He's home! Everyone say hi to Barliman.

[kimlovescats]

Awwwwwww, he's so HAPPY TO BE HOME!!!! What a beautiful big fluffy boy he is! Welcome Home, Barliman!!!

Congratulations to all!

[catmandu]

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[PayItForward]

He is wonderful, must *rub* *rub* that belly

[Kirsten]

Awww, what a fluffy and soft belly!!!

*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*RUB*

Kirsten

[sirrahbed]

Just checkin in to see about Barli - here are some belly rubs:
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Didn't that feel good??? Those were orange belly rubs of course!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Barli is absolutely gorgeous!!! I wouldn't worry too much about the pseudo spraying either. My Storm has been doing this for years and has never sprayed once. I'm sure that in time Barli and Rizzo will become great friends. Please keep us updated and be sure to post many pictures too.

[Twink]

Barliman says thanks for the compliments and the belly rubs. He also says, “Somebody save me from the furry psychopath on the other side of the door!!!”

Rizzo is NOT a happy boy. Doesn’t care for this “brother” business at ALL. He’s fine when he’s away from the bedroom door and forgets what’s going on, but give him any reason to remember, and it’s time to STARE. We let them interact a little bit yesterday, which was probably a mistake. We wanted to show Rizzo what the “IT” in the other room was. So we let Barli explore the downstairs with Rizzo sitting at the top of the loft stairs. My husband sat at the bottom to run interference. Lots of staring, but no hissing or anything. So later, we propped the door open just a tiny bit so that they could see each other. Rizzo charged, hissed, and swatted. (no claws, I don’t think) This made Barli make an awful howly-growly sound. So, back to closed doors. Since then, they’ve been sitting on either side of the door staring, just waiting for the shadows underneath to move. Unfinished business, I guess.

I feel bad. My baby is all traumatized! Barli is adjusting really well to his new digs (aside from the Rizzo thing), so we occasionally swap rooms, and put Rizz in the bedroom. Every time we do so, Rizz goes into the new room with HUGE eyes, slinking around and thinking, “Where is it?! I know it’s in here somewhere!!”

Oh well. Patience, I tell myself.

Barli is a sweetpea. My brother-in-law and his girlfriend came over to meet him last night, and he settled right in, submitted to being petted, and purred for them. What a great guy!

[catlover4ever]

Barliman looks like a gentle giant!!! What a handsome fellow!!! He reminds me of "sirrahbed" Dylan and my Abner!!!!

May I become a member of the "Barliman Fan Club"?

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by catlover4ever

May I become a member of the "Barliman Fan Club"?

Me too!!!

Orangies are the best!!

[Barbara]

Barli is so handsome. And what a seductive belly.

Yes, patience is needed. Even Filou and Tigris when they met at 15 weeks of age, ignored each other for a week!!!! I now know from many pet talkers that most of the time it works to bting two cats together- but not in the first days

All the best for you and your furkids.

[Twink]

Awwww, won’t Barli be thrilled to know that he has a fan club! Of course, then he’ll just run to the door and yell in cattish: “Ha ha, stupid Door Monster! I have a fan club, and YOU don’t!!!” And Rizzo will get even more depressed, and go lie down on the washing machine and look glum like he did last night.

Seriously, if I ever manage to get a really GOOD picture of Barliman, you guys are just gonna die. He’s too cute for words. He looks like a stuffed animal. Last night, he was sitting on the loft stairs, framed by the greenery we have on the railing, with his tail curled around him, batting his eyelashes. It was just disgusting. And I’m not even an orangie fan, particularly! Sirrabed, this guy would have you wrapped around his little paw in no time flat!

[RedHedd]

Originally posted by Twink
I’m not even an orangie fan ...

Yet! You will be! You will be!

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by Twink
And I’m not even an orangie fan

WHAT???

[Twink]

LOL LOL

I didn't mean it like that! Don't look at me that way, Barliman!

Ok, don't get me wrong. I mean no offense to orangies! I'm crazy about Mishi, Dylan, Leroy, Peanut Butter, Abner, and the rest of the PT orangies. It's just that they're not usually the cats I gravitate to in a crowd. I'm usually partial to the grey ones, or brown tabbies with lots of white.

That said, I admit that I noticed Barli first b/c of his looks. His eyes just zapped me across the room. Of course, I chose him because of his personality! (and also b/c I was afraid somebody else would come in, take one look at him, read his profile, decide he was a baby doll, and take him home to their hyperactive four-year-old as a birthday present!)

Anyway, I'm sure T&P's Mom is right. Rizzo made me loooooove brown tabby Maine Coons, so now it's Barli's turn to make me a big-time orangie fan!

[Randi]

Welcome home to Barliman, he is absolutely gorgeous!! What a sweet face and fluffy belly. I can sure see why you fell for him!!