My first instinct was to say, first own cat, then after a while, Kitty. BUT. Then I thought of my own move, when Gail and I combined our respective households -- me with Missy, Luc, and at that time Phoebe, and her with Tribble and at that time Kitty. We hadn't introduced them all to each other, even though we lived a hallway away in our apartment building. It just didn't seem like a good idea. When we moved, we weren't too worried about the females, who were all sort of loners and wouldn't have territorial issues. We were worried about our two big Alphas, especially because Tribble especially is so confrontational. But when we let them out of the carriers and they saw each other, it was literally like: (nose touch) "Dude!" (ass sniff) "Dude!" No territorial stuff at all. (It probably helped, in the long run, that this house has 11 rooms and they wouldn't have to see each other at all if they didn't want to, but they didn't know that then.) So I'm wondering if, since there will be big changes for both cats anyway, it would be fine to introduce them to the new place at the same time, and maybe there wouldn't be territory wars. I don't know. Might be completely dependent on the cats' personalities, whether the original cat NEEDS to be Alpha? Diane R.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:51 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: o/t established cat and new cat Hi guys I'm sorry I've not been on the list recently. (Trying to prepare to go to UK again while working on an adopter for one of my fosters.) As always, all sick kitties are in my thoughts, and my heart goes out to those that have lost beloved furbabies. I wonder if I could ask you knowledgeable folks a Q? The potential adopter of my foster, Kitty, took her own cat to her parents place while she moved house. She says she now wants to establish her cat in her new home before she takes Kitty. Surely it wd be better if she used this ideal opportunity to move them together into the new place? Any opinions much appreciated before I get back to her on this.....I believe she plans to remove her cat tomorrow from her parents. Thanks as always Kerry IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
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