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Introducing kitties
Feb. 12th, 2012 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosefoxHi all! I'm hoping you can help me out or at least reassure me about some cat-introducing issues I'm having.
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TLDR: Java is 15M and opinionated, Sam is 8F and doofy and skittish. Their primary interaction is Java trying to lick Sam's head and Sam shoving him away. (Think a teenager yelping "Dad, you're embarrassing me!".) Otherwise they're generally friendly, but not super-close. After seven years in one place, which was the only home Sam has ever really known, my partner Josh and I and the cats just moved to a new apartment to live with my partner Xtina. The cats seem to be coping pretty well with this.
( They are coping less well with a new feline housemate. )
Is the transferred growliness totally normal? Is this just Sam being a doofy, anxious cat? Any suggestions for how to proceed with further introductions, and how to encourage Sam to play nice with Java in the meantime? Many thanks for any help you can offer!
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TLDR: Java is 15M and opinionated, Sam is 8F and doofy and skittish. Their primary interaction is Java trying to lick Sam's head and Sam shoving him away. (Think a teenager yelping "Dad, you're embarrassing me!".) Otherwise they're generally friendly, but not super-close. After seven years in one place, which was the only home Sam has ever really known, my partner Josh and I and the cats just moved to a new apartment to live with my partner Xtina. The cats seem to be coping pretty well with this.
( They are coping less well with a new feline housemate. )
Is the transferred growliness totally normal? Is this just Sam being a doofy, anxious cat? Any suggestions for how to proceed with further introductions, and how to encourage Sam to play nice with Java in the meantime? Many thanks for any help you can offer!
