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 was sad to hear that your Fudge got sick and I can just imagine how that must have scared you and your fiance. I am relieved to hear that he is doing better. If the diarrhea was bloody then that would be a cause for concern. Cats sometimes get diarrhea from a change in diet or a virus or worm. You may want to have him checked for worms just in case. It can also be from stress.

I am glad that Ellie likes playing with Fudge. That is so sweet how you got pictures of all three of them together! I know it makes you happy that they all get along.

Shelley also likes to get her tummy rubbed and she has had kittens as well. I know that it's a sign of absolute trust when they show you their tummies. Mindy loves getting her tummy rubbed. She rolls on her back lots of times during the day and enjoys being petted.

I just thought of something...do you have any plants in the house? Maybe Fudge nibbled on something and got sick from that. Most plants are toxic for cats, especially lilies.

I don't know if they have these in England, but over here you can buy little Santa hats for cats at Petsmart. I always wanted to buy one for Danny and take a photo, but I never did. I think your Fudge would look so cute with one (the red going so well with his black fur) and you could make custom Christmas cards from a photo.

I hope that Fudge will be okay and not get the diarrhea again.