A cat-related update...
Those of you who follow me on Tumblr and/or Twitter have probably seen this already, but I adopted a new cat a little over a week ago. His previous owners (who are re-homing him due to their daughter's allergies) brought him by my apartment last Friday, and I spent the holiday weekend trying to get him and Garrus used to each other. It... went well, after the first 36 hours or so. As for the first 36 hours or so, well, the less said about them the better.
Most of my injuries from those 36 hours probably won't scar?
They're both adult male cats (with Garrus at just shy of 4 and him around 8) so, needless to say, there was quite a bit of posturing at first. They're still batting at each other from time to time now (no claws out, just with the flat of their paws), once they hit their limits for dealing with each other, but they're at least on their way towards being friendly with each other.
Everyone, meet Purrcival Threadrickstein Von Meowsel Clawsowski de Rolo IV. You can call him Percy.
He's older than Garrus, as I mentioned, and he's also larger than him. Which is impressive, considering Garrus is 16.5 pounds. But, yeah, Percy is a little over 22 pounds, and he's mostly Maine Coon... which, you know, explains the size somewhat. Personality-wise, he and Garrus are very similar. They both love being petted. They both purr at the drop of a hat. They both love sitting in the window.
They're still getting used to living with one another right now, but once a bit more time has passed? I think they're going to get along well. I've already caught them grooming each other from time to time, and they tend to stay near(ish) to each other.
I'm still definitely missing Tali quite a bit, but having Percy here is helping. He's a sweetheart, and it's easier to deal with Tali being gone when I can sit here and say "if she was still here, then I never would have met him." That doesn't mean it's easy, by any means, but it does help some.
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Most of my injuries from those 36 hours probably won't scar?
They're both adult male cats (with Garrus at just shy of 4 and him around 8) so, needless to say, there was quite a bit of posturing at first. They're still batting at each other from time to time now (no claws out, just with the flat of their paws), once they hit their limits for dealing with each other, but they're at least on their way towards being friendly with each other.
Everyone, meet Purrcival Threadrickstein Von Meowsel Clawsowski de Rolo IV. You can call him Percy.
He's older than Garrus, as I mentioned, and he's also larger than him. Which is impressive, considering Garrus is 16.5 pounds. But, yeah, Percy is a little over 22 pounds, and he's mostly Maine Coon... which, you know, explains the size somewhat. Personality-wise, he and Garrus are very similar. They both love being petted. They both purr at the drop of a hat. They both love sitting in the window.
They're still getting used to living with one another right now, but once a bit more time has passed? I think they're going to get along well. I've already caught them grooming each other from time to time, and they tend to stay near(ish) to each other.
I'm still definitely missing Tali quite a bit, but having Percy here is helping. He's a sweetheart, and it's easier to deal with Tali being gone when I can sit here and say "if she was still here, then I never would have met him." That doesn't mean it's easy, by any means, but it does help some.
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