After Poleeko ran away in May, we talked about waiting awhile and then getting another cat so that Zedd wouldn’t be lonely as he was still sulking around the house. We weren’t planning on getting another cat until sometime early 2016 or later than that giving us time to come to terms and seeing how Zedd handled being an only cat for the first time in his life. However, one of the band members in the Pipe band had a mother in law who found a “fat” stray cat and “fat” turned into 5 kittens. Now she was looking for homes for them. We talked and decided that maybe we could do it and then the kitten would grow up with Edward. We finally got the kitten on August 24 and have slowly been acclimating her to Zedd. There was a bunch of hissing at each other the first couple days, so we kept her locked up in the guest bedroom. Now they tolerate each other kind of. There is no hissing, but neither of them want anything to do with the other. We hope things get better.
But for now, meet the newest Ross addition, Astrid:
Update: We are happy to say that by the end of September, they are now happily chasing each other, eating from the same dish, cuddling together and all around playing. Astrid has taken over the cat tree and she spends a lot of time running around downstairs while Edward is awake which is making Zedd get out of his “hide all day” habit and now we see a little more of him. He still isn’t fond of Edward, but he remembers a time when there wasn’t a little terror who would chase them and scream at them. 😛
