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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

Boil 50 min. Let cool.


21 posted on 04/23/2012 5:16:14 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Newt is nuts!)
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To: Mamzelle

No, he is neutered.


22 posted on 04/23/2012 5:16:24 PM PDT by carton253
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To: COBOL2Java

That is exactly the advice I was going to give. I wish I had done this years ago when I introduced a 2nd cat to my male cat. We had feline war in my home for 3 months.


23 posted on 04/23/2012 5:17:32 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: COBOL2Java

Thank you for your help. I think I will give Smeagol the run of the bedroom (where he spends much of his time anywhere) and the bathroom (his version of Disneyland) and let the kittens have the rest of the house.


24 posted on 04/23/2012 5:20:59 PM PDT by carton253
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To: carton253

My Question for Cat Lovers is why my co-worker’s cat climbed the tree during the day on Friday and still remains there today despite their best efforts to coax it down. These efforts included risking breaking their bones, or worse, atop a 25 foot ladder, etc. No food, no water, high winds, rain and quite cold temperatures didn’t induce the cat to come down. And it’s a grown cat, not a kitten.

This reinforces my observations that cats, while they certainly may be cute, lovable and interesting at times, are dumb as a box of rocks.

If ya like or love cats, fine. I have nothing in particular against them. I have lived with several but I prefer dogs whose affections are demonstrative and unfailing and they are smart enough to come in out of the rain.


25 posted on 04/23/2012 5:21:50 PM PDT by citizen (Obama blames:arab spring,banks,big drug/oil,bush,ceos,christians,coal,earthquake/tsumani,fnc,wall st)
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To: carton253

If you leave them alone they will be fine. The key point here is not to let the older one feel foresaken for the newbies.

Pay the old man special attention while the newbies and he get acclimated to each other. Cosmic Catnip is the perfect treat for him as the kittens have not developed and affinity for catnip yet.

They will never be perfect pals but things will work out just fine if he doesn’t feel his “position” with you has been compromised by the kittens.


26 posted on 04/23/2012 5:22:39 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: carton253

It’s obvious that the 9 year old male tom behaved stupidly. I’d suggest a catnip summit at the Whitehouse.


27 posted on 04/23/2012 5:23:04 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: citizen

Thank you for sharing your preference. LOL!


28 posted on 04/23/2012 5:23:07 PM PDT by carton253
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To: carton253

After my little kitty, Kelsey, died I wanted to give her brother, Bailey, a companion. I brought home Gracie and she kept going up to Bailey, he would hiss, she would retreat, then start all over again. this kept going on all day then that night she was curled up next to him and both were sleeping soundly. Bailey tolerated her for some time but now they are as close as ever. Bailey is 17 and when he dies, I don’t know what I’ll do cuz Gracie is the meanest ketteh I know! Now, introducing my puppies to my kitties was an experience I NEVER want to go through ever again!


29 posted on 04/23/2012 5:23:14 PM PDT by peggybac
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To: Ouderkirk

I have been making sure that Smeagol gets first attention. Food, hellos and making special trips into the bedroom to spend time with him.


30 posted on 04/23/2012 5:24:57 PM PDT by carton253
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To: carton253

Good luck! Just remember, cats are TRUE creatures of habit. They don’t like change, but can be coaxed into it.


31 posted on 04/23/2012 5:25:13 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: carton253

Don’t know how to advise. We just got a new baby kitteh, and he’s earned his first nickname. Chupacabra. Our Queen, Little Girl, has been the boss, and she no likee Chupacabra. He’s a tiger cat.


32 posted on 04/23/2012 5:25:24 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: peggybac

That’s what happened with Mr. Boots and Scout. There was a heated confrontation, then they were inseparable.


33 posted on 04/23/2012 5:26:53 PM PDT by carton253
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To: carton253

You can expect the old cat to bring up the kittens signup date as proof of the little ones’ inferiority whenever some issue between them arises.


34 posted on 04/23/2012 5:27:07 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

That’s just funny.


35 posted on 04/23/2012 5:28:06 PM PDT by carton253
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To: carton253
Go to the pet store and buy two cages that are big enough for a small litter box and a feed and water dish in each, with additional space to stand.
An old refrigerator shelf wire rack and some coat hanger wire will usually make a good second floor above the litter box, placed about half the height of the cage, will make an excellent bed area in each cage.
Place the two cages on the floor side by side,and make the older cat live in one cage, and the kittens live in the other.
Leave them in the cages for about two or three days, without taking them out.
After that, then start letting them out for a little time each day, but not at the same time, then put them back in the cage.
After about two or three week, start letting them out at the same time.
Always feed them in their cage, and don't mix the cages between the male cat and the kittens.
They need their own space, and they like habits.
After a few months, they should be fine together, until on of the females goes into season.

Good luck. Oh, the cages are also excellent to take with you on small trips to visit relatives for a few days.
This gives your pet a familiar place in a strange environment.
36 posted on 04/23/2012 5:29:30 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die!)
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To: Revolting cat!
You can expect the old cat to bring up the kittens signup date as proof of the little ones’ inferiority whenever some issue between them arises.

You are SUCH a nOOb! Hey, today's my 14th Anniversary on FR! Hah!

37 posted on 04/23/2012 5:33:34 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: carton253

The funniest moment was the introduction. Canute, the puppy, was sitting on my bed when kitty entered the room. She looked at him with a huge double take and I could just see her thinking, “O, heavens, another one to train.” Canute, who’d never seen a cat in his sheltered life, looked askance at this strange, slightly menacing furry thing, and let out a puppy growl followed by a puppy woof. Now, a bit more than a year later, Canute, weighing about 102 lb., is fascinated by her but knows well enough ot to get too close to kitty, who only weighs about eight lb.


38 posted on 04/23/2012 5:33:57 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: carton253
Speaking as a Doctor of Catology of the University of Vienerschnitzel of Cologn-Un-Danube, Class of ‘55, Suma Con Vodka....where was I/....oh, here we are....best advices

Maybe you buy a dog.

39 posted on 04/23/2012 5:53:49 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: carton253

Have your time with the old man, and he will be OK with almost anything. Remember, the kittens are just another dominion of his. You are the one constant that needs to reassure him that he has not been supplanted by interlopers.


40 posted on 04/23/2012 5:54:44 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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