Hello all,
My partner and I became cat people gradually, starting by housesitting for some close friends of ours which included their two cats. We now permanently own one of those cats, Agatha (female, ~9 years old). Her roommate Milo passed away before we adopted Agatha, so she was a solo cat for 2-3 years. Until we brought home Bubbles (female, 10 years old) and Cheddar (male, 9 years old). All are fixed, indoors-only cats. We've now had a three-cat household for almost five months now.
We were spoiled with Agatha. She sleeps through the night, doesn't fuss or beg for human food, and is generally a cat owners dream. Bubbles and Cheddar need some coaching. They bounced around homes and shelters for a while and were the only constant in each other's lives. They're sweet animals, their paperwork said that previous owners ran into landlord, lease and budget issues. I was instantly smitten with them, and we adopted them after waiting one day to think it over. Hence why I'm here, to listen to every tip, trick and technique to make our home the best (and final) home they'll ever have.
I'll detail it in another post under Cat Behavior, but there have been some setbacks. Agatha has mostly acclimated to Cheddar. She'll hiss at him is he gets too close, but it never comes to a conflict and 99% of the time he just leaves her alone. Bubbles on the other hand... things had been going well for three months after an introduction period when Bubbles suddenly gave chase to Agatha. They ended up under the couch where I couldn't reach them, and they had a serious fight. One of them was so agitated they peed under the couch and we (possibly) found a tiny spot of blood. We have the house divided again so Agatha and Bubbles aren't near each other and are doing another gradual introduction.
We are also anticipating that Cheddar is diabetic. We're doing one more follow-up with the vet to make a final call.
So, if you have any advice for a spoiled, relatively new cat owner, I'm listening!
Thanks,
ChedBubAg
(Cheddar the day we met him at the shelter)
(Bubbles helping me make the bed)
(Agatha showing off her socks)
My partner and I became cat people gradually, starting by housesitting for some close friends of ours which included their two cats. We now permanently own one of those cats, Agatha (female, ~9 years old). Her roommate Milo passed away before we adopted Agatha, so she was a solo cat for 2-3 years. Until we brought home Bubbles (female, 10 years old) and Cheddar (male, 9 years old). All are fixed, indoors-only cats. We've now had a three-cat household for almost five months now.
We were spoiled with Agatha. She sleeps through the night, doesn't fuss or beg for human food, and is generally a cat owners dream. Bubbles and Cheddar need some coaching. They bounced around homes and shelters for a while and were the only constant in each other's lives. They're sweet animals, their paperwork said that previous owners ran into landlord, lease and budget issues. I was instantly smitten with them, and we adopted them after waiting one day to think it over. Hence why I'm here, to listen to every tip, trick and technique to make our home the best (and final) home they'll ever have.
I'll detail it in another post under Cat Behavior, but there have been some setbacks. Agatha has mostly acclimated to Cheddar. She'll hiss at him is he gets too close, but it never comes to a conflict and 99% of the time he just leaves her alone. Bubbles on the other hand... things had been going well for three months after an introduction period when Bubbles suddenly gave chase to Agatha. They ended up under the couch where I couldn't reach them, and they had a serious fight. One of them was so agitated they peed under the couch and we (possibly) found a tiny spot of blood. We have the house divided again so Agatha and Bubbles aren't near each other and are doing another gradual introduction.
We are also anticipating that Cheddar is diabetic. We're doing one more follow-up with the vet to make a final call.
So, if you have any advice for a spoiled, relatively new cat owner, I'm listening!
Thanks,
ChedBubAg
(Cheddar the day we met him at the shelter)
(Bubbles helping me make the bed)
(Agatha showing off her socks)
Beautiful cats, all three of them. 
I love how you weren't cat people, and now you have three. Definitely start a new thread in the behaviour forum, as members who post there, may not come into this forum, and vice versa.
