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@Dobbys mom7926 , oh my heart, Gizmo is precious! all paws crossed for his vet visit next week. did you tell Dobs all about his babybrother Gizmo?
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I played a video their breeder sent of the whole litter of kittens he was super curious but keeps giving me the side eye I’m going to visit this Friday so I’m bringing a new kitty blanket to get gizmos scent. Hoping it helps get Dobby used to having a brother kinda nervous he’s a super hunter lol I just bought him a brand new flippy fish toy today. It lasted 3 hours -_- This is his second one@Dobbys mom7926 , oh my heart, Gizmo is precious! all paws crossed for his vet visit next week. did you tell Dobs all about his babybrother Gizmo?
im so glad you got to meet gizmo!! he is absolutely precious! i would suggest having dobby in a carrier and letting the kitten free roam by him until dobby gets used to him. although dont keep dobby in there for too long. you dont want to make him feel restrained. hope everything goes well for you!We visited gizmo today!! ♥️♥️♥️ Ohmygosh he’s so precious! Rubbed a little blankie all over him so I could bring his smell home to Dobby. It did not go as I had hoped lol poor dobs. He started smelling and making little clicky sounds. And when I went to touch him he hissed at me for the first time ever :/ he only ever hisses at the window when a stray is outside bothering him. Any advice to get him to have a better reaction to his new brother?
Oh that makes me feel so much better! Dobs is really a sweetheart , he just has a bit of an attitude problem haha. Not an official day but it’s narrowed down to the week of October 2nd he gets his first round of vaccines on the 26th of this month. I’m super nervous! But gotcha day will be given as soon as they have their final shots and check up day scheduled I’m hoping!@Dobbys mom7926 , awh.. such precious photos of you and baby Gizmo. he is adorable
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dont panic. the smell of gizmo is new.. the clicky sounds, hissing all that is normal behavior cat communication, processing the new scent .
I have seen with my crew . I put little treats on the scented blanket with praise. I kept the blankie with me when just hanging out on the couch. they would come up sniff explore hiss. I would put some treats on the blankie and give lovin. soon laying on the blanket on their own . it will be a big new world for both. they will be fine. my growliest hissing toby is now like a mother hen grooming and loving on Batman.
I have found boys bonded fast and are besties.
deep breath, my bengal cat Bailey would hiss and growl for days just by bringing home one of mine from a vet visit with new smellls. then went back to his cuddly self with the others.
hugs n head smooches to Dobby. do you have a gotcha day?
Thank you for the tip! I’m expecting it to be a bit of a process for everyone involved but hopefully they bond and don’t try to just avoid each other forever my homes too small for that lolScent swapping is the key…the hissing is normal and same will happen when they come home. On the day you bring the baby home wipe them with a baby wipe and wipe Dobby down with one as well to help neutralize the scent as best possible.
I have “earliest date” now!!! His breeder told me he could go home no earlier than October second! Which is a Sunday so no school runs and I can make the trip if all is good on their end 18 days!@Dobbys mom7926 , oh my heart! thank you for keeping us updated and adorable pic of baby Gizmo! growing so fast,, what colors coming in! I want to kiss that adorable nose!
tick tock, cant wait till you have a set date! I know your heart must be going pitter patter! hows dobby doing? hugs n head smooches.. will be so exciting to see them together!
I’m soooo excited!!! Nervous how dobs will react. He’s a spoiled rotten baby haha! my husband thinks it’s hilariously annoying that if I’m not in bed by a set time every night out Dobby sits and YOWLS and CALLS and WAILS and CRIES until i go lay down on bed and cuddle him XD I hope he accepts gizmo and doesn’t be a jealous little jerk lol! Hubby jokes that just as soon as we go it our last baby out of our bed into their own room now we will have two more who NEVER leave our bed haha!!@Dobbys mom7926 oh look at that little puddle of wrinkles. You have to be getting more and more excited by the week…unfortunately the last couple seem like years not weeks.
Possibly but it would be a whole ordeal to find a babysitter for my children and give school permission to release them to said babysitter in order for me to get to the city they live in. She’s so great with her animals. Just the vets in the area for some reason prefer to treat based off guessing rather than testing. It’s not like they foot the bill for it when a pet parent asks specifically for testing to be done… my Dobby could have potentially avoided getting a secondary infection from a crashed immune system…. If only her vet had tested him and not just given random medications before my vet suspecting FIP but wasn’t 100% sure got lucky with a broad spectrum antibiotic…Totally understandable why you would be so stressed. It sounds like your breeder is all over this. Not sure if possible, but if the kitten has another vet visit can you join your breeder to just be present?