watched each other with mild interest. I wasn't intending to have them both have full access to each other last night but when I let Georgie explore the apartment, Tofu, much to my surpise, squeezed through the gate and joined us. They spent much of the evening lounging while I was watching TV and on my computer. There were a couple hisses (almost all from Tofu) when they got too close but for the most part they respected each other's space. No chasing on either end. They were even relaxed enough to lounge belly up!
Kinda a long post but I'm just so excited that this might work out between the 2 cats! I was envisioning tufts of hair flying and hissing angry cats!
Here are some pictures:
Right after her flea treatment....She wasn't too happy!
Nice and clean after a trip to the groomer:
Here is Tofu, we adopted her at the beginning of November:
My b/f and I went and met her that evening. She is 20lbs of absolute sweetness and loves to have her tummy rubbed. Unfortunately, when we brought her home we noticed she had fleas....:eek3: so she was immediately placed in the bathroom to try and minimize flea transfer and she and my other cat, Tofu, were treated for fleas. She went to the vet on Tuesday and got a clean bill of health. Wednesday she went to the groomer to clean her up and get rid of all the flea dirt. It was also partially mental on my part because I hate bugs and even though all the fleas were dead, I didn't want to pick her up! But, now that she's clean she gets lots of love!Even though Georgie has been with us since Sunday, She and Tofu finally met last night and I have to say, it went much better then I was expecting. At first I introduced their scents to each other and they were both rather indifferent. So, I put up a baby gate between them and fed them on either side of the gate. They both ate and then layed down and just kinda watched each other with mild interest. I wasn't intending to have them both have full access to each other last night but when I let Georgie explore the apartment, Tofu, much to my surpise, squeezed through the gate and joined us. They spent much of the evening lounging while I was watching TV and on my computer. There were a couple hisses (almost all from Tofu) when they got too close but for the most part they respected each other's space. No chasing on either end. They were even relaxed enough to lounge belly up!
Kinda a long post but I'm just so excited that this might work out between the 2 cats! I was envisioning tufts of hair flying and hissing angry cats!
Here are some pictures:
Right after her flea treatment....She wasn't too happy!
Nice and clean after a trip to the groomer:
Here is Tofu, we adopted her at the beginning of November:
