The Big Introduction(s)

 After nearly a week of seeing each other through the window, we were all ready to let Sebastian meet Winston and Evie face to face. We borrowed a crate from Colleen and Rigo, and put the kittens inside in the living room on the first day, so Seb could walk around them and they could all smell each other. All went well.

The next day, we brought one kitten out and put it down in the living room, and the cats met. Then we swapped kittens. All went well!

We were all concerned that Seb wouldn't like the babies, though we know he's a generally easy-going guy. 

Thankfully, his only negative reaction was hissing when they would try to get his tail, as if his tail was a toy. Totally understandable! 

Violet got in the habit of saying, "Seb doesn't want to play Kitten right now" to whichever little cat was annoying him.

Seb decided they couldn't be that bad, because they came with better food. Our foodie big guy! 

He kept eating their dry food, which we would typically leave out for the kittens to free feed. So, we'd pick up the dry food and put it up on Violet's shelf - which Seb discovered. 

Now, we put the dry food up on the tank inside the bookshelf where he definitely can't get to it.

Though it's not like Sebastian has "adopted" the kittens as his own, and snuggles with them, we couldn't be more pleased with how the transition has gone. He really is chill with them, and is getting used to their attempts to play with him. Sometimes, he even gets a little playful, himself.

It's so interesting how the kittens immediately knew to climb the cat tree or curl up in the cat bed. And both of them together can share the bed with room to spare, while Seb totally fills it.