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What drove him off initially was that my mother began letting the neighbours' cat inside her home. Though Niko and the other cat are okay with each other, Niko didn't like the bigger, younger cat impeding on his turf, and took off. I kept Niko inside all week while I was house sitting. He was...

Oh, it's not that she doesn't want him around, but we want him to be aware that this is where he gets his food, and that it's his primary home. She had his diet food for a bit while he was with her during the winter, but now that it's here, I want him to know that this is where he's fed, and...

Hello all, I was quite active here a few months back when my boy Niko decided to fly the coop and move in with an elderly lady down the street. The good news is that while she enjoyed his company (he really helped her get through the brutal winter!), she had no intention of keeping him, and was...

The probability of this being sorted out doesn't look good, right now. It seems as though Niko's disappeared entirely. Apparently, Niko went back to the lady's house after my mom let him out on Saturday morning, and she phoned my mother the next day to say that she let him outside because she...

My room's been off limits to the dog since I moved in. ;) She's obnoxious and I don't like her, but that's because she's spoiled and isn't trained. But she's pretty mellow and quiet. Being older, she just sleeps on her couch cushion when she's home. And really, she rarely is at home, and almost...

I think it may be time to discuss alternative living arrangements for Niko with my roommate. My roommate has been acquainted with Niko for years. The thing that does make me reluctant is the fact that he has a dog. The dog (a female, 8 y/o shih tzu) is very familiar with Niko, as she's often at...

The neighbours' cat hasn't been let into our house for about 2 weeks, but I know it takes time to neutralize other cat smells. My mother just doesn't "get" things. "But Niko would go into the neighbours' house", she says. Uh yeah, but when HIS space is violated, he doesn't like that. He trusted...

Ugh, my mom let him outside again this morning. She's so dismissive, and says that he's made up his mind and clearly doesn't like us anymore, but when I arrived at the lady's house yesterday, as soon as he heard my voice at her door, he bolted right to me, and when I went into her house, he...

By the time I left he seemed more content. He was snoozing in the living room, which I guess is progress considering he was pretty tense up there when he first came back. Noticed he didn't lick me at all during my visit, but tentatively jumped up on my lap and rubbed up against my legs while I...

Forgot to mention that he's also a little pissy at me. He's sort of in a "don't touch me" mood. Not aggressive, but not as affectionate as before. Should we just leave him alone and let him do his own thing, or be really super attentive to him?

Okay, so update: we went to this lady's house and retrieved Niko. As soon as she opened the door he ran out to greet me. She invited me inside, and he was all over me. He's back here, but pretty tense, especially when he's upstairs in the main hall and living room, which is where our neighbour's...

I went through an anime phase in grade 9, and knew that "neko" was Japanese for cat, but I thought it was pronounced "NEE-koh", and didn't know it was actually "NEH-koh". But then I learned that "niko" means "smile" in Japanese, so it wasn't really a misnomer after all! 

Is there any special solution that would neutralize the smell of the other cat?

I no longer live in my mother's home, but Niko currently does as I currently live with someone who has a dog, and until I can afford to be in my own (pet friendly) place, Niko's living with her and my grandmother. Due to circumstances I have not been visiting my mother very much in the past...

One of our cats was a stray whose mom was killed by a car before she and her siblings were weaned. She's 10 now, but every so often if she's feeling affectionate, she'll sit and suck the little flap of skin between your thumb and index figure for minutes at a time. 

I'd be happy to evict Rasha! I don't mind greeting him outside when I come to visit, but he's kind of a dumb douche. My mom figured that because Niko would go to visit Rasha's house, that he wouldn't mind if Rasha came to visit us. But Rasha's owners like Niko a lot more than Rasha, so I think...

I had not considered that Rasha's presence in our house could be what's driving him off, but it does make sense. He's a much bigger cat than Niko, and does carry himself as an alpha kitty, and Niko has long been our alpha. He knows he can manipulate us into doing his bidding. After considering...

He's long been used to sharing the space with our other cat and the rest of our family, so I find it odd that he's just decided to take up residence with this lady after she's been cat-less for a year. I feel that this change in behaviour came about when our neighbour's cat Rasha (the one he's...

Almost a month after this whole saga began, and Niko's not even coming in the house, anymore. :( He'll come around once a week, but won't come inside when called, and moves away when we reach out to pet him. Dunno whether this is a symptom of a sickness, or whether he's just decided to leave us...

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