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well apparently you are quite the cat expert. do tell then, if the older male cat in our home is somewhat anti social and doesn't really like to be handled or touched do you still think he is a good "role model" for my kitten? whenever my kitten leaves my bedroom which is indeed a safe zone...

my 3 month old kitten has developed a rather close bond to the older 1 1/2 year old cat that resides in my home. why is it whenever my kitten is paired with the cat he doesn't want to be touched or approached? the two don't even have to be interacting with one another, just by him being in the...

thank you for your simple yet helpful answer! i've been trying to get the jist of having a kitten and i love it. obviously learning the behaviors of a cat isn't easy. despite being around animals, including some cats over my life things are different when it's your cat. i've put the adult cat...

I've read that cats are not social animals-they have no need for a hierarchy. If this is true, then why is there an alpha amongst household cats? My best friend and her mother have four cats and they say one of the males is the alpha-so it appears to be true. Is there an alpha just between two...

I have a 3 month old male kitten named Aslan and he's really a great kitten from what I can tell. He's alert, somewhat vocal and when my roommates grown male cat harasses him too much-he'll come over and sit next to me as if looking for protection. Anyway, he does some things that frustrate me...

Thanks for replying to my lengthy post! Right now Amira and Aslan are actually playing here in the living room. Because of his small size, Aslan is still able to out manuever Amira-although now comes the stress of keeping the house kitten-proof. Amira is still loving towards me, and I've seen...

I recently introduced my kitten Aslan [3 months old] to my roommates cat [Amira] which is also a male who is about [1 1/2 years old]. The two seem to play a good bit, but several minutes after playing, Amira will pin Aslan to the ground with his mouth on his scruff. I don't let them stay down...