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Saddest Thing Ever

My beautiful wife Jennifer walked out of the living room and went into her daughter’s bedroom. That’s where our new cat, Sabrina, is staying until she and our first cat, Patches, get used to being in the house together.

As soon as she opened the door, Patches ran to the corner of the living room furthest away and literally hid behind a box. She looked so sad. I called her over to me. It took a few minutes but eventually she came. I pet her across the back once and then she took a couple of slow steps toward the door.

She hissed. She wasn’t even in the same room as Sabrina, and she couldn’t see her, but she looked in that direction and let out a long, loud hiss. I yelled out, stop and then Patches ran and hid under the couch for a couple of minutes before hiding in the corner again. This time I couldn’t coax her out. When I walked over to her she ran away.

I’m pretty sure it was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. I really hope that adopting Sabrina wasn’t a mistake. I feel like we broke Patches’ heart.

New Addition

On October 17, 2010 we went to the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in Methuen and adopted a cat.

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Her name was Panache. Not long after getting her home we changed her name to Patches. She has been the single best cat in the universe, both known and undiscovered. She’s the best.

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However, pretty much since the day we adopted Patches, my beloved wife has been saying she wanted a second cat too. After over three years of saying no, today I stopped fighting it. We went back to the MSPCA at Nevins farm and met a five year old cat named Sabrina.

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From the first moment we saw her she was super friendly. She practically tried to squeeze herself through the door of her cage to let us pet her. We asked to take her into one of the get-to-know-you rooms and she instantly started rubbing up against us and being all affectionate. She even let Jen pick her up.

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After 10 minutes or so of being showered with love by this cat, Jen asked the kids’ father if we could borrow them for a few minutes so that they could meet Sabrina too, and if they liked her as much as we did we would adopt her. I drove up to their house and got them. Needless to say, they were more than happy to have Sabrina come home with us.

She’s hiding now. We’re going to take the whole integration thing slowly, as Patches can be a little skittish around new people, never mind new cats. Once the two of them are comfortable together I will (of course) blitzkrieg you all with pictures. Until then, here is a little Spark video I took in the get-to-know-you room.

Post script: Jen was in the room with Sabrina. She opened the door to come out and Patches tried to get in. The two cats stood eye to eye and started hissing at each other. No one said it was going to be a quick transition.