Advice Wanted: Another cat coming to us! Small Update

[cassiesmom]

She's beautiful! I hope it works out wonderfully!

[Freedom]

Aw, she is BEAUTIFUL!!! Looks like my Vita did when she was younger, although Misty looks larger.

Just take it slowly, things have a way of working out.

Do you clip nails? I like to keep nails trimmed when I have introductions, so that any "damage" in minimal, he hee. Never had a problem

Will she come with her brushes? She looks like she is used to brushing. That would be lovely, to sit each evening and give her a wee brush up!

Bless you for taking her on!

[krazyaboutkatz]

She's gorgeous. I have two girls and their personalities are very different so they get along well. They will sometimes play fight but it's nothing for me to worry about. I'm sure that if you take things slowly that in time everyone will get along or at least learn to tolerate each other. Good luck and please continue to keep us updated.

[GILL]

What a beautiful girl. Got to love the Main Coons.
I agree with Donna. There may be some hissing, we still have some, but along as there's no blood your OK.
After 2 years Bailey and Chessie still DO NOT like each other. They will hiss, spit and swat. If they had nails we would have blood all over, but they happen to be 2 of the 3 de-claws we have.
It's funny to watch since both are mom's boys, she will have one on the arm of her chair and the other on the opposite arm, every thing is fine until one spots the other, then the hissing begins. She just has to grab one and hold him with his back to the other, then things quiet down again.
So love her and have fun.

[CultureJunky]

Misty has arrived. She came with her litter tray, toys, some food and scratcher. We let her out in the living room first and she had a look around then went behind the Tv for about an hour. I then managed to move the TV, pick her up and we've settled her in the spare room. She has all she needs there, water, food, litter tray and a nice bed in the corner with blankets and quilts, hers and Sunny's, a mix for some different smells. Sunny and Xavi have smelt some of her toys.
At the moment she has squished herself under the Computer desk, and is hiding away. I think in the night she may come out to have something to eat, we'll see in the morning.
She's a lovely cat, hasn't spat or hissed at us at all, and let us smoothe her when she walked past. She's just very intimidated and frightened right now.
I'll keep an update going to let you know how she's doing.

[orangemm]

Aww, she's probably very confused right now. But, a night in a comfy bed and some nice scritches will bring her around. She is so lucky to have you!

[catmandu]

It will take time. Tubster Panther had a few rough nights , and still hides in the basement sometimes but hes doing a lot better and is more social now!!!


We know that Misty being a Maine coon will come out of hiding and eventually become part of Your Fur Family.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope that she'll start calming down soon and that everything will go well when you start the introductions. Good luck.

[CultureJunky]

Another small update:

Misty has started to come out a bit and look around. She lets me smoothe her, and rubs her face on things, so I know that she likes me doing this, and that she's also marking her scent on things that are new to her. She has seen Sunny they just hissed at eachother then Misty walked away (Sunny was abover her on the bed) and Xavi and has hissed and growled but not become violent or anything, I think she's really scared of them, they're both interested in her. Xavi is just interested and curious but her growls have put him off going close to her, he's just stared from afar for now.
I'm happy for her to take her time to adjust, all I'm worried about is that she hasn't eaten anything yet.
She arrived Wednesday evening, so I assume she had had breakfast that day, but hasn't eaten anything since. She also hasn't had any water that I've put down. I've put food down, food that came with her, but she hasn't touched it. She has used the litter tray once.
How long is it normal for her to not eat? I'm just very worried in case it makes her ill? I'm most concerned about this and it's worrying me a lot?
Any answers or advice?

Kate