Nero the Hero, Ralph the hero, Natascha the hero (heroine?) - and your three resident cats, all more tolerant and less territorial than our Bobi the Bad. What a story - and how sad that for two months, Hero and Lisa were unwanted. Bobi the Bad spent FIVE MONTHS in "jail" (solitary confinement in his own little cage at the pound, which should have cued me in that this bad^ss cat couldn't get along with other cats). He tricked me. Husband said "Now that's a handsome cat," so I had his door opened and that cat clung to my shoulder and purred and purred and acted like I was his lost BFF. Yes. I fell for it. I'm the one who proclaimed "THISIS THE ONE." Bobi tricked me! Maybe he really was grateful to be selected, and maybe he had learned he must stay QUIET in order to get outta jail. After a few days in our home, his loud (and I do mean loud, and obnoxious) voice cut loose.... oy! How does such a little pipsqueak produce such noise?
Thank you for a thoughtful and joyful post, Natascha!
Thank you so very much for your wonderful comment! You are awesome! So sorry for my awfully late reply, but I had another chain of migraines again, one after the other up until yesterday. I wish it would not happen so much, and that I could be more useful and active during these times. We were indeed lucky that our cats reacted the way they did. They're still all getting used to the bigger family and sort each others favourite spots out. It's going really well! Could not be more happy about it!
Poor Bobi! That's an awful long time to be alone for a cat, especially being in a cage. I think he was actually really happy and liked you on the spot! Love your story about how you got Bobi!
LOL I know! Our older boy, Sonic, who is can't hear a thing has a really loud voice too. And it gets louder and louder if you're not coming to him soon enough. What he's calling like that for? Cuddles. All he wants is cuddles lol. He won't cry like that for food or anything, but for cuddles and for me, as he is really close to me. His voice was already loud when he was younger, before he lost his hearing.
Thank you again for your kind comment! I'm more than happy to post again soon and update about what's going on in our cat household. I love sharing these posts.
Have a great Friday!
Ohhh those migraines! Earlier this week a physical therapist informed me that my chronic, daily tension headaches might be as simple as NOT KNOWING HOW TO BREATHE right. So I'm in training now on how to inhale and exhale. How embarrassing--in music class way back when we learned about the diagphram, but now diaphragmatic-breathing is a major health concern. Apparently I'm not alone in this or there wouldn't be therapists trained in the training of how to breathe.
There's also FODMAP - inflammatory foods - and AIP - Autoimmune Protocol - and the horrible elimination of foods we love. I miss pizza, bread, butter, cheese, and 90% of what I used to love eating... but that's no fun to think about. Back to CATS!!!!
Your cats are adorable, and I'm glad to hear you'll keep updating us!