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She's acclimated just fine to the Safe Room. In fact, she spent very little time hiding under the bed in there upon coming here, which is definitely a good sign!! :) She's explored the room about as much as she can, and has yet to play with any of the toys in there, but that really doesn't surprise me, either, since none of the other cats have played with the toys in there...perhaps it's time to put new toys in there? ;) She spends most of her time loafed out on the bed near the foot of it, ready to meep/meow at us when we come in for visits. ;) It's very cute when she does this. It's not every time someone goes in there, but she'll usually vocalize a little "hello" when someone enters. Sometimes she continues to be chatty for awhile after we're in there, which is even more cute. She's full of purrs and lovins and wants her chin scritchens when someone's awake in there.
I've slept in there the past two nights, and after the requisite pettins and lovins for a bit of time she settles in by my feet to sleep. It's a bit nippy in there without a space heater, which we can't run without tripping the breaker if both our PCs are on in the office, so J has had his PC turned off since last night so we can run the space heater at about 70F when one of us is in the house to keep an eye on it. I was a bit wary of running it while we were asleep, but it's a high quality space heater and we know good room placement so nothing starts on fire, so we're about as safe as one can be with a space heater running.
Having the heater on last night made spending the night in there a bit more pleasant for both of us, I think. I didn't need the extra blanket I'd brought in to be comfortable, so that's saying something for how much warmer it was in there with the space heater running as needed. That being said, it's not terribly cold in there without the space heater running, so at least there's that so we are able to turn it off for safety's sake when neither of us is in the house. It takes awhile after the heater's been running for the room to get nippy, too, so there's that as well...
Because of the chill in the room without the space heater and not wanting to run the space heater on a regular basis (it's got it's own thermostat built in, so it turns itself on and off according to room temp, but still...), I'm hoping to get her integrated into the rest of the house within a couple of weeks vs. the month or so it took us to get Lars integrated into the house. Part of why it took so long with Lars was his attachment to the Safe Room and his reluctance to leave it and be part of the rest of the house. I don't think we'll have that reluctance problem with Dorene. While shy and cautious, she's not as neurotic and drama queeny as Lars can be. ;)
As for how the boys are acting with a strange kitty behind Door Number Three, they're doing just fine. Lars still wistfully looks at the closed door and keeps an eye on it from a distance, but hasn't hardly banged on the door to get in since we brought Dorene home. I did catch Ra sitting outside the door with his nose to the crack at the bottom of the door, hissing, once yesterday afternoon, but he's largely steering clear of the door, too. (BTW--she hissed back at him, LOL) We'll have to try to get them to go up to the door so they can meet each other at some point, but we're not worried about that quite yet...
So, yeah--overall things are going quite well so far! YAY!
I've slept in there the past two nights, and after the requisite pettins and lovins for a bit of time she settles in by my feet to sleep. It's a bit nippy in there without a space heater, which we can't run without tripping the breaker if both our PCs are on in the office, so J has had his PC turned off since last night so we can run the space heater at about 70F when one of us is in the house to keep an eye on it. I was a bit wary of running it while we were asleep, but it's a high quality space heater and we know good room placement so nothing starts on fire, so we're about as safe as one can be with a space heater running.
Having the heater on last night made spending the night in there a bit more pleasant for both of us, I think. I didn't need the extra blanket I'd brought in to be comfortable, so that's saying something for how much warmer it was in there with the space heater running as needed. That being said, it's not terribly cold in there without the space heater running, so at least there's that so we are able to turn it off for safety's sake when neither of us is in the house. It takes awhile after the heater's been running for the room to get nippy, too, so there's that as well...
Because of the chill in the room without the space heater and not wanting to run the space heater on a regular basis (it's got it's own thermostat built in, so it turns itself on and off according to room temp, but still...), I'm hoping to get her integrated into the rest of the house within a couple of weeks vs. the month or so it took us to get Lars integrated into the house. Part of why it took so long with Lars was his attachment to the Safe Room and his reluctance to leave it and be part of the rest of the house. I don't think we'll have that reluctance problem with Dorene. While shy and cautious, she's not as neurotic and drama queeny as Lars can be. ;)
As for how the boys are acting with a strange kitty behind Door Number Three, they're doing just fine. Lars still wistfully looks at the closed door and keeps an eye on it from a distance, but hasn't hardly banged on the door to get in since we brought Dorene home. I did catch Ra sitting outside the door with his nose to the crack at the bottom of the door, hissing, once yesterday afternoon, but he's largely steering clear of the door, too. (BTW--she hissed back at him, LOL) We'll have to try to get them to go up to the door so they can meet each other at some point, but we're not worried about that quite yet...
So, yeah--overall things are going quite well so far! YAY!
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Anyhows, just wanted to swing by and say I'm glad the new kitty is doing well!