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We're hanging in. I'm printing out your encouragement for my wife. Thanks very much. We'll let you know how it's going.

About a month, on and off. They had been in adjoining glass-enclosed rooms for about two weeks--looking but not touching--when we decided to put them together. The resident cat, Trixie, immediately attacked the baby, Babs, and scared the hell out of everyone. Fur flew. We were very depressed...

Our first cat, Trixie, and our new kitten, Babs, are still working out their differences under doors. On their first face-to-face introduction, Trixie attacked the baby, so we started over, taking it in slower stages. Our friend had a similar situation, and her vet put her cats on Valium, which...

Our main concern is that the older cat outweighs the youngster by double; it's a total mismatch, so there's not too much leeway we can give them to work out their pecking order without putting the kitten at risk. That's why the vet recommended medication. If we do resort to that, we don't know...

Our first cat, Trixie, and our new kitten, Babs, are still working out their differences under doors. On their first face-to-face introduction, Trixie attacked the baby, so we started over, taking it in slower stages. Our friend had a similar situation, and her vet put her cats on Valium, which...

Does anyone know of a kitty-safe ant killer?

I'm going to the store today for baby gates. The poor kitten needs to be in the family, and she's spent the last month in the damn laundry room. Once or twice a day we've been locking up the older cat in the basement to let the baby out in the house to stretch her legs. The kitten is still very...

We'll check it out. Thank you.

Hm. Interesting.

Thanks again. What's a "feliway diffuser"? Gary

Has anyone heard of a disastrous beginning like ours really ending up all right? Or should we start facing the possibility that Trixie simply won't tolerate another cat--at least without both of them being miserable? Gary (Buzzer)

Thanks to everyone who gave advice. We're pretty depressed about the bad beginning and the prospect of making these sweet girls unhappy. Every time we pick up the kitten, she's now terrified that we're taking her to the older cat. It makes us heartsick. We're going to try from scratch. We'll...

I'm a brand-new member, brought to you by yesterday's harrowing experience. I'm hoping you cat experts can give my wife and me some advice. This is all new to us. Last year we took in a stray female, a young cat (though she had at least one litter outside) whom we named Trixie and who has...