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Hoping you can direct me to the right threads as I'm sure this has been addressed before but having trouble finding what I need. I had a household of two cats. One who is three (MIKE) and one who is around 9 (FUNNY) who lived his whole life on the street until he came here 7 months ago. The...

Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that four months have passed since we took our street urchin in and everything turned out just as you all predicted. In the beginning he was endlessly screaming, tearing things up and creating complete havoc, I thought that maybe we had made a...

Just wanted to let you know that we got a climbing tree from Walmart and it has been a huge success. Mike (the original resident cat) is just infatuated with the thing. He tears up it like a madman. You can tell he is having a blast. It is so funny. We sit there and laugh and laugh at...

i will look into the tower from walmart. i don't think i could make one for that price. is da bird a special kind of toy? he has feather things attached to elastic strings and he just ignores them. about the only thing he will play with is a palm frond. i got the feliway. and i will try...

The harness idea is a good one too. He is extremely intelligent, much smarter than my other cats, so maybe he will understand and adjust to a harness and i can take him for walks. This should be interesting.

Thanks for the input. Yes he is neutered. I will get some more Feliway. That did help initially and I forgot about that. I don't have a climbing tower. I looked into them but they were so expensive. Maybe i can make something for him. That is really good news that you think that 1 1/2...

Hi, I posted a month ago when I original took in a street cat and received alot of good advice which helped. Now I have another question. The cat Funny (about 6 yrs old) lived on a street corner for several years and had a very active social life with alot of interaction with other cats and...

thanks for your input. i gritted my teeth and let the fur fly. things seem to be better. the resident cat has calmed down and is now trying to play with the new cat. the new cat wants nothing to do with him and hisses but it is all manageable. i guess they worked things out like you...

I took in a stray several months ago. I have followed the guidance on this website about how to introduce him to the resident cat. The process worked. Everything has gone well but I am having one issue and I'm wondering if this is normal. We are at the point where the two cats have met...

the new vet said that he is on the road to recovery. lungs and head are now clear. she felt that we had been following the proper protocol for his problems and felt like he had turned the corner on his illness he has been much better in the last three days so i think she is right. he is...

just wanted to thank everyone for their help with the stray cat. it is a week today and everything is peaceful. since i opened the windows he has been like a different cat, sitting on his shelf gazing out his window. he has stopped yowling and actually plays a bit with his toys. he is...

your response gave me an idea. i had been keeping the room he is in closed up so that he could relax. the room has alot of windows so after i read about batman, i opened all of them so that the breeze blew through which seemed to make him happier. Maybe not happier but more relaxed. at...

one other thing i should probably add is that funny face had a very active social life on the street both with a group of cats and with alot of people. he lived on a busy corner and was apparently friends with everyone who passed by. went to the vet and two people knew him and said they were...

Hi Everyone, Things aren't going so well now and I'm hoping that I can get some input from you. Funny Face the stray is having a very hard time. He is still in his safe room but is crying and howling non-stop. He spends the day running from window to door, trying to figure out how to get...

that is good info on how to introduce him to my other cat. i have been keeping them apart because funny face, the stray is still sick and i don't want to expose my resident cat until we figure out what is going on. but this info will come in useful when we are ready. yes, he is quite the...