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Thanks for sharing your experience! When I introduced C & M to each other, we kept them separated for two months (with supervised interaction times) because C felt so threatened by M the first time she accidentally saw her that she full out tried to attack her. I'm hoping since a kitten will be...

Thanks for the idea! I think that would be ideal since if it doesn't work out, we can hopefully rehome the kitty to a better suited situation.

I have two cats - C & M - both girls, though with a big age difference. They don't get along as well as I'd like. C is 12 years old and quite a grumpy baby who has been suffering from limping while walking since last year (beginning states of arthritis, we think. The doctor has asked us to help...

We recently moved to a new house and the new neighbours' have an outdoor cat that likes to come to our backdoor. Every time my cats have seen him, they have started moaning and getting upset, even going as far as to attack the glass door, trying to get at him. The neighbour's cat will also tap...

My older cat usually eats prescription C/D wet and dry food (she has had urinary issues in the past, so we have been feeding her this diet for about 3 years now). She has always been a bit grumpy. Since we got the younger cat, we have been doing a mix of prescription + non-prescription (high...

Invest in an automatic feeder instead of leaving the food out at night. My cat used to wake me up really early too. Then I started using the machine to feed her a snack at 3am which helped tide her over till 7am.

If you have an automatic feeder, change it to feed him small portions multiple times a day. He is probably just hungry. Also, make sure you are feeding him enough. My cat used to wake me up at 3 am every day for food, so now she gets 3 meals a day - wet food twice a day and dry food just before...

Thanks for your reply - any tips on how to reduce the tension between the two of them? They are naturally non-trusting of one another.

If you are determined to keep her, can you get her a companion kitten? Kittens can be a handful and it will be easier on you if she has a playmate to exert all of that energy with.

If you look at the second video, you'll see that NC (white) has her tail all puffed up. I think she only does that when she is startled or scared. Usually, her tail is half that size!

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any tips on what I can do to ease the tension between them? I try to play with them around feeding times and before I go to sleep, and we try to step in whenever we hear any hissing or growling, but of course, they will be unmonitored majority of the time they...

Thank you, yes, OC is very much a scaredy cat and has had a hard time relaxing around NC (which is part of the reason why I keep them separated at night). Actually, her slapping NC or initiating contact has been a VERY RECENT development. Even early last week, she was hiding and running away...

As some of you might have been following along with my threads, I recently introduced a new cat, NC to my resident cat, OC. Things have been a bit rocky, OC got sick but has been doing much better over the last few days. I'm still not leaving the girls alone together when I'm not home or when...

I only have experience with my older cat regarding this. She has stayed with relatives that she is familiar with when I'm on vacation and I have also left her with cat sitters coming twice a day. I can't say which one she prefers - it's always less trouble/stressful for her when we use the...

So things have taken a turn for the worse in regards to the cats relationship. OC has been behaving strangely over the weekend (not eating properly, not using litter box, being really cranky and throwing up bile) so we took her to see the vet yesterday. $800 later we find out that she might...

I don't have an answer for you as I have the same problem with my two cats. My resident cat OC is ok with the new cat NC as long as she is at an arm's length because NC has been randomly slapping OC for no reason before. We are still separating them for the night and OC has now taken to hiding...

Unfortunately with my older cat OC, she is very afraid of other animals, so any time NC tries to play with her OC gets scared. Today, NC tried to play with her and they did swat at each other a bit but then OC got scared and she's been hiding for hours now :( Poor baby, I wish I could get her to...

Thanks for your suggestions. We did do a very short "re-intro" once we got them back together - lasted about 3 days. They are much better with each other now than they were before the break. We have the Da Bird today and a couple of others like it already, which NC loves and they are both a fan...

Thanks for the links! I will check them out. I do think she is bored, esp because my OC doesn't seem to want to play with her. But I also do worry that it is partly hostile. NC and OC don't really play, to be honest. OC gets uncomfortable whenever NC gets too close to her and NC has taken to...

Thank you for the suggestions! Do you mind sharing which brand/model of toy you bought your cats? I will look into automatic toys. We do have a ball track sort of toy already, but neither OC nor NC seem interested in it.