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This is a place to gain some understanding of cat behavior and to assist people in training their cats and dealing with common behavior problems, regardless of the method(s) used. Keep in mind that you may be receiving advice from other cat owners and lovers...not professionals. If you have a major problem, always seek the advice of a trainer or behaviorist!
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Pib "Puss in- Boots" Fajer-
Works the- cattitude. |
 | | Purred: Wed Oct 14, '09 7:09pm PST | |  | |  | | I fell in love with a attention (and food) starved little stray. She was about six months old when I picked her up off the streets. I already have a six year old cat, and I took the introduction really slowly. Unfortunately, after only having the cat two weeks I had to leave the country for three weeks. The new cat stayed with my friend and acted aggressively towards her two cats (attacking them). Then my friend ended up staying at my place for two weeks. She was supposed to keep the cats separate, but she accidentally let the new cat chase the older one. The older one fell off the high cabinet trying to escape and is still terrified of the new cat.
I've been keeping them in separate rooms unless we put the new cat on a leash and my husband holds her while I sit next to my first cat. New kitty will eventually try to charge original kitty and then we remove new kitty. The new kitty is extremely people friendly, but I'm despairing of ever being able to have my kitties in the same room without constant supervision. We've been back from our trip for three weeks, and putting them in the same room with new kitty leashed for one week. |  |  | |  |
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Charlie
Why did they- take almost all- my tooths?? |
 | | Purred: Wed Oct 14, '09 9:55pm PST | | | | | | more people will be by with more suggestions. You can read my whole thread about hissing at the kitten. In my case tho, the kitten isn't necessarily aggressive.
You can always resell the cage when you're done with it, people always need them. You can even search Craigslist for a used one.
I had the kitten in her own room too, but my cat was just avoiding that room. So I went and bought baby gates to use instead of the door, so that my cat could see her in there and she him. | | | | |
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Gracie
I'm the baby,- gotta love me! |
| | Purred: Thu Oct 15, '09 11:32pm PST | | | | | | Has she been spayed yet? Intact cats are usually a lot more aggressive than non-intact ones. If so, maybe focus on getting her spayed first, and then expose the scared kitty to her while she is still recovering (not the first 24 hours, I doubt kitten will be social, but after that), so that he can maybe realize she is probably not going to be a threat all the time.
Other than that, I'm no expert on feral animals, so I will defer to those who do feral rescues on a regular basis. Don't worry, they will find this thread eventually.
As far as intros go, you can never go too slow, btw, so if they have to be separated while you work on a solution, that's alright. | | | | |
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Scooter
Even the sun- loves me. |
| | Purred: Tue Oct 20, '09 4:58pm PST | | | | | | Cats from hard places take a long time to adjust to new and better places. Your baby will take a few months to adjust to the fact that it is SAFE and SECURE and it not going to be dumped into a place it knew before. You know, Hell.
My Scoots had been skinned, cut, stabbed and just about anything else you can imagine before he found me at my old office. It took him a full six months to realize that his new life was his permanent life - safe, secure, love abounding, food to fill his belly and that there was no need to fight for territory. He was not going to be tossed aside or replaced. He hid under a bed for the first month and then attacked all the other cats for the next three months. In the meantime and for another months is was pure human integration on our part as we already had five other house cats. Every night I would go down and cuddle him, bump heads with him and tell him, "Scooter is love and love is Scooter." until I was hoarse. Laugh if you will but it worked serious miracles. He got the message.
Scooter is now pushing 9 years in our house and he is the true elder, the Master. He knows it and is now very generous and paternal to the other stray/needy cats (and dogs!) I manage to bring in. Much to my husband's dismay but that is another story.  | | | | |
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