 Purred: Sat Dec 6, '08 8:32am PST |
 | |  | | Thanks so much, Tuffy, Sherlock, and Lalo for your good wishes. I wasn't all that happy about being in the house yesterday afternoon, and the two guys who live there (Mordred and Blue) seemed afraid of me, although I never moved out of the bay window. Little Althea did come up to say hello, though. So, at dusk, I went to the door and went out when Mom went to the barn. I ate in there, and then jumped up into my crate, where I spent the night. Brrr. . .it got cold last night, too - down to 16. My water froze, but I was pretty cozy in my deep cuddler bed with the heating pad. Mom still felt bad, though. Anyway, she said something this morning about bringing me into the house this afternoon - let the guys and me get used to things gradually.
Sherlock, yes, Mom is so pleased to "meet" your mom and have her help solve the problem. With me in the house (which is small and maybe the new place will be smaller), 4 cats is already stretching the limits. As Althea's doctor pointed out: too many of us in a small space causes problems. And Smokey would be paranoid cooped up, I think.
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Yay! I got the staples out of my leg today, so that's the good news. The bad news is: I can't be free yet.
The surgeon doesn't want me running around & jumping. The good news is: Mom has me in the house!! She's gonna have to sell her house & move,so she thought this was a good time to introduce me to indoor living. She's not sure what to do about Smokey, though; he'll never be a good housecat, and he hides from anyone except Mom; he's used to l iving in the barn. Does anycat know someone in our general area who'd like a barn cat? He looks a lot like me (without the extra toes, of course!
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when we lived in houston, we had a two bedroom apartment with 4 people and 4 kitties.the master bedroom was big but the other room was big enough for a queen size bed and not much more. we all got along well. it was not big but it worked out. now we have a 4 bedroom and all of us, that are indoors, get along just fine. every once in a while the grouchy brother has a fit but it passes. 
just thought you would like to know. 
Things are slowly getting better; I hardly ever go out of the living room 'cause I just love sleeping on the sofa or in the bay window. The boys have at least started coming into the room when I'm there, so Mom considers that progress. Honest, all I want is to be friends!
I hope they'll soon see that I'm not at all a fighter; I'm really very laid back - so much so that Mom's starting to wonder if I'm sick, but it's just that I'm so enjoying having a warm, dry place to sleep. Thanks for the encouragement, Tuffy; all the MIDE kiddens are such good friends!
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