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Hi all! It's been a while since I've written here, but I'm hoping to seek some advice about some behavior-related issues with my youngest cat, Arwen. She's 9 months old and has an older brother, Pippin, who is just over a year old. I work a typical 9-5 and live alone in a studio, so the cats are...

Hi again everyone! Update and a question, as per usual😂 update is on the food situation: what I've done to solve the feeding problem at breakfast when I have to go to work is I've been waking up earlier so that I can supervise their meals. It's a pain, but since Pip is a grazer it doesn't take...

This is a good idea! Arwen is about to turn 6 months old on the 9th so she's about halfway to not having to eat kitten food anymore. I've considered honestly just having both of them eat Arwen's kitten food just due to the fact it's so caloric and Pippin really needs to gain weight anyways--I...

Hi everyone! I have an odd but frustrating question regarding Pippin and Arwen's mealtime behaviors. Pippin is very much a grazer and prefers to eat his breakfast lazily over the course of the day. Problem is, Arwen is a feline garbage disposal and will bully Pippin out of his food bowl once...

Thank you very much for the anecdote! Sorry about the late reply, I read this but forgot to actually respond. They're getting better with learning each other's boundaries--only a few times over the past 2 weeks have I had to separate them (usually due to Arwen taking things too far and being...

No unfortunately, the setup right now is Arwen's big playpen right in the middle of my studio area, though it's mesh so she can see out and Pippin can see in. If I were to physically separate them I'd have to reconstruct the makeshift wall I just took down a week ago that I used for...

Ah yeah, that's what I feared. I just continue to feel so awful about keeping Arwen in her playpen while I'm away--it's certainly not helping her excess energy with being cooped up, but I don't want her to actually hurt Pippin. I don't know much about her socialization history prior to coming...

Late update from the vet on Arwen: she's okay! Whether or not she still has silicone in her little tummy is questionable, but the vet said xrays weren't necessary unless I really wanted to be extra safe since she wasn't displaying any symptoms of a blockage. The vet said she likely threw up the...

Thank you! I'm definitely going to be running all my questions by the vet at her appointment this afternoon because I've run into a mental block on how to handle her behavior. I'm of the same mindset and am like 90% sure she's just rapidly growing (especially because each morning when I go to...

Hi all! Anyone have any experience with kittens being egregiously hungry and/or eating things they shouldn't? I gave Arwen her lick mat last night with her dinner on it as usual and when I woke up this morning I discovered she had chewed through the lick mat and there was about a dime-sized...

Well, the play issue is still ongoing, unfortunately. I had to separate them last night by putting Arwen back in her playpen for a bit because she kept chasing Pippin and he was running under the bed to try and get away with his ears flattened, and then they'd tussle under the bed and I could...

Hi everyone! Things are going well, I just thought I'd drop in with some cute pics of the kiddos! Pip is the white fluffy boy, and Arwen is my smaller tortie. Thank you for all the ongoing advice, hope these cute pics help brighten your day!

It's definitely been a huge step for them so I was very excited! But yeah, he'll run from her when she chases, but he always runs to places where he either backs himself in and then they just kinda both sit there until she tries to play with him again, or he'll run to a place where he could...

I do have some good news, they can successfully be in the same area as each other now! They eat next to each other (except when Arwen finishes first and tries to butt Pippin out of his bowl since he's a slower eater) and are comfortable being near each other, except Arwen keeps chasing and...

Well this is immensely helpful then, this could be the issue! I think I misunderstood the simmer part and thought that I should just let her catch and "kill" the prey until she wasn't batting it around anymore and then suddenly resurrect it each time until she's done--I may be wrongly assuming...

Oh yes I've been doing the boil and simmer and is usually works great, although she often gets distracted halfway through a play session so I let her explore or do whatever it else she wants to do. It's a little frustrating because I'll try to have solid 10-15 minute play sessions with her but...

Will do! I feel so bad for Arwen currently, she's probably feeling like an only kitten because she has no one to play with during the day when I'm at work and her only playtime is when I'm home from work and on the weekends when I'm always home. It worries me because she's starting to display...

That's exactly what I'm imagining! Something heavy enough to just prevent them from moving it should suffice. Pip is more of a freeze in place or flee kinda guy, he's never showed interested in wanting to fight Arwen, he just does more of the I-don't-like-this-get-away-from-me hisses or...

I do! It's this one here: Amazon.com I'm imagining that I could stick heavy things on either side to weigh it down, or try and tape each side to the walls and just remove the tape when I go in and out.

I looked into the gate and was a little worried about how they'd stack with needing to be nailed into the walls so I actually ended up ordering a large room divider and hopefully I can just tape or otherwise fit it to the walls. I really appreciate the advice and helping me bounce some ideas! I...