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Question for Cat Lovers
carton253

Posted on 04/23/2012 4:55:07 PM PDT by carton253

Just need some advice on how best to introduce two kittens to a 9 year old male cat.


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KEYWORDS: cats; kitties; kittyping
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To: carton253

Get a carrier
Put the kittens in and then throw in the male cat.

:)


41 posted on 04/23/2012 5:57:40 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (The biggest Hate group in America is located in the White House, Congress & DOJ)
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To: carton253

Also, get second litter box and park it along side of the first, and make sure that everyone has their own food bowl for soft food for a while.

I’m not big on soft food, but for the short term let this be one of those things where the dry food is community, but everyone has their own bowl, in different locations in the kitchen at breakfast. They will eat separately, find their own spot for a bath and then sleep off breakfast.

BTW the old man will love the “high fat” dry kitten food for a while but don’t let him eat too much of it ;-)


42 posted on 04/23/2012 6:03:48 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: carton253
Don't over-react. Let it go for 3 days. There will be a little blood, and a lot of noise.

They will settle it. I've done the same thing several times, including introducing catz to dogs and dogs to catz.

Unless someone is bleeding arterial blood, let them sort it out.

/johnny

43 posted on 04/23/2012 6:20:02 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Revolting cat!

That is so not right. I love it.

Forwarding the photo to wife. Yer on yer own from there ;)


44 posted on 04/23/2012 6:22:08 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: libstripper
I did that when my daughter's 2 year old Irish setter stayed with me and my two integrated catz. Daughter's dog lived in her kennel with the door open for the first week. It was scarey out there with the catz. ;)

I've got a picture of my male cat sitting in the doorway of the kennel in front of the poor dog, who was peeking out of the kennel looking threatened.

/johnny

45 posted on 04/23/2012 6:27:45 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: carton253
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46 posted on 04/23/2012 6:30:04 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Ouderkirk
get second litter box and park it along side of the first,

Amen. When I brought in my last rescue kitten, the senior catz wouldn't let him through to the box. Or would trap him in the box and hammer him.

I put three of them throughout the house so the senior catz couldn't cover all of them.

/johnny

47 posted on 04/23/2012 6:30:28 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Mamzelle

We had a male Russian Blue who helped take care of a litter. He carried them around and bathed them like he knew they were his. He also trained himself to use the toilet, didn’t like the litter box. I had him for over 20 years.


48 posted on 04/23/2012 6:34:29 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Jet Jaguar; moose07; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
I'll echo the general opinion of this thread: Best method to get them used to each other is time plus making sure that both sets of cats have secure spaces.


49 posted on 04/23/2012 6:37:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

By now Sweet Tea, my somewhat elderly cat, has trained three dogs, the first (now deceased), a 65 lb. Weimador, the second (still vibrantly alive) an 85 lb. Pitador, and now the 102 lb. Dane, Canute. Because of her legendary dog training talent, the 8 lb. Sweet Tea needs to have her name changed to Princess, as in Princess of Pain. Kitties who haven’t been declawed are extradorinary dog trainers, regardless of the size of their canine victims.


50 posted on 04/23/2012 6:39:07 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper
Kitties who haven’t been declawed are extradorinary dog trainers,

Declawing catz is evil.

/johnny

51 posted on 04/23/2012 6:40:50 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: citizen

Cats are much smarter than dogs, but they keep their knowledge to themselves. (She says while winking)


52 posted on 04/23/2012 6:42:39 PM PDT by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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To: carton253

Put the kittens in a cat carrier with their own water and litter bos and let them get acquainted over a couple of days. The male will get upset at first but will get bored. When he’s good and bored, you should be able to turn the kittens loose. It worked for us for dogs as well as cats.


53 posted on 04/23/2012 6:46:00 PM PDT by matelp
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; Slings and Arrows
LOL

That really captures the existential ennui, the ethereal otherness.

54 posted on 04/23/2012 6:48:40 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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55 posted on 04/23/2012 6:53:45 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: martin_fierro; SWAMPSNIPER

Pretty much how my eldest cat acted when I started bringing home kittens.


56 posted on 04/23/2012 6:56:12 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: carton253

We have a older male and I wanted some more because we have always had three. We got two kittens one male and one female and it was not long and the two male were cuddled up napping together.They chase each other and play and then the female got playing with them and they have a ball. They are all neutered and cuddle monsters. Great fun.


57 posted on 04/23/2012 7:05:00 PM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: Slings and Arrows; carton253
You're right as rain and hope my comment was taken in jest. I can't speak for anyone else; haven't been in the same situation but I do take in strays/rescues. Well my female cat is not appreciative at all but I simply keep them apart and bring in the newbie for 'visits' from the garage. Usually takes about a week.

Of course 'she' still doesn't like it but she is only hostile if they're in the same room. Nah j/k. They sleep in the same bed (lots of distance between) and not too much hissing goes on. I swear though, if she had opposing thumbs, it would be a totally different story! :)

58 posted on 04/23/2012 7:10:11 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (The biggest Hate group in America is located in the White House, Congress & DOJ)
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To: carton253

Table cards.


59 posted on 04/23/2012 7:13:41 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Outlaw Woman

You learned to “sink or swim,” dintja?


60 posted on 04/23/2012 7:14:37 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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