We’ve had an old lady cat (Pica) since she was two who, at best, tolerated our other cat (Bob)… for 15 years. But when Bob passed and the cat distribution system found us again a few months later, we took in Laszlo and kept him in a side room. Because we were afraid Pica would hate this new 4 year old male, we kept him in a spare room for 2 full weeks.

The first week Pica would sit outside the spare room door, occasionally sniff under it, and then hiss. By the middle of the 2nd week the hissing had stopped and she wanted in the room. When he was finally let out, they were stand-offish for quite a while but we didn’t observe any swatting or big displays of territorial or angry behavior. Then Laszlo spent several weeks inching his sleeping spot closer to hers until they were sharing a bed on the couch.

Now Pica slightly more than tolerates Laszlo. I wouldn’t call them friends but if Bob had tried this there would have been an ugly fight. I don’t know if the super slow introduction helped or if she’s more accepting with old age, but I’m glad.

Doesn’t seem like a good reason to use 10x more plastic,.

If it looks like a carton, expect your party to open it as a carton - don’t expect them to go searching for future microplastics.

Our Bob came from the shelter as Ollie, but he was never Ollie.

Ollie became Oddball -> Bobbles -> Bob. And Bob just seemed right.

My best kitty friend ever was named Bob. Its a fantastic name.

He’s named after Laszlo Cravensworth from What We Do in the Shadows.

But he reminds me of Jackie Daytona, somehow.

Good advice, thank you.

I’ve thought I need to get myself one of those big mouse mats so my cat doesn’t have to lay on the cold desk when he comes to visit me at work.

You’re all set for the next time the void pics take over the site.

FYI, you can edit titles on Lemmy/MBIN.

As it has in real life… allegedly.

Breaker 19. Breaker 19. This is NipNap, anyone got eyes on a sun puddle? Over.

Hi Margit!

I spent a good 30 seconds trying to figure out if you had aquarium air pump wall outlets in your place before I read the text of your post. But now I have an idea for a new house feature to sell people with more money than sense… and, I guess, people with a lot of aquariums.

I have been known to refer to him as such. According to my wife his name is Laszlo Cravensworth McKitten the Third, but I know Jackie Daytona when I see him.

Livin’ the good life. Congrats

That has been known to happen.

My cats are not amused.

I keep saying I’m going to play a PC based on Kingo Nonaka.

But in my version he would have also briefly been a Pacific ocean pirate during his journey from Japan to Mexico.

I thought about becoming a navy seal as a springboard to Harvard Medical where I’d meet a NASA physician who’d convince me to become an astronaut. But then I thought I’d just go bowling instead.

That’s the difference between being born in the 70’s instead of the 80’s like Johnny Kim, I guess.

Alright, you got me. 1 upvote for the great photo, 10 (figurative) upvotes for the name.