From: berthiau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Andre Berthiaume)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Catsitting aftermath (warning: LONG!) =)
Summary: Would we do it again?
Keywords: MREOW!!!
Date: 27 Jul 92 04:25:27 GMT
Reply-To: spacey@buengf.bu.edu
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Ok folks!  The weekend is over and our little weekend guest has gone 
home with her mommy.  Well, the weekend wasn't without it's share of 
excitement.

Day one:  Pistache is dropped off at the home of Finster and Kinski.
New to surroundings and a little nervous Pistache checks out the place,
followed not too far behind by Kinski (Finster was a bit out of it
*ZZZzz*).  Pistache growls a bit at Kinski.  A bit of a stand off here.
Evening comes.. We've decided to keep Pistache in the confines of the 
bedroom and bathroom.  We left the door open though.  At one point 
Kinski and Pistache come face to face (inadvertantly) and the fun begins!
I was in the living room when I heard all the mewoing and howling and 
hissing start.  My SO managed the separate the two and I came in time to
drag Kinski out. Whew!! No bloodshed.

Day two:  Pistache is still confined to the bedroom.  Growls at any feline
sound  movement outside the door.  Still a little nervous from all the
excitement.  Has calmed down to eat and drink a bit (she's a light eater
to begin with) and use her litter box.  In the afternoon, when Finster and
Kinski were zonked out in kitty-dreamland, I cautiously let Pistache out into
the livingroom... So far so good. The slumbering felines take no notice.
Pistache decides to hide out under the recliner (oh Great!).  After a couple 
hours, the other two wake and soon take notice of the occupant under the
chair.  Kinski sits about a yard away staring under the chair.  Finster
(our furry coward) is further away watching Kinski watching Pistache.
Pistache, aware now of the onlookers growls a little and hisses.  STand off.
Then we decided to get Pistache back in the bedroom.  Later on in the 
evening we try to see what happens when all three are in the bedroom
(bad move as we soon found out).  Pistache becomes a bit hostile towards
kinski, kinski hisses back.  Next thing we know, Pistache zooms out of the 
bedroom closely tailed by kinski and then Finster (in defense of Kinski
I presume). And soon a caterwauling ensued under our roomie's desk in his
bedroom.  We drag and separate the cats out.  Whew! No bloodshed.

Day Three:  Pistache seems more at ease alone in the bedroom.  But at some 
point Kinski was let in the room and got too close to Pistache and another
fight nearly breaks out.  After that, Pistache settled down to nap on top
of the computer monitor.  Later in the evening, Pistache's mommy comes by 
to pick her up!

Well folks, sorry this had to be long =)  Just thought I'd let you all 
know how it went. Pistache did do some meowing the first night.  Probably
from being in a new place with different people.  When her mommy came by
she explained that her behaviour was probably because Pistache was used to
being the dominant one.  When Pistache was catsat by our friend's mother
she put terror into her mom's two dogs (basically she let them know who
was boss).  And I guess she wanted to do the same here as well.  One of the
speakers iin our room has been clawed by Kinski (her mark I guess) and
Pistache must have noticed that as well.  Basically I think Pistache and 
Kinski were trying to see who was going to be Queen kitty of the place!
Kinski was almost always waiting outside the bedroom wanting to get in!

Feline Sociology... What a way to learn some of this first hand! =)

As for catsitting again?  We dont know yet :D


Eva, Finster and Queen Kinski
spacey@buengf.bu.edu


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	Andre Berthiaume 	 |  "Sometimes you're the windshield,
				 |   Sometimes you're the bug"
    berthiau@iro.umontreal.ca    |			
				 |	       Dire Straits, The Bug
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