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I have the opposite. Our resident cat - Phoebe stopped hissing at the new kitten after a day or so. (she had been an only cat in our house for about 6 years, but we adopted her from a shelter where she was in a communal situation) BUT, the kitten (now 1.5 yr old cat) is the one with the...

Actually I saw a segment on Animal Cops San Francisco where they picked up a stray cat on the streets, took it back to the shelter and scanned it for a microchip (as most shelters do right away) Turned out the cat came from Florida and when they contacted the owners (luckiliy they hadn't moved)...

Our male cat - Percival - is part Maine Coon (according to the vet). He doesn't meow at all, but makes a cooing or a chirrip sound. When I read various things about Maine Coons, I found out that is the vocalization they tend to make. It is cute but it sounds kind of funny coming from a huge...

Yes, the first thing you do whether you plan to keep it or not is take it to the vet. Most vets will squeeze you in. You have to have the cat tested for FIV and Feline Leukemia especially if you have other cats. The vet can also check for a microchip. When our dog found two kittens last year...

Recently our 1 year old cat Percival has found a new game. He likes dangly things and because of his size often breaks stuff, so my dad got this heavy duty cord that he can bat around. What he does though, is grab the end that has a knot in it and runs away and pulls on it - like a dog does...

We have to be careful becuase our 8 yr old female (Phoebe) loves the stuff. She gets all excited when we go to the drawer where we keep it (she once knocked all kinds of stuff down when whe kept it on a shelf, so we have to hide ir) But when we tried it with our new cat (1 yr old male) he got...

Our cat does that when he is stressed or scared. The first time he did it, he was a kitten and we thought something was wrong so we took him to the vet. It turned out that he was majorly teething. He had two fangs on each side!!!! The vet said that when cats are scared, stressed or in pain...

Our youngest cat (found at 5 weeks - now 1 year) has never covered anything. Kinda bad cuz he steps in his own poop somtimes. Yuk. We try to clean it out as often as possible. We think his mom never taught him. Our other cat, spends forever in the box covering up. She is a bit...

Thanks to everyone. I'll check walmart and ikea. The main thing we don't like about these 'episodes' is the sitting in the litter box. It is just... ewww.. Despite the fact that as soon as I saw him doing it, I completely changed it so it is clean, we just don't want him to get used to...

This has happened in the past, but we got through it but I am wondering what else we can do - Our 1 year old cat Percial occasionally (has happened 2 times before this one) just freaks out. He starts compulsivlly grooming his front paws and chest, he tries to sit in his litter box and he...

Since the christmas season has come, I am trying to think of things to get the pets. Our newest cat (now 1yr old 16lb Maine Coon mix) loves cat toys but because of his size and rough playstyle, they don't last very long. He has even broken the more expensive ones. He loves hanging toys and...

Our cat Percival is about 16 months and (as per our vet visit 2 weeks ago) he is 15.9 pounds and NOT fat. We found him in the back yard Sept 04 and from the beginning the vet said he was most definitly part Maine Coon and they don't finish growing until 3-4 yrs old. They also don't mature...

Nope it isn't for a kitten. I have a 1 yr old neutered male cat. If anyone is drinking/eating some kind of milk product he will follow you around and try to get it. If you are sitting down, he will stare at you purring and making sucking/licking motions with his mouth. We found him abandoned...

The reason why cats go to people who (usually) dislike cats is not that they aren't intimiated or anything. It is because these people are usually very quiet around them and don't try to grab them. Cats tend to gravitate to calm people. So if your grandma woudl come in and talk loudly and...

Also some cats just don't meow. Our 'kitten' never "meowed", he kind of chirps. Weird sound, but the vet said he is most likely (at least) part Maine Coon due to his size and appearance. And everything I've read about the breed says they don't have the typical cat meow, they chirrup. Our...