Adopting Peachy

Yesterday (Shabbat and the 1st day of Rosh HaShana, the beginning of the new Jewish year), we made the decision to adopt another of the kittens, Peachy. She has been being so affectionate for several weeks, and she's also a very pretty cat, a calico, with slightly longer hair than any of the others. Her hair is also very soft, and she has more spots of orange on her than the other girls (the boys, have NO orange.) Besides all this, she has an incredibly sweet personality. So, we've adopted a 3rd cat -- we brought her in yesterday, just before the first rain of the season, which fell during the night.

Of course, our first cat, Katom, wasn't very pleased, but all he did was a little of his low growling, and she kept a good distance away from him. More surprising was the behavior of Pascal, our 2nd cat who is also, of course, her brother and litter-mate. He kept smelling her rear and chasing her all over the place (and they're only five and a half months old!). He also attacks her and tries to climb on her. Eventually, she fights back, and she's much tougher about it than Katom, even though she weighs only about half as much as Pascal! Katom has been observing this, and I think he's been deriving a bit of satisfaction from seeing Pascal get his come-uppance. Katom generally defends himself from Pascal only with rather feeble attacks and hissing and growling. He may learn from little Peachy, though, so Pascal had better watch out!

I haven't taken any photos of Peachy, but I'll try to do so later and post them.