Cleo is beautiful. Congratulations. There is no guarantee introductions to the other cats will go well. Cleo may be overwhelmed initially. It's wonderful that you provided a home to so many kitties. Having a bengal is a totally different experience. There are many posts on the bengal Facebook pages from people who get a bengal and their friends are like, "why didn't you go to a shelter?" And they don't know what to tell them. ALL cats need a home and it's up to the individual how they want to secure a pet.

Catification is a great idea and you will have the great super highway when you are done. Each kitty needs its own space. I truly hope Cleo fits in from the very beginning. You may have your work cut out for you, but time and patience is usually all that is needed. Good luck.

Welcome! Tiny Cleo is such a cute munchkin! I am jealous of the shelves - cannot catify our house to such extent as renting. Do post more pics, will love to see how Cleo grown
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Wow, good for you and all the great work you've done. Hopefully Cleo will fit in with the other cats, but by now I'm sure you are an expert at managing that.

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It's been a while, busy times, but Cleo has now gotten her shots and is ready to be picked up this Saturday! I wanted to share some pictures with you, in hopes that it can inspire a little bit.

Some pictures of Cleo + mom





One must of course have a kitty pool, because why not (we saw this on zooplus)




The kitty wheel; handmade in Estonia by Kasside Jooksuratas (https://www.facebook.com/kassidejooksuratas/). I believe he might ship internationally. We were inspired by this after visiting a cat cafe in Tallinn, and some of the shelters for which he also made wheels for, thus we had to get one! It was around 400 EUR. The cat you see on the picture is Lola (8 years old), she always has her tongue out.. it's not her fault, she's just fluffy :D





The cat furniture that was described in the first post have been placed on the walls! It might be a bit expensive, but it's so nice looking in real life and really optimizes space for the cats to play in an apartment.

I think I'm going to move in with you and Cleo because you have such a fun house!!! I know you are super anxious for Cleo to arrive and you are well prepared for her. Let us know how things progress. Hopefully, you will keep her separated from the other kitties for a little while so she can de-stress and get used to all the new sounds and smells and people and other animals! I'm sure with ALL your experience in dealing with kitties, things will go GREAT. Congratulations.

So.. we got Cleo home, and she immediately wanted to go exploring; did not want to stay at one spot. She is totally into my wife (good choice!), very brave and curious. Eats and drinks from water fountain even tho she never tried one, "out of the box". She also has no issues sitting on your lap getting petted, and enjoys being around us. That's such an insanely quick development, nothing that I've ever experienced - usually I keep them separated for the good part of a week, but in this case, she wanted to go herself.

The toy you see her laying with, is one we brought to the breeder when she was 8 weeks, so that it could get some scents from the enter kittens/mom at their place. It should help her calm down a little bit and it appears to help her out :)

Here are some pictures of the little brave soul!



Here she is trying to chase me, so funny






She has already climbed to the highest point!






The family dog, 2 year old labradoodle; sweet as ever.


She is registerd in TICA, and here is a family tree, provided by the breeder - how nice of them!

Aww, it looks like Cleo is settling in great! Congratulations. So happy for you. Unfortunately Maya Gold doesn't have any information on their website on their queens and stud. I have most of those cats in the pedigree in my database, but as unknowns. The only cat with an F generation was Summerside Caesar of GrandSavage who is an F9. Your Cleo would be no more than an F12 and could very well be a lower F generation. I've tried googling these other cats and come up empty, so unless I find them listed in another database, they will continue to be "UNK" in my database.

Cleo is absolutely gorgeous!