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Marie, you were right about finding someday a nice kitty for us:)
We drove today 80km one way and we bring home beautiful kitty. 2 years old Samantha. That her during the trip back home:
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I'm happy I'm right now on the computer and I don't hear any cat fight. Bryan is such a nice guy. Samantha is a little off, but you know, girls:)
Will keep you posted and I will have some questions.
 
#2 ·
She's stunning!!!

Are they already together?
 
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I'm so happy for you! :grin:
 
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On the below picture Samantha is jumping to her carrier just before trip back home, just like that.
There is one problem with her. Maybe I'm not sure what I'm getting into. I hope everything will be ok but she has recently allergic reaction to flea bite. This could repeat in the future. Anyone has experience with this? Samantha was so nice to me in the shelter, somehow I could look at other cats. Did anyone adopted cat with such problem? Do you think I make mistake adopting her?
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Why kind of a reaction? Is that why she was shaved?

You live in vaguely the same area I do, and I don't have problems with fleas even with my indoor/outdoor cat that gets to go outside using her cat door whenever she wants, all day and night, all year long. She goes all spring, fall and winter without flea medication and we never see her scratching or biting herself. When summer rolls around we give her flea medication, but besides a few months in the summer where we need to actively stop fleas, she's appears to be flea free all year. I wouldn't think there are any fleas to worry about in a normal home with indoor only cats. I've never heard of a problem with anyone I know with indoor only cats having fleas, unless the people bring them in, which is unlikely.

Anyway, she's beautiful! Congratulations! I don't think you made a mistake at all! You could hardly ask for a better first day between your cats considering you didn't do intros.
 
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Carmel said:
Why kind of a reaction? Is that why she was shaved?
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I never heard about it before. It calls dermatitis. Most cats can be bite by fleas, but not of them have allergic reaction to it. She was treated with advantages and probably that's why she was shaved. My 1st cat Pusia, she was in and outdoor cat, but during her 15 y life she had fleas just one time. Now Bryan and Sami they will be full time indoor cats, so maybe they will never get fleas. Problem with medications like Frontline etc is that they need 24 hours to kill fleas. During this time fleas will for sure bite. I developed already some fillings to Sami and I wouldn't like to give her back.
 
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Samantha is a beautiful girl. Congratulations to all of you.

My Gracie is very allergic to flea bites. I make sure to keep him on Revolution to keep the fleas to a minimum. I try to keep him in the house (he is a door darter so he runs out and I run out after him) to keep him out of the flea zone outside.

I can tell if he has gotten bitten as he will begin to develop scabs on his body. For him the scabs will be at the base of his tail, or on his neck and head. If they are just a few of them I just make sure to check on him every day. If he starts to get a lot of scabs then he goes to the vet for a steroid shot to help his body deal with the allergic reaction. Over then that he is a healthy, happy boy.
 
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Oh, hey... then Blacky is likely allergic to fleas. She used to get little scabs on her body, the first year I was getting to know her she had them a lot. We wondered if it was from flea bites or cat fights. We noticed they cleared up after giving her flea medication. We haven't seen scabs on her for a few years and we give her flea medication once a year around the summer. That just proves that most of the year, she never gets bit by fleas.
 
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saitenyo said:
She's lovely! So glad you were able to find a great friend for Bryan. :)
I do think siamese do so wonderfully in pairs!
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They are not yet the best friends. Bryan is very peaceful and he wants to make friend with her. Samantha is hissing at him (very quietly) and jump towards him, but they don't fight at all. Bryan is following her for almost whole time. I wish they could be so close to the point of slipping together and grooming each other. Looks like I'm bending here all rules. I brought Sami from shelter and just open the carrier in front of Bryan. Additionally I forgot about second litter box, but so far they use one.
 
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Your new kitty Samantha is gorgeous and so is Bryan, they make a nice couple. Well, it is not too late to follow the intro guidelines, if necessary. I would keep Samantha in a safe room with her own water, food bowls and litter box, which you should have anyway. Maybe Samantha needs time to adjust to her new surroundings. It took my cats a while to get used to each other. I use feliway now which seems to help. Hopefully you won't need to use that. Keep us updated and more pics and videos please!!
 
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Ahh she's gorgeous! So is Bryan, he's all big, fluffy and gorgeous.

I wouldn't worry about the flea bites, just take the recommended precautions. At the end of the day none of us know what we're getting into when we adopt a cat, but one thing's for sure- they are worth every second!
 
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Coyote said:
I think Bryan's already in love :)
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Yes he is, but
-will he be loved back?
-will she stop hissing at him?
-would they go for dinner together?
You will find out in next post coming in this forum in this thread soon.
Stay tuned for next episode of "Brymantha".:p
(I don't know what's wrong with me:)
 
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"she has recently allergic reaction to flea bite. This could repeat in the future"

Yes, my girl Fay has a very bad alergic reaction to fleas. one flea bite and she gets little bumps everywhere. I've had her for 2 years and it's not a big problem. She get's Advantixed every 3 weeks rather than 4 and I have some antihistime pills for her if she needs them. Also, a steroid shot every once in a while if I'm not good with the flea meds.
 
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Dave_ph said:
She get's Advantixed every 3 weeks rather than 4 and I have some antihistime pills for her if she needs them. Also, a steroid shot every once in a while if I'm not good with the flea meds.
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How much does it cost you? You can buy frontline bulk from ebay for $16/8months. Is she outdoor cat?
 
#33 ·
I noticed, you said that before. If I ever will have to adopt out Bryan (I hope this will never happen) I will give you chance to adopt him.:wink
You are a photographer. Where are pics of your cat?
 
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