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Hi everyone,
I have been posting on here pretty regularly the past few months as we had lost our cat Spock in early-June and his sister Luna has been struggling a bit to adjust. A month ago, I had been talking to a local rescue about fostering. Then, I came upon one of their long time resident cats who I essentially fell for. He is a 2 year old buff cat named Bela who we now just call Mr. Lugosi haha. He is very sweet and affectionate but also still has that young kitty energy and loves to play with all of the toys. He gets along great with our dogs already and even plays with one of them. It's been two weeks now since we brought him home so we are really happy with how he has adapted.
However, our resident cat Luna has not taken to him as well as we had hoped. She growls at him every time he comes within a few feet of her, but he really wants to be friends with her so he follows her around the house. The first week we did keep him separate and did intros through the door and through a gate and because Luna seemed to be fine we decided to let him roam for short periods of time. Well, she growls at him a lot now which I kind of expected to happen but wonder how long this will take to pass. He clearly has a crush on her haha as like I said he follows her around and watches her. He lays on her beds and waits for her almost to show up in hopes of a snuggle.
I have introduced dogs to cats but never cats to cats, so I am a bit new with this whole process and wonder if anyone has any tips and timeframes on things like these. It has only been two weeks, so I hope that a month from now things will be better.
Thanks for any advice!
Pic of Mr. Lugosi is attached... He decided he wanted to be swaddled in a burrito blanket
I have been posting on here pretty regularly the past few months as we had lost our cat Spock in early-June and his sister Luna has been struggling a bit to adjust. A month ago, I had been talking to a local rescue about fostering. Then, I came upon one of their long time resident cats who I essentially fell for. He is a 2 year old buff cat named Bela who we now just call Mr. Lugosi haha. He is very sweet and affectionate but also still has that young kitty energy and loves to play with all of the toys. He gets along great with our dogs already and even plays with one of them. It's been two weeks now since we brought him home so we are really happy with how he has adapted.
However, our resident cat Luna has not taken to him as well as we had hoped. She growls at him every time he comes within a few feet of her, but he really wants to be friends with her so he follows her around the house. The first week we did keep him separate and did intros through the door and through a gate and because Luna seemed to be fine we decided to let him roam for short periods of time. Well, she growls at him a lot now which I kind of expected to happen but wonder how long this will take to pass. He clearly has a crush on her haha as like I said he follows her around and watches her. He lays on her beds and waits for her almost to show up in hopes of a snuggle.
I have introduced dogs to cats but never cats to cats, so I am a bit new with this whole process and wonder if anyone has any tips and timeframes on things like these. It has only been two weeks, so I hope that a month from now things will be better.
Thanks for any advice!
Pic of Mr. Lugosi is attached... He decided he wanted to be swaddled in a burrito blanket
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