Not sure if this is the correct forum, but I'll try anything to help Smokey, the cat! :-)
See, his owner can't keep him any longer and was going to have him put down yesterday. I couldn't let that happen. I told the owner to bring the cat to me, even though we have never seen him before. He is seven years old, very laid-back and quiet.
She brought him yesterday and he allowed us to brush him, cuddle him and handle him. He was understandably nervous, though. And when Chatter-kitten (6 months) saw him, there was loud hissing from our kitten's side. He must have Siamese blood or something in him!
Smokey, being older and Top Cat, couldn't let that happen, of course, so he hissed back. We kept him in the basement with the door closed, but would go in every few minutes to pet him or pay attention or something. Every time Smokey heard Chatter upstairs, he would hiss again. By the way, the basement is finished, so he was not shoved in with boxes and stuff. He has a box with a blanket in it that my younger son made ready for him, he has food and water and all kinds of hidey-holes behind the freezer and tv if he wants to. The kids sit and watch tv down there in the evenings and afternoons, and he was sitting on their laps, etc.
We would like to keep Smokey and not upset him by moving him again, but not if it means keeping the cats apart at all times. It is not fair to either of them to heap stress like that on them. Or on us! :-)
I think Smokey might have a lot of Maine Coon in him. He is huge - his feet are the biggest I've ever seen. What do you think? That is, if the picture I am trying to attach, works! (If not, then there is a picture of him uploaded here http://greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view?FM8AVNNN23JUY if anyone wants to see.
Currently we have a dwarf rabbit, the Chatter-kitten, and two hedgehogs who have three babies at the moment. I don't want to short-change any pet with not being able to give him or her the attention they deserve.
So - if anyone is near Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and would like to give Smokey a home, would you please contact me?
Apologies if this is the wrong forum!
Meerkat
See, his owner can't keep him any longer and was going to have him put down yesterday. I couldn't let that happen. I told the owner to bring the cat to me, even though we have never seen him before. He is seven years old, very laid-back and quiet.
She brought him yesterday and he allowed us to brush him, cuddle him and handle him. He was understandably nervous, though. And when Chatter-kitten (6 months) saw him, there was loud hissing from our kitten's side. He must have Siamese blood or something in him!
Smokey, being older and Top Cat, couldn't let that happen, of course, so he hissed back. We kept him in the basement with the door closed, but would go in every few minutes to pet him or pay attention or something. Every time Smokey heard Chatter upstairs, he would hiss again. By the way, the basement is finished, so he was not shoved in with boxes and stuff. He has a box with a blanket in it that my younger son made ready for him, he has food and water and all kinds of hidey-holes behind the freezer and tv if he wants to. The kids sit and watch tv down there in the evenings and afternoons, and he was sitting on their laps, etc.
We would like to keep Smokey and not upset him by moving him again, but not if it means keeping the cats apart at all times. It is not fair to either of them to heap stress like that on them. Or on us! :-)
I think Smokey might have a lot of Maine Coon in him. He is huge - his feet are the biggest I've ever seen. What do you think? That is, if the picture I am trying to attach, works! (If not, then there is a picture of him uploaded here http://greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view?FM8AVNNN23JUY if anyone wants to see.
Currently we have a dwarf rabbit, the Chatter-kitten, and two hedgehogs who have three babies at the moment. I don't want to short-change any pet with not being able to give him or her the attention they deserve.
So - if anyone is near Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and would like to give Smokey a home, would you please contact me?
Apologies if this is the wrong forum!
Meerkat