I finally got all the cats flea-treated, so yesterday it was time to
introduce Kate and Jack to the rest of the crew.

I took them downstairs in a carrier, and let the other cats sniff them
for a few minutes, after giving the resident cats treats to make them
happy.  Most sniffed without comment.  Wolfie, however, would come
nowhere near that carrier!  Merlyn was looking worried.  Neither of
them much care for other cats, so it wasn't surprising they were less
than thrilled.

I let the little Munchkins out of the carrier, and they were
cautiously well-behaved kittens -- for while.  They had to sniff
everything in sight, of course, which took quite awhile, while a train
of other cats followed them attempting to sniff their rear ends.

Jack finally discovered the smaller cat tree, and decided it was
*his*.  He scratched on it, sat on it, sat in it, rolled on it, and
eventually, played a bit with Arthur on it.

Kate seemed particularly interested in the kitchen ("I smell
*food*!"), and spent much of her time sniffing around there.

Eventually they got close to Merlyn and Wolfie, and a round of growls
and hisses was heard from our silly neurotic pair of cats.

It was time to take the Snittens back upstairs, so I loaded them into
the carrier and put them back into their "house" with plenty of food
to satisfy them.

All in all, not a bad introduction.  But then there's today.  I
suspect they will discover tables, and things on tables, and knocking
things off of tables, at their next introduction.

Ginger-lyn

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