# Uh-Oh...Another Kitty At Kasa Kalhoun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136 "2006-11-20T12:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/41 "2006-11-29T16:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Well, mommy’s little darling caught her first mouse (and killed it dead, thankuverymuch). She’s definitely a keeper! We’re thinkin’ “Scout.” I’m liking it more and more. Still not locked in, so any suggestions are still under consideration. [/QUOTE] I liking “Scout.” And yay to her for her first mouse! Baby’s growing up! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/42 "2006-11-29T19:46:25Z")
Don’t ask US, ask the kitty. Her name might be Scout, or Anastasia, or Li’l Miss Stinkbutt. Only she knows. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/43 "2006-11-29T19:49:59Z")
Luna! And congrats. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/44 "2006-11-29T19:52:36Z")
I don’t have any name ideas at the moment but I do have [this](http://www.infinitecat.com/infinite/cat1.html) to offer. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/45 "2006-11-30T03:02:37Z")
This advice comes a bit late, but…here goes. **Protocol for Introducing a New Cat to a Multi-cat Environment** 1. Confirm the health status of the new cat prior to introduction. 2. Prepare a secure room for the new cat. This new room will be free of existing cats. 3. House the new cat in the secure room, for about a week. The cats will acclimate to each others’ presence and smells in this fashion. 4. After about a week, allow the cats to interact, under supervision. This continues for a week or two. 5. Release the new cat into the environment. They’ll still fight, but the process is less stressful. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/46 "2006-11-30T11:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Don’t ask US, ask the kitty. Her name might be Scout, or Anastasia, or Li’l Miss Stinkbutt. Only she knows. [/QUOTE] We tried that. Unfortunately, she only speaks Vietnamese. She keeps saying, **MOW!** ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/47 "2006-11-30T11:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=cerberus] This advice comes a bit late, but…here goes. **Protocol for Introducing a New Cat to a Multi-cat Environment** 1. Confirm the health status of the new cat prior to introduction. 2. Prepare a secure room for the new cat. This new room will be free of existing cats. 3. House the new cat in the secure room, for about a week. The cats will acclimate to each others’ presence and smells in this fashion. 4. After about a week, allow the cats to interact, under supervision. This continues for a week or two. 5. Release the new cat into the environment. They’ll still fight, but the process is less stressful. [/QUOTE] We did all the above, with the exception of the full week in quarantine. She did a couple days. They’re actually doing quite well. Ms. Bitchypants is way more relaxed with new females than with those big ol’ boy cats. I think she may be a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/48 "2006-11-30T12:14:31Z")
She looks just like my Mom’s cat, Kavina. Kavina was an adult stray who had adopted a college friend/housemate of mine. Friend/housemate got accepted to med school far away, and couldn’t take Kavina, so she became mine. A couple of years later, I decided to move far away, and couldn’t take Kavina, so my Mom took her. She’s been quite happy there for going on 9 years now. She seems to have much longevity, as the vet put her age at around 3 or 4 when friend/housemate had her fixed. Plus 2, plus 2 more, plus 9, carry the 7…That makes her at _least_ 16 years old now, and she looks pretty just like the first time I met her. Kavina also has amber eyes and we constantly have folks asking if she’s a Russian Blue. “Kavina”, according to friend/housemate was Swedish for “woman”, but that term is actually “kvinna”. Still a cool name though, imho. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136.md?page=2)