Sunday, August 6, 2017

New Kitten in the House


Happy Sunday from the Gatto household!

My husband has been bugging me for a while that we need a "friend" for our sweet, loving, little cat Buddy. Buddy is now 2yrs old. He felt Buddy was bored at night when we were asleep and would like a friend to play with. Plus, another cat would give the felines a two-against-one advantage on the dog.

I wasn't convinced.

I'm weird about my pets. I've only ever had three dogs. Misty, Sparky and now Nika. Misty and Sparky we got at like 3 months old and had them both until they passed at 15yrs old. They had their own personalities. I quite enjoyed the "senior" dog personality.
Nika will be two in November. She's still in that bratty puppy stage, and I've realized I'm too old for it! LOL

Our cat Buddy has been with us since December 2015. He is laid back and sweet. He loves to cuddle, hardly ever scratches or bites (on purpose). He's a little lover boy.

I said over and over that I don't think we'd ever find another cat with Buddy's personality. So I was nervous about a second cat. Also, I have yet to get a new dog since I lost my Sparky. Again, she was my little teddy bear, such a loving personality, and was my shadow. I'm too afraid the next dog would be psycho like Nika is!

We visited the local rescue league and looked at the cats. None of them grabbed me (metaphorically).
I needed to be hooked.
I liked the black colored cats that otherwise looked like Buddy. But they were wiry and scratched a lot! (I had a allergy flared up set of scratches all night to prove it)
One little Tuxedo kitty was so cute and lovable. He was soft and cuddly and laid back just like our Buddy.

So, we adopted him.
The first night was touch and go with him and Buddy. They boxed a lot, hissed, but most of all, the new kitty kept jumping at Buddy. Guess he wanted to play, but Buddy wasn't having any of it.
But, kitty didn't hide - so that was good.
Introduce Nika the dog, and the little cat flipped out. Turned into Halloween cat! I was even scared to walk by him (Buddy is the second cat I've ever been around and the first one that you could pick up without it clawing you like crazy - the cat I grew up with was the cat from Hell). He hisses louder than Buddy ever did at the dog.
Day two - kitty is still going bonkers at the dog. He has taken to hiding upstairs under the bed. (the dog stays on the first floor with us). Buddy was relaxing like normal on the first floor, and seems relieved the dog isn't as obsessed with him as she used to be.

I have no idea if Buddy and new kitty will be friends yet. It's too early to tell. I hope so though. Buddy was so upset yesterday, that he was upsetting me. (As a mom, when your children are upset, you get upset, sometimes even sick too. Well, I get that way with my son, and I get that way with my pets too. Buddy is like my baby, since we are a one-child home, and that window is closed on anymore. My baby is my Buddy-boy.)

All is quiet for the moment. Nika the dog is asleep. Buddy was relaxing in the dining room, and baby kitty is upstairs hiding. But, quiet is good.

Challenge : keeping food out for baby kitty to eat and make sure Buddy doesn't eat it. Buddy snacks all day on his dry food. So once he saw we had dry food out for baby kitty, he ate it! LOL. And he was SO HAPPY and loving after too! HA! Full belly = happy kitty. LOL

Oh, and baby kitty doesn't have a name yet. Our choices are Fleury, Iceburgh and Tux.
I think in the back of my mine, I'm not falling for this cat until I know he's staying. It took Buddy two days to relax around Nika (Buddy was here first). And I know it might take days to weeks for them all to get used to each other. Here's hoping it doesn't take that long!

This is the new kitty. Fleury, Iceburgh or Tux. (still undecided)



 

Buddy the Cat
Nika the dog (begging for pizza)


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