Sasha is adjusting and welcoming little Saba (say-ba, female, 9 mos.) into our home and lives just as well as can be expected. He brings her toys and shares everything he has with her, and he's 12. He's an extremely gentle, introverted, 21 lb cuddly older brother (except when clubbing coyotes) and has been in a multi-cat household his entire life except during the past 14 months after the loss of his mama and the death of young brother Freddie (11/9/03 RIP).
I trust Sasha so much that I can leave him alone with Saba for 1/2 day and know that he will never be the aggressor nor try and scare her in any way.
My question is one of adjustment....that is, Sasha has been a little verbal (that's a lot for him!) in the night and early morning hours. It seems that he is looking for sleeping spots in the house that she has not touched. He does have his favorite, but she is now sleeping by my pillow every night, which was his former place too, and it's obvious he is feeling pushed out. So when I gently remove her from "his place" by my side, he refuses to hop up and sleep with me because she was there and it has her scent, etc etc. So he howls a bit and walks through the house. As soon as he doesn't come up to bed, she just moves right back in.
Saba does have her own room, as well as Sasha has his own room, so she knows she has a place to go that's her own, and he does too. But after Freddie died, Sasha became The Only One and although he is accepting of Saba, I feel awful because his sleep status has been disturbed now.
He includes her in everything else and likes to play with her and has no other issues. He rarely asks for anything, but he is asking me for this. What do I do???
Any suggestions?
I trust Sasha so much that I can leave him alone with Saba for 1/2 day and know that he will never be the aggressor nor try and scare her in any way.
Saba does have her own room, as well as Sasha has his own room, so she knows she has a place to go that's her own, and he does too. But after Freddie died, Sasha became The Only One and although he is accepting of Saba, I feel awful because his sleep status has been disturbed now.
Any suggestions?