[QUOTE]Originally posted by sirrahbed
[B]Yeah Bobbi!! Lydia is soooo pretty!!! How long have you had her? How goes it with Miss Briggs? ONE picture is NOT acceptable you know!

She has been with us for two weeks and two days. Things on the Briggs front are not all that great. Briggs is a shy, quiet cat and small, only weighing 6 lbs. Lydia is loud, an avid talker, a bit aggressive and weighs about 10 lbs. Briggs growls and hisses at Lydia whenever Lydia gets too close for Briggsy's comfort. Sometimes Lydia will ignore the growling and just move on in to Briggs's territory. Briggs then goes berserk-o and starts howling and losing hair. I've watched this several times and I do not see Lydia swatting Briggs but hair just starts flying off the Briggster. Am I MISSING something????? Anyway, Briggs has now decided that it is better to stay in a separate room rather than share breathing space with the intruder. Also, Briggs will no longer allow us to brush her as we routinely did every night. She growls and hisses at us, I guess because she is just too stressed to put up with the brushing nonsense. Lydia stays in a different bedroom at night and Briggs does still come to sleep with me. I'm wondering when and if they will ever tolerate each other. I started off hoping they would be friends but now would be happy if they could be in the same room without fireworks!!! I know it's early so I am not truly despairing. Any ideas or encouraging words?????