Tayla's Visit

We let Tayla out for a supervised visit with all the rest of the Crews'
crew, but first we once again clipped all 18 claws on all 6 cats so that
weapons were blunted for the confrontation.

Of course there had to be an establishing of the pecking order. First Tayla
challenged Sammy - there was yowling and Tayla chased Sammy under the dining
room table (no blows were exchanged), then Tayla was satisfied that she was
above Sammy in the pecking order.

Then Tayla challenged Jessie by jumping up on the dining room chair next to
the chair Jessie was sitting on, but Jessie wouldn't back down, so there was
a stand off of yowling and hissing, but again, no blows were exchanged and
eventually Tayl jumped down.

Then Tayla challenged Demi - there was yowling and Tayla chased Demi down
the stairs to the landing (no blows were exchanged), then Tayla was
satisfied that she was above Demi in the pecking order.

Then Tayla once again challenged Jessie, there was yowling and this time
Jessie gave way and Tayla chased Jessie across the living room (no blows
were exchanged), then Tayla was satisfied that she was above Jessie in the
pecking order.

Once all this had been settled there was an armed truce with everyone laying
around warily eying everyone else (with the kittens romping about
obliviously).

I kind of figured something like this would happen since Tayla is a very
assertive cat (and the most talented/experienced fighter since she survived
on her own and took care of her kittens on the mean streets of Houston).
Also, Bandit was the alpha cat of our clowder and her death left the
position open with Jessie only tentatively taking the lead until Tayla
arrived.

After a few hours we put Tayla back into Ben's office for the night so that
everyone could have a stress-free sleep. We'll continue to let Tayla out
for longer and longer supervised visits until everyone is comfortable with
the arrangement and Tayla can peacefully join the clowder.

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  • Re: Taylas Visit
    ... Tayla challenged Sammy - there was yowling and Tayla chased Sammy under ... Then Tayla challenged Jessie by jumping up on the dining room chair next ... Bandit was the alpha cat of our clowder and her death ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)
  • Re: Taylas Visit
    ... First Tayla challenged Sammy - there was yowling and Tayla chased ... Then Tayla challenged Jessie by jumping up on the dining room chair ... Bandit was the alpha cat of our clowder ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)
  • Re: Taylas Visit
    ... Tayla challenged Sammy - there was yowling and Tayla chased Sammy under ... Then Tayla challenged Jessie by jumping up on the dining room chair next ... Bandit was the alpha cat of our clowder and her death left ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)
  • Re: Taylas Visit
    ... First Tayla challenged Sammy - there was yowling and Tayla chased ... Then Tayla challenged Jessie by jumping up on the dining room chair ... Bandit was the alpha cat of our clowder ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)