Ellie, New little girl joins the family Options

[xxForeverxx]

I started talki about Ellie in my topic about my baby Chewy but I decided here was the best place to carry on taking about our new little life as Chewy deserved his own topic whe I could talk to him through this place sometimes.

For those of you that dont know my baby Chewy was cruelly taken from me on January 3rd 2012 after a dog attacked him the day before. He taught me so much about love and well devastation was and still isn't a strong enou word to describe how I feel over losing him. I never planned on getting another cat....I have 2 11 month old kittens that we rescued from a ditch last June and the thought if replacing my baby boy just made me cry. But I kept looking at cat sanitary websites as for some reason they made me feel better....I can't understand why but I did. I came across one site where there was this 10 month old kitten called Ellie. She looked like my Chewy except obviously she was female. She had been a stray pregnant kitten (pregnant at such a young age!) and I felt sorry for her and her description was that all the carers loved her and she was a playful happy cat considering what she had been through....and it said she was special.

I didn't think anything of it as I didn't want another cat....bu something kept pulling me back to that site and after a month all ther other cats had been adopted and she hadn't.....I said to myself forget about it but a few weeks later she was still there so I said I would give it until my birthday week....by my birthday she was still there so I told my fiancé we had to go see her as I feel like I should....so we went there two days before my birthday on the 3rd of March....she was lovely and I knew I couldn't leave her....and then to my amazement they put her birthday down as the 5th of march.....the same as mine! Then I knew it must have been a sign right?

She didn't like my kittens too much t start with so we set her up in the spare room.

DannysMom and moon_beam thank you for your advice. I did as you said and every evening we allow them all to play in the sitting room as there is more space to escape and it is not Ellies territory (the kittens are quite laid back when it comes to territory) and it seems to be working. They still have a little squabble but the progress now is they are quite happy to walk past each other and leave each other alone so am thinking if we keep doing this over the next few weeks hopefully they will start tomproperly like each other?

xxForeverxx

[DannysMom]

xxForeverxx, I am so glad to hear that your little Ellie is getting along better with the kittens! This is really great news! I am sure we all would love to see a photo of your little Ellie. I hope that she and the kittens will really get to like each other. It may also help to involve them all in playtime, like with a teaser or something. One other thing you could try is to rub one of Ellie's blankets on the kittens so that they have her scent on them. With cats you have to take small steps at a time to get them used to each other since they are so territorial. It is also important not to punish them when they get territorial as that can make it worse.

It took a few weeks for my Tina to get used to little Mindy, and Tina "beat up" on Mindy quite a few times (playfully) to let her know who is the boss. They do get along better now as long as Mindy gives Tina her space and doesn't bug her too much. Each cat is different. Sometimes it works out really well. Quite a few years back we had a young male cat and when we added a little girl kitty he accepted her quite easily and even snuggled with her and went on adventures with her. It just all depends on the cat.