Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on March 7, 2012

Sam is so in love with her kitties.  My mom’s cats, Blackie and Bella, are nicer to her than Zephyr is, especially Blackie.  He is so tolerant of her, putting up with all her squishing of him, her shoving her toys in his face to show him things, and her friendly torture that she thinks of as hugging.  Bella is getting more used to Sam.  Zephyr has actually been the hardest.  She is taking longer than all of the other cats to come around.  I think it is only natural since she is the one who has cause to be jealous.  My mom’s cats know that Sam is just visiting and don’t feel quite so put out.  We have tried so hard to pay as much attention to our little cat as we can.  We love her so dearly and don’t want her to feel second best.  But…as you can imagine, it has been hard.  Sam has to come first most of the time and we have to pay attention to her.  Usually, if one of us is with Sam, and Zephyr is around, the other tries to be with Zephyr.

We have tried to let Sam touch and hug and get to know Zephyr as much as possible without forcing Zephyr to make nice.  Zephyr has never, ever hurt Sam or even been aggressive, but most of the time she would rather Sam just stay away.  She is getting better all the time though.  We praise her when she lets Sam do things to her, and we have been trying to let Sam help take care of Zephyr by combing her, giving her food, and putting ice in her water so that Zephyr sees Sam as helpful and not a pain in the butt.

This day, Sam was so proud that she was helping to feed Zephyr and I was so proud of my little cat for letting Sam help.  I want them to bond and be friends and this day was a very good step.

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