Nero the Hero, Ralph the hero, Natascha the hero (heroine?) - and your three resident cats, all more tolerant and less territorial than our Bobi the Bad. What a story - and how sad that for two months, Hero and Lisa were unwanted. Bobi the Bad spent FIVE MONTHS in "jail" (solitary confinement in his own little cage at the pound, which should have cued me in that this bad^ss cat couldn't get along with other cats). He tricked me. Husband said "Now that's a handsome cat," so I had his door opened and that cat clung to my shoulder and purred and purred and acted like I was his lost BFF. Yes. I fell for it. I'm the one who proclaimed "THISIS THE ONE." Bobi tricked me! Maybe he really was grateful to be selected, and maybe he had learned he must stay QUIET in order to get outta jail. After a few days in our home, his loud (and I do mean loud, and obnoxious) voice cut loose.... oy! How does such a little pipsqueak produce such noise?

Thank you for a thoughtful and joyful post, Natascha!