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Hehe...that sounds so funny and cute.

Hmmmm...personally I would say that it would be pretty stressful to move AND finding a new cat, but maybe others have a different opinion.

Sounds like our situation last year! When we adopted our 2nd, our first (spayed female) was between 2-3 years. She was pretty spoiled and used to having us to herself which was a concern for us. We actually adopted a semi-feral neutered male who at the time was 6-7 months. Young enough that he...

Our cats are trained to know that a kissy noise means food (simple Pavlovian conditioning thing). So they'll both come running to a kissy noise. Milo comes when I call his name. Cat only comes if she thinks she'll get food out of it.

Please don't spank him.

It's early days yet. I know how difficult it is to wait for your kitties to get along. The having meals on each side of the door so they associate each other with a positive experience helps. My SO and I also played with a cat on each side of the door so that they could stop thinking about...

When it escalates to too much yelping/squawking, I usually separate them with a clap or just say "ok, enough!" in a regular voice. They seem to get it.

If you think your cat would enjoy having a playmate, and you can do it, I'd go with that. My first cat was alone for 8 hours a day and she was stir crazy by the time we got back. She has been waaay happier with a companion. Most cats calm down with age. Also, it wouldn't hurt to have...

Our 15 month old male, Milo, was a rescued feral. He was extremely skittish when we first got him (8 months ago). If you walked too loud/fast, he would jump/hiss. He was always ready to defend himself. He's gotten more used to most regular household noises, but he definitely still jumps and...

I only thought to keep Marty in full time for now since it would be harder to reintroduce the brothers to each other if Marty wasn't there to do it. Also, I would worry that during this stressful time, and particularly since Marty has already taken off for 3 days already that he might do...

For litter, we used to use World's Best, and liked the clumping capabilities as well. However, our cat tracked this all over the apartment and it was not fun to clean off all those little yellow cat paw prints (cute as they were) off of our couch. We switched to Feline Pine. Our cat didn't...

Interesting. My mother-in-law's kitten does something like this. He's probably about 5 months now and when he's about to take a nap, he'll usually ball up and then start sucking his own belly. He was found in a trash can along with his 4 siblings at 4 weeks old so it's safe to say that he was...

It's interesting that your cat started up with kneading at 3, but I've definitely seen cats that were with their mom long enough still enjoy an occasional knead. Our female cat only needs in the cooler months. Never in the summer. We adopted her at just under a year old and the person...

Awww...I love these cute stories about people and their hugging kitties! My 2 are funny. They're not very mushy...but they both love being picked up and "snorgled." My little boy was making the cutest little noises when I was carrying the female, "Momma, my turn!" My female will rub faces...

He's showing his affection for you (it's like rubbing up against your legs)! So sweet. When my semi-feral was comfortable enough to touch noses with me, I was certainly flattered that he could trust me so much.

Burrito her. Wrap her in a towel, insert into cat carrier, and do all this fast. The skill of wrapping a cat into a towel securely and quickly is something that doesn't come naturally to everyone, but it's definitely helpful. I am not looking forward to the day that I have to put my...

Maybe it would help to keep Marty in full time for now and do a complete re-introduction? Or separate them for now and then re-introduce them when Taylor is feeling more himself?

Interestingly, when our second cat came off of kitten food and switched to regular ol' cat food, he stopped sniffing our first cat's butt. He was really into that when he was eating a different food. With the dominance, our first is a 3 y/o female and our second is a ~1 y/o male (both fixed)...

FP worked so well when we just had my 1 female. With the addition of our male semi-feral who pees/poops like a monster, I think we may have to switch. It used to be that it took our female 2 weeks to really break down the pellets into used sawdust. These days, one day of the males peeing and...

Depends on the cat. Cats are fairly territorial and for the most part, frequent moving/readjusting to another territory usually isn't fun for the cat. I have 2 cats - one of mine would probably be ok, the other would definitely not. Although, I should point out that even the one that would be...