We nearly had a confrontation, but not…
Kitties knocked my Greek-English lexicon into their water dish, drat the luck of how it fell. We have it in the freezer being dried out (a technique used in document rescue: freezers extract moisture.) But it wasn’t their fault. They are climbers. We have 2 cat trees in there with them. Tanner is being a glutton for petting now, loves it. Tracker just hides. I didn’t give him his med last night because he was out of his hidey-hole and I didn’t want to upset him, but I think he needs the little calmative dose for a while, so he will get his treatment.
And….Shu got into the room and came within sight of Tanner. Fortunately it WAS Shu, who is actually fairly easy-going except with people. It’s gentle Seishi you have to fear, though I can personally attest, if Shu gets his teeth into you, it’s doctor-bill time.(we had our set-to the morning of the eclipse, when he nearly broke my control getting into the car. I could save my arm, or him, and I wasn’t about to let him get away from me.)
We’re starting to get the pond into operation. It’s a mess. We’ve also hired a gardener, because Jane just isn’t up to taking care of the yard this spring—we’re both pretty well at our wits’ end re schedule and stuff there is to do. But we’ll handle it. And the guy is doing a good job.
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To help with integrating your fur family you may want to look into a Feliway diffuser. It was very helpful when my now husband and I were blending our fur families a few years ago. I have also found bribery with treats doesn't hurt the process.
The Feliway diffuser was very helpful for us as well, when we brought in new kitties. Our vet also suggested brushing or wiping one cat along the cheeks, where the feel-good scent glands are, and then using the brush or wipe on the other cat, spreading the feels, so to speak. It did seem to help. If they have favorite cushions, you may want to trade those around, so they'll all smell like all the kitties. Even after all our cats were given the run of the whole house, we kept litter boxes in more than one location, as well as multiple feeding and drinking stations, so no one kitty could hog all the resources. In the end, though, what worked best was patience -- lots of it.
