Thread: Meet Jolly!

Hi Jennie

Welcome to the forum, I bet you can't wait until 19th! Jolly is gorgeous, so cute - is he your first Coonie?

We've got two, girl and boy with 2 months between them and they are our first Maine Coons - so in love with them both!

Look forward to seeing more pics once you are able to bring him home :o)

Hiya!

Yeah he is my first Coonie! and i cant wait.

We are looking to get another kitten in January (a British Shorthair) how did you get on integrating them both?

Jennie.

Much easier than I thought Jennie. We'd had Gracie for about 2 months when we brought home Monty. Only kept them in separate rooms for a few hours in the end as I was too impatient! She was quite hissy and growly with him for the first couple of days but not physically aggressive, then it moved on to chasing him around, followed by resignation and finally acceptance. It's only 2 weeks ago yesterday that Monty joined us and they cuddle up together now a lot of the time. Check out my other post about "making friends" and you can see her grooming him this afternoon.

One of the hardest things for me to accept was her punishment of us for the first week as she'd gone from being a spoilt only child to sharing. She was very sniffy and off with us but is absolutely fine now so relief all round.

Roll on the next 2 and a half weeks then eh?!

Welcome, Jenny, you've joined a great bunch on the forum. I've only had my MC's since May and October and I've learnt heaps since I joined. Prepare to be amazed, amused, bewildered and besotted when your furry arrives!

I had a similar experience as Rachel when I brought Wicca home - Freyja had ruled the roost for 4 months and didn't take well to her new fluffy companion. Took 2 weeks before the fur settled, another week for the cats to actually become proper friends, and a further week before Freyja decided we'd been forgiven. I was exceptionally stressed throughout (although we'd also had quite a bad flood at the house at the same time Wicca came home, so that didn't help!). However, here we are a month on and the two cats are inseparable, the best of friends and all is well.

There are two schools of thought on the forum regarding the integration of a new kitty.
1) once you've acclimatised the new kitten to litter tray, food and water bowls etc, let it roam the house and mix with your existing cat/s and leave them to get on with it
2) keep new kitty safely tucked away in a room so that it can hear/smell the other cats, and they can do the same, via the closed door. Then after a few days, let the new kitty out with supervision.

My breeder and several friends recommended suggestion 1, and that's what I did. At the end of week 1, I thought I'd made a big mistake and was so anxious that I might have changed Freyja's personality forever and had no idea how to fix it, so hung in there for another week. By the end of week 2, we were over the worst and I was pleased I went with the 'let them get on with it' strategy. Should I ever be in the same position in the future, I would probably take the same approach.

Is Jolly your gorgeous little bundle of fluff's name? He's very cute - got that lovely kitten face! And huge ears!! Looking forward to more photo's.

It's a small world Jennie, I've just noticed we live in the same town!!!

Originally Posted by candes

Welcome Jolly! Oh my.... another set of ears with a cat attached.

Lol!!! His ears are great!

Thanks for all the tips on integrating the 2 kitties when they come!

once you've acclimatised the new kitten to litter tray, food and water bowls etc, let it roam the house and mix with your existing cat/s and leave them to get on with it

The above method sounds scary! Lol, its worth a go though if it is tried and tested! His front paws are enormous, like two big marshmallows.

Rachel C - You are a stoakey too are you.....small world indeed!!

Thanks for all the help guys!

Jennie
xxxxx

Welcome Jolly,time will go very quickly now as going downhill is always faster & November is here.....

He's good looking! My two are coming home tomorrow. They're older, retired show cats who have been living with my ex, but she's moving and can't take them with her. I'm extremely excited.

Jolly & Jennie, welcome from Oregon City USA. Jolly is such a pretty kitty!