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Most of you are quite familiar with the current diva Pantera, and her friend Pingo ; now, as of 9 days ago Pantera has a new friend.
Pimenta was living with a small group of cats living on the property of a nearby school- I don't want to say ferals because they live off of the food people leave and are accustomed to being around people (although in general appropriately wary of them!). Pimenta was especially sociable, leading us to believe that she might have been abandoned there; she had no fear of people. Our best guess, looking at teeth etc. is that she is between four and five months of age. She is very skinny, but not in a scrawny/underfed sense- it seems that she is going to be a long and lean adult. She seems healthy, and certainly has the energy levels and appetite of a kitten! Next week, she is already scheduled for her first trip to the vet for de-worming, exam, and first shots.
What about Pantera? Well, there's the rub. Pantera was notorious as a kitten for being a barraqueira (Portuguese for drama queen/ troublemaker. Someone who makes a scandal out of everything). A tiny little kitten that tries to bully three adult cats at once is cute; a fullgrown adult exhibiting the same behaviour is not. Although she's had ample opportunities to attack little Pimenta, Pantera has prefereed to just sit and complain as loudly as possible whenever she can and constantly bully the little kitten. This isn't aggression, this is jealousy pure and simple Over the first week things are calming down, but Pantera still never misses any chance to remind the newcomer who's in charge. Conversely, we've already seen that Pimenta is a sly little critter. She's already fooled Pantera a couple of times, and although displays a submissive pose when necessary is clearly not intimidated by the jealous queen of the turf.
I'm still trying to get some photos of the two together, but no luck so far.
Pimenta was living with a small group of cats living on the property of a nearby school- I don't want to say ferals because they live off of the food people leave and are accustomed to being around people (although in general appropriately wary of them!). Pimenta was especially sociable, leading us to believe that she might have been abandoned there; she had no fear of people. Our best guess, looking at teeth etc. is that she is between four and five months of age. She is very skinny, but not in a scrawny/underfed sense- it seems that she is going to be a long and lean adult. She seems healthy, and certainly has the energy levels and appetite of a kitten! Next week, she is already scheduled for her first trip to the vet for de-worming, exam, and first shots.
What about Pantera? Well, there's the rub. Pantera was notorious as a kitten for being a barraqueira (Portuguese for drama queen/ troublemaker. Someone who makes a scandal out of everything). A tiny little kitten that tries to bully three adult cats at once is cute; a fullgrown adult exhibiting the same behaviour is not. Although she's had ample opportunities to attack little Pimenta, Pantera has prefereed to just sit and complain as loudly as possible whenever she can and constantly bully the little kitten. This isn't aggression, this is jealousy pure and simple Over the first week things are calming down, but Pantera still never misses any chance to remind the newcomer who's in charge. Conversely, we've already seen that Pimenta is a sly little critter. She's already fooled Pantera a couple of times, and although displays a submissive pose when necessary is clearly not intimidated by the jealous queen of the turf.
I'm still trying to get some photos of the two together, but no luck so far.