JC meets Princess Nigella

JC has just got a new companion, not that he asked for one, he got landed with one - Nig (or princess Nigella, by her full name).

JC

Poor JC was taken by surprise, I did talk to him about Nig a few days beforehand that she was coming to live with us and possibly having some abandonment issues - he looked like he was taking it all in. And when she turned up he was curious and wanted to be friends. But then she attacked him and his face was one of hurt and bewilderment - wtf?

Mad panic ensued in the attack both by cats and humans and of course it made things worse.  JC slunk off defeated and disappeared into the night for a few hours.  Nig was absolutely wired and took a while to settle down. 

Then it was bedtime.

Morning came and again JC tried to be friends but Nig just hissed and howled and JC backed off to go outside and hang out with his cat mates, he plainly thought it was her loss.

Meanwhile Nig seemed to settle into her new surroundings and was laying her scent everywhere and laying over JC's scent, she was still hyper, nipping and scratching while playing. 

But then her background was semi feral, she lived in the backwoods of Marazion and was left much to her own devices - the owners cared for her but she lacked discipline. She also played rough and was allowed to bite and scratch hence she was reared a fighting cat but without fighting any cats, as there were none in her area.

First thing we had to do was keep her calm and walk away when she wanted to play fight, and she learned pretty quickly that it was not ok to be aggressive (to humans).

...and that how it was for a few hours.