i know, it's only been a couple days and i'd be devistated if i had to turn him over to someone else, or another shelter...

he really is gorgeous... i mean, TZ and haiti *are* cuties, don't get me wrong.. but ruby and sage are just.. gorgeous cats. she has very interesting calico patterns, and he has places on him that look like cheetah markings, his belly looks like a leopard, and so on.. and his color, the pictures don't do it justice, and i swear his eyes really match his fur, perfectly.

we've given him a diva collar -- blue with rhinestones. :)

anyways, i think that a lot of what you said is right, combined with other suggestions, too. for instance this evening, he was napping beneath one of my chairs and she was napping a few feet away from there. that was an improvement. she was chasing a fly or a moth or something, and he was watching her; then tailing after her like he wanted to see what she was doing, and for that she actually didn't hiss or growl at him because she was "busy" and didn't mind him so close.

though.. after she caught it (and ate it, ew!) then she got hissy at him, but he swatted, she swatted, he ran, she ran after him, and then they both flopped on the floor a few feet from each other and glared at each other.

so i do think maybe it's just a case of she's exercising her right to be a drama-kitten because she's older/bigger than him.

my older cats though, have been treating him great. haiti likes to sniff at his nose and he stares at her all "omg she's huge omg" with wide-eyes. TZ, the older boy, doesn't really care one way or another.

they really are fun to watch.. it's made the past few days much better, strange to say...

i am thinking of not locking him up tomorrow while i'm gone at work (no one'll be back in the house until shi and my mother return around 6 pm). honestly he seems able to fend for himself, or at best he's able to outrun her and get into small spaces if need be. i just hate to keep him shut in one room all day..

i'll post more pictures later in the week if anyone's interested; i have some on my camera but i can't find my cord right now, and have to get to bed for work.

xo
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i'm with you in rockland... -- A.G.
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formerly leander fire.