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I know it's been a long time since I posted, but just wanted to give a quick update. Bob is doing fantastic and has turned into a total love monster. Given the choice between love and pets, I think he might actually choose pets! He has met 4 people outside of the family so far and he has been...

Thank you again for all your advice @weebeasties ! Since there are two of us, we started doing "screen time" with one of us in the room with Bob and one of us outside his room with the girls. So far that seems to be better. Bob will still start to stalk Tabitha (even tho there is a screen), but...

Thank you @weebeasties ! Holidays were good. How were yours? We've cooled it on the introductions for a bit as there is still a bit of aggression going on with the screen barrier. I'm figuring better too slow than too fast. But they all do get to see each other through the screen at least...

Thanks for the tips @msaimee ! I think you're right about us needing to establish ourselves as dominant. I think we've tiptoed around him a bit too much. We rush to let him out when he meows, we pet him on demand and probably give him treats a bit too often. He was swatting us if we walked away...

@msaimee That makes a lot of sense! He knows he can't take it out on the vet or on us, so he goes after Tabitha who is definitely bottom of the hierarchy. Poor Tabitha. It's interesting, when she originally came into the fold, I already had Monet and I had another cat, Boomer who was older, male...

Thank you and I will definitely read thru the stray/feral behavior section to see if anyone else has had similar experiences and start a new thread. You're probably right in that he may have been more stressed by the vet visit than it appeared. I probably should've given him a day to decompress...

Well today did not go well. It started out great. Bob went into his carrier with no fuss, I took him to get his nails trimmed and again no fuss. Not a peep at the vet's office. He came back and was super lovable and affectionate and happy. We decided to let him out of the room with Tabitha and...

Thank you both for the suggestions! We have been letting them into each others' spaces and I've been rubbing all of their cheeks and bodies with towels to mix their scents as well as doing the vanilla extract trick. I will definitely give the brush thing a try as well! I've introduced several...

Hi @weebeasties thanks for checking in! Monet unfortunately continues to growl, hiss and scare Tabitha when eating with Bob in sight so I'm holding off a little longer on bringing them together without a barrier between them. Bob and Houdini (the pug) have progressed nicely though and have been...

The adult feral that we took in on September 30 has become a total love bug who now rolls around, purring and kneading when we pet him and doesn't want us to leave his side.

Introducing the pug to Bob was wonderfully uneventful. They both ignored each other. We will continue to do longer visits. Tabitha is also continuing to do well. She is very sweet and naive and seems to have no clue that other cats may take issue with her running up to them unannounced so she...

Thank you everyone! We are continuing to make progress. He has met the older, more chill cat face to face who seems to have a crush on him. She immediately went running over to him and they touched noses. Made us so nervous that she darted over, but it was all good. Bob raised his paw about an...

Oh my gosh! I've been meaning to post! Things are going really, really well! We put up a screen door on Bob's room and he's now met my two girl kitties and my pug. Absolutely no drama! Not a single hiss, growl or anything. He and one of my girls even touched noses through the screen. We've also...

Thank you both! And again, weebeasties thank you for being with me every step since I first posted and allowing me insight into your process with Rocky. So helpful! I ended up spending much of the day with Bob after the vet visit. I was worried he would feel betrayed after building up the trust...

OMG today could not have gone better! :hyper:I was able to get Bob to walk into his carrier by putting stinky wet food in the back. Closed it and covered it with a sheet. He didn't make a peep or fight me at all! Then the vet took him out, took all of 10 seconds to clip all his claws, carried...