Introductions

Before bringing Lola home to meet Bongo, I decided to do a little research so I didn’t violate any cardinal rules of feline socialization. I googled the term “cat introductions”. The main thing, apparently, is that you’ve gotta keep ‘em separated. At least for a while. Let them get to know each other through a closed door. Then there was a bunch of other stuff. Weird, intricate cat psychology stuff that seemed mostly to be an unintended commentary on the psychology of those who wrote it.

But the separation thing was definitely going to happen because Lola had ear mites, and it would take a couple of days for the medicine to work.

During those 2 days, she sat quietly on my bed, and Bongo sat quietly on the floor in the living room. There was a little bit of that through-the-door interaction I'd read about, but it didn't amount to much. Bongo always went back to his spot on the rug, and Lola went back to the bed to scratch her ears.

I drank coffee and watched the lack of drama unfold. Then I picked up my phone and made some plans, so when Monday came around, I wasn't someone who had sat around observing cats all weekend...