Categories: cat-comments
Tags: cats
Date: 27 April 2010 13:12:30
Yes, George is definitely George. :-)
I went to see him again today. Mama and the Three Kittens have moved into Bertrand's wardrobe, so when I picked up George and went to sit on the bed, he was out of sight of Mama. She came out of the wardrobe, jumped up beside me, glared and then firmly took George from me and took him back into the wardrobe! Then, when I went back to have another look, she deliberately hid him under her derrière. That's one Protective Mama!
He is going to be staying with Mama until the beginning of August. He'll be old enough to leave her round about the beginning/middle of July, but we're going away for a fortnight at the end of July. Rather than leave a fairly young kitten on its own while we cavorted round the Waterways of the UK we decided it was better if he stayed with Mama until we got back. We're still unsure how Pomme will take to Young George, and are considering different ways of introducing the two. So far, we're thinking that each time we visit George we take a towel for him to sit on/be rubbed with, and then we put the towel on our lap while Pomme is there. That way each cat gets used to the scent of the other. Also, we are wondering if a first meeting on neutral territory might be a good idea too.
Agatha has won the naming competition though - as George had already been named, I offered all the P/Food related names to a friend's son for his guinea pig (He is going into the guinea pig breeding business!) One of the Cochons d'Inde is now called Paprika. Could you e-mail me your address, Agatha, if you wish to claim your prize, and I'll send you your winnings. (But don't get too excited!)