Chester Drawers

[Chicky]

He's brilliant Skips, what a beautiful boy!

[Ismee]

Oh look at him! He is lovely, Skips.

[Minkie]

He's wonderful!

[Ella77]

It's so nice to see all those shots of him checking the place out and asserting ownership .

[Pickle]

Oh he is lovely. How old is he? He looks like quite a big boy.

He totally reminds me of Mayo so I'm completely smitten!

[Skips]

He's just under 18 months old. I totally love him and how well he's settling in. He escaped the living room earlier so Husband has now given him the run of the hallway as well, it's only very small so shouldn't be too disruptive. I was reading and it said it should only be a few days before we give him total run of the place so by the end of the week we should have everything in their final positions (food and litter try etc). He has totally ignored the scratching post we got him though and is using the sofa. We saw some scratching mats so we're going to get one of those so we can move it to the places he's scratching the most to try and train him away from the sofa.

[Jack Sparrow]

Oh, he's very sweet

[Rosa]

A cat new to a home will often scratch furniture as a territorial thing. With Bessie, every time we caught her doing it, we picked her up and dumped her on her scratching box, and when she started scratching the box we made a big fuss of her. She never scratches the furniture now.

I keep looking at the photos of him, he really is adorable!

[Skips]

Everything I've read says to do the lifting thing when he scratches, or they recommend moving his scratching post to the spot, expect being on the sofa that isn't really practical hence buying a mat.

[Ophelia]

He's lovely Skips. Give him a cuddle from me please.
Will him being deaf present any challenges? Apart from calling him for his tea, of course.

[Skips]

We just have to be careful not to scare him when entering rooms or if he is asleep. He does respond to vibrations (he perks up when a plane goes overhead or if we tap on the table for instance). He has always know when I am feeding him.

[Popprincess]

Yes I don't think he will have any problem knowing when it is food time...they seem to have a sixth sense for that

[Ophelia]

jumpy Chester
I am pleased he's settling in so happily.

[Lady Bolly]

Another gorgeous Turtle cat!

[Skips]

For whatever reason he has decided he doesn't like me and looks like this whenever I walk into the room.

[Princess Morripov]

Awww Skips. He's probably still settling in, I wouldn't worry.

Have you thought about getting a Feliway diffuser to help him settle in?

[Skips]

He's fine with husband and cries whenever he leaves the room.

[Marmalade Fires]

Don't worry Skips, some animals do just seem to be more relaxed around either men or women, he'll be ok when he settles down and gets used to you.

But yes, Feliway is a good idea; they work well.

[Skips]

I will look it up and get one. As far as I'm concerned so long as he's happy, I'm happy. I'd just rather not get the arched back whenever I walk in a room, because that's a sign he's not happy. And it's to be expected he's happier with Husband as he's not working at the moment so is spending more time with him.

[Pickle]

Oh poor you Skips. As you say, if MrSkips is home all day Chester will be far more at ease with him. Don't wory he will settle down and get used to you too.