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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005Integrating Raki with Bandit & Snowball
Briefly, as RL is getting in the way big-time at present, best wishes to all. Raki the d-pet is ever-so-slowly settling down, but he isn't coping with "traff-ick" very well and cries woefully if I go out & leave him at home (as I must occasionally as there are places you can't take animals into). But he's studiously steering clear of B & S, although accepting nose-sniffs before backing away, and they're largely ignoring him. So not too bad overall, and they can settle down quite happily of an evening either side of me, B&S together balancing R's weight on the other side. One day soon, though, I hope to be able to take a pic. of at least one of the cats snuggled down beside him. At the moment Mere is doing better winning over Frank & Nikki. Nothing makes up for the loss of dear Pericles, though I guess keeping busy helps. Purrs & Woofs Gordon, Bandit, Snowball & Raki. > Briefly, as RL is getting in the way big-time at present, best wishes to > all. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Gordon, Bandit, Snowball & Raki. I think it sounds like they are doing quite well! I'm sure once things get "normal" for him, it won't be so bad when you go out. > I think it sounds like they are doing quite well! I'm sure once things > get > "normal" for him, it won't be so bad when you go out. Thanks. I'm going to try desensitisation: leaving for a few minutes at a time, gradually increasing, acting as though it's completely normal, no fuss at all on my return. Hopefully he'll soon get the idea. Purrs Gordon & the TT > Briefly, as RL is getting in the way big-time at present, best wishes to > all. > > Raki the d-pet is ever-so-slowly settling down, but he isn't coping with "Raki", is that from "The Jungle Book", or am I thinking of Rikki Tikki Takki (or something - I really need to read that again, it's been ages!)? > "traff-ick" very well and cries woefully if I go out & leave him at home > (as I must occasionally as there are places you can't take animals [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Gordon, Bandit, Snowball & Raki. Purrs that they'll become fast friends soon. It really hasn't been that long since you got him, so there's still plenty of adjustment time needed. Sammy and I still miss Pericles too, Gordon. Too many have passed over to the Bridge lately, for a while I was worried that Bandit might be joining them, but she's a tough old bird and she pulled through. Hugs, CatNipped > "Raki", is that from "The Jungle Book", or am I thinking of Rikki > Tikki > Takki (or something - I really need to read that again, it's been > ages!)? Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose IIRC. Great stories, those. No, Raki's (pron rarky) name originated thus: His pedigree name is Shibatika Shinsetsu Na, the 1st word his breeing-house-name, the 2nd 2 words being the Japanese for "kind". His pet name was "Waki", pronounced Whacky, which I don't much care for, so I looked for something close he'd still respond to. Raki is the Turkish aniseedy add-water drink, mainly from raisins I think, [like the French Pernod/Pastis/Ricard] for which the alternative name translates as "Lion's Milk". Raki has a bit of a mane and since he's here instead of Pericles who was my lion-cat it seemed particularly appropriate. > Sammy and I still miss Pericles too, Gordon. Too many have passed > over to > the Bridge lately, for a while I was worried that Bandit might be > joining > them, but she's a tough old bird and she pulled through. I hope I remembered to send purrs for your B's ordeal from my B & co. They were issued whether I notified or not. Purrs Gordon & the TT > > "Raki", is that from "The Jungle Book", or am I thinking of Rikki > > Tikki > > Takki (or something - I really need to read that again, it's been > > ages!)? > > Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose IIRC. Great stories, those. I am vaguely reminded of the problems Hollywood had in making a movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The Great Producer -- let us say Sam Goldwyn -- had signed up the hoomin cast, complete with understudies, but now needed to obtain someone for the title role. Writing to a Hollywood exotic animal rental firm, he said "Dear sir. Please send me a mongoose." Before he sent it off, the Great Man reflected that he was dealing with an exceptionally fast and flexible creature. What if it ran away? What would happen to his film? With this in mind, he drafted a new letter. "Dear sir. Please send me two mongooses." Mongooses? That didn't look right. The next draft was "Dear sir. Please send me two mongeese." Mongeese? He remained frustrated until inspiration struck. "Dear sir. Please send me a mongoose. While you are at it, send me another." > Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose IIRC. My family's first cat, brought home by my sister a few months before I was born, was named Rikki after Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Nikki is sort of named in honour of Rikki's memory.  SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Raki the d-pet is ever-so-slowly settling down, but he isn't coping with > "traff-ick" very well and cries woefully if I go out & leave him at home > (as I must occasionally as there are places you can't take animals > into). Poor Raki. We'll be sending integration purrs, so he will soon accept Snowball's and Bandit's company whenever you are not around. I think it sounds as if you are all progressing pretty well. Raki and the cats have to learn to speak each other's languages, after all. My sister the biologist has voiced the theory that cats hate d*gs because for a cat, the polite thing to do when meeting another cat is to sniff noses first, then possibly sniff behinds, while d*gs go direct for the tail end. ;o) Of course, another thing is that lashing your tail around means one thing in Cat and the complete opposite in D*g. Good luck with the language studies! SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > My sister the biologist has voiced the theory that cats hate d*gs > because for a cat, the polite thing to do when meeting another cat is > to sniff noses first, then possibly sniff behinds, while d*gs go > direct for the tail end. ;o) Of course, another thing is that lashing > your tail around means one thing in Cat and the complete opposite in > D*g. Good luck with the language studies! Yup, that'd be it. Luckily Raki's little culed-back Spitz tail can't do much of anything so hasn't upset B & S at all. And they've all sniffed each other at both ends now, they're just mutually underwhelmed. No interest in inter-species friendships. Yet. But the total lack of hostility (apart from warning hisses when Raki gets too much in-yer-face) is encouraging. Purrs Gordon & the TT > Yup, that'd be it. Luckily Raki's little culed-back Spitz tail can't do > much of anything so hasn't upset B & S at all. And they've all sniffed > each other at both ends now, they're just mutually underwhelmed. No > interest in inter-species friendships. Yet. But the total lack of > hostility (apart from warning hisses when Raki gets too much > in-yer-face) is encouraging. Hey, as long as neither side is intent on committing genocide against the other species, I'd call that a victory. Hell, it sounds like Raki and B&S are getting along better than Nox and Smokey who are both feline and have lived together for three years. (Smokey is still, occasionally, attempting to lick/jump on Nox; Nox still hisses if he so much as looks at her the wrong way.) --Fil
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