Hospitality Cage
I have started putting Sinatra in the hospitality cage for a few hours today. Of course all the other cats had to come running to see the newcomer. I put his small carrier into the cage as well so he could hide, but being the full alpha male that he is, he climbed instead up to the top of the carrier and challenged all the other cats.
He and Matuse are clashing the most severe. Both being alpha males, and both bonded to me they seemed to be fighting for my favor.
I didn’t see anything alarming though. His growls were loud and intimidating, but this posture wasn’t very threatening. His eyes were wide open, his tail up in a hook, his body high off the ground. So most of what he is doing is bluffing.
I feel that this cat has been hurt in the past by other cats and his noisemakers are only to keep the others at bay. He let the kittens get really close to his cage and didn’t charge them for sticking their paw through the wire, something that I was watching for.
I think a week of this hospitality cage exposure will be adequate for him to be merged into the group. He is more shook up at being put inside the carrier and taken downstairs then he is about being in the large cage around the other cats.
Here you can see where he has discovered Prowler has been over the top of him:
