Helen!
She's home! I brought her home yesterday around 4:00 p.m. from Tree House. She is currently residing in our "middle room" the middle bedroom in our apartment. Dave has all of his synthesizers, keyboards, computers and CDs in there. She made herself right at home and starting purring as soon as she was out of the box. I made a little bed for her by the open windows so she can watch what goes on in the courtyard of our building. She loves sitting by the windows.
Helen is on several medications. She has a grade 3 heart murmur which is indicative of heart disease and she has feline herpes. I have to "pill" her twice a day, which isn't much fun for either one of us, but I'm getting better at it. She takes Lysine for herpes which is crushed and sprinkled on her food. That isn't so hard to do.
Anyway, she's beautiful and seems very healthy and happy in her new home. She has the softest fur ever and a cute little mew. She likes chewing on cat toys and playing with the cat dancer. She seems so comfortable and relaxed in the middle room, and is very affectionate whenever we go in there to visit her. She is curious about the other cats, but doesn't seem to be too bothered by them.
However, earlier this evening we chanced it and let her out because Harrison has been VERY eager to meet her. The initial introduction seemed to go well. Helen was more interested in exploring than she was in Harry, but he followed her anyway. The moment we stopped supervising them they got into a MAJOR scuffle and I believe that Harrison bit her. Neither cat was hurt, but Helen screamed very loudly and shook her head as if trying to get rid of his bite. We think that Harrison pounced on her because he tends to do this with the other girls sometimes. It is his way of asserting dominance. He knows he's not supposed to do that, however, and therefore we need to supervise constantly the next time we let Helen out.
I'm pretty bummed about that last incident after things seemed to be going so well. We're just going to start over with the introductions. I'm giving Helen lots of time away from the other cats in the middle room.
So I'll stop for now. Please send us good vibes and keep little Helen and the others in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you!
Helen is on several medications. She has a grade 3 heart murmur which is indicative of heart disease and she has feline herpes. I have to "pill" her twice a day, which isn't much fun for either one of us, but I'm getting better at it. She takes Lysine for herpes which is crushed and sprinkled on her food. That isn't so hard to do.
Anyway, she's beautiful and seems very healthy and happy in her new home. She has the softest fur ever and a cute little mew. She likes chewing on cat toys and playing with the cat dancer. She seems so comfortable and relaxed in the middle room, and is very affectionate whenever we go in there to visit her. She is curious about the other cats, but doesn't seem to be too bothered by them.
However, earlier this evening we chanced it and let her out because Harrison has been VERY eager to meet her. The initial introduction seemed to go well. Helen was more interested in exploring than she was in Harry, but he followed her anyway. The moment we stopped supervising them they got into a MAJOR scuffle and I believe that Harrison bit her. Neither cat was hurt, but Helen screamed very loudly and shook her head as if trying to get rid of his bite. We think that Harrison pounced on her because he tends to do this with the other girls sometimes. It is his way of asserting dominance. He knows he's not supposed to do that, however, and therefore we need to supervise constantly the next time we let Helen out.
I'm pretty bummed about that last incident after things seemed to be going so well. We're just going to start over with the introductions. I'm giving Helen lots of time away from the other cats in the middle room.
So I'll stop for now. Please send us good vibes and keep little Helen and the others in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you!
posted by Cara @ 8:09 PM
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