flea I've had to introduce 2 kittens (my own) to another cat (Mom's). It kinda helped that Mom's was indoor/outdoor, so when her cat was outside we let mine roam around the house.

But what we did was keep my cats confined to a room for most of the time. Then for the first week let them roam around when her cat wasn't around. (You could probably do this by closing your cat in a room). And then we did some gradual introductions by letting one of mine out and letting Mom's cat in and watching them closely.

We didn't try to force them to get too close to each other and we limited the time.

Once they were doing okay together we'd still separate them when we had to be out of the house for a long period of time.

Just in case.

flea, the things that worked for us when we introduced the boykitties into the house with Trinian were keeping the boys separate and integrating them slowly, those Feliway diffusers, and Rescue Remedy drops to put in the water dishes.

Of course, Trinian is so dim that even now, 5 years later, she seems to forget there are other cats in the house, then freaks out when she sees one of the boys.

Hell, my cats do that at least once a day.

I kept Clio and Oz sepreate for almost a week (because OZ was flipping the fuck out.) Then I had a day where I left Oz sniff around the main floor where Clio was and vice versa, and introduced them.

Avon Meowsdale.

You guys have the best cat names.

Hey, hivemind, what was the hinkiness with Prudential paying survivor benefits with in house checking accounts? I remember something in the news but not the details.

It's that they are sitting on the money, investing it to their benefit (a healthy return, too!) not you, and the checks aren't really checks per se. It's like being forced to bank with them, with no control over the rates or access. But since they aren't a bank, you aren't FDIC covered. Here you go: [link]

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. Fuzzy memory + buffistas = actual information once again.

I'm confused by that article. Are the companies giving people a choice in the matter or not?

I'm not surprised by the con though. As more and more people realize that whole-life policies don't really make financial sense, the insurance companies were bound to come up with something.

You can opt out in the sense that you can withdraw everything immediately, but it's not obvious from the documentation that the account is not a normal bank account. Saying people ar forced into it is a bit strong, but it is the default.

So, basically, they're preying on grieving people that might have something else on their minds. Nice.