Re: OT: Cat question
- From: "Razamba" <razzamba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 17 Jun 2005 08:48:56 -0700
Hi Cindy,
I've been around cats and dogs all my life, and a lot of the times it's
just up to them. I had 2 siamese and had to put one of them down 3
years ago (Old-age). Merlin, the "widower" was completely depressed
until I finally decided to him a "friend". Well, he went from bad to
worse and when he stopped eating I decided i had to give the new one
away. It was unfortunate, but like yours, he had seignority.
Not to sound completely hopeless, I would try to put Shadow in a cat
carrier, and let your "queen" and the dog sniff it out. try that for a
few days before you open the door, and sit back and watch (carefully)
what happens.
CindyB wrote:
> We have a female cat, Sheba, a couple of years old and queen of the
> castle. Has never been around other animal since we adopted her at
> about 7 weeks of age. Strictly an indoor cat.
>
> We have a male dog, Rascal, 9-1/2 years old. Mutt - part beagle, part
> terrier (who knows what kind of terrier). Mostly an indoor dog. Only
> goes out with human supervision. Has never been around any other
> animals except Sheba.
>
> Introduce Shadow, a stray cat with brilliant yellow eyes and a bob
> tail. Longish fur, dark brown with red highlights. Could be very
> beautiful if cleaned up. She's been "ours" for at least a month now.
> Stays outside. Wants to come inside. It's been determined that she's
> female.
>
> We've taken Rascal out to see Shadow. Sometimes he barks his fool head
> off and sometimes he's just curious. Shadow is a little afraid of him
> and usually runs from him. If Rascal isn't held onto, he'll chase her
> but never catches her. (Wouldn't have the faintest idea what to do if
> he did catch her.)
>
> Today, while Rascal was outside, we let Shadow into the house to see
> what would happen. Sheba took one look, meowed, hissed, and ran into
> the basement to hide. Shadow walked around the house for about 5
> minutes just checking things out. Then we took her back outside and
> brought Rascal back in.
>
> Since then, Sheba has been meowing, hiding in bookcases, looking over
> her shoulder, and generally acting like she thinks Shadow is still
> here and ready to pounce.
>
> We really like the new cat. She's playful and affectionate. Sheba is
> Queen. Not all that playful and affectionate when she feels like it.
> But we would never replace her. She was here first. Well, actually,
> Rascal was here first and will never be replaced either.
>
> Question #1. Is this normal behavior?
> Question #2. Is it possible to get the 3 animals to coexist in 1
> house?
> Question #3. If it's possible, how would we go about it without
> traumatizing any of the animals?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> CindyB
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