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Had an episode this morning, completely my bad but might give some insight in whether these two will every co-habitate peacefully? Did a morning swap to let new boy get his energy out, then went to swap them back so I could get some chores done and know that everyone would be safe. Picked up...

Good to know! I still don't know if he was truly lashing out at the baby since I stopped it in time, but I'll definitely start having the kids bring treats when entering the cat domain, just in case. I tried the hissing thing today when he tried nipping for attention it whatever it was her...

@ArtNJ - I believe it was a defense tactic on the cats part. I had gone into his room to get the baby's clothes that are stored there and the kids followed me in before I could block them out... So he was a bit overwhelmed I think. edit: I have further decided to be more firm with the human...

@ArtNJ - oh my 3 year old knows not to approach too quickly, to work the finger wiggles to indicate friendly pets are being offered, etc. He even knows he can safely hug my other cat and that she will tolerate more. I'm more worried about the new cat trying to rough play with three humans haha...

@SirenSong - yes! We have the diffusers and the collars so far. The main issue is that every time the new cat see the resident, he runs straight up into her face and meows and the tries to bop her on the head. And she isn't having any of it. I'm pretty sure he's trying to assert himself as the...

So it's been 11 days since my last post, and the cats are still quite tense. I allowed them to see each other through the gate to see if any progress was made, but no, still at the same point as before. going to give it another 3 weeks before another attempt is made at "face-to-face". the new...

as the title suggests, I have a recently adopted 2 year old male of unknown origins, other than he was a friendly community stray. We have had him for about a month now, and as he emerges from his shell, we have found he is a bit of an aggressive player. In the mornings he likes to nip at calves...

I have two cats, one 10.5 years, one estimated at 2 years (newly adopted). Do they really need to be on two separate foods or can i feed them the same thing? thinking of doing the Holistic Select Wet for both, just for the ease of not having to have 2 different diets.... Currently they are on...

Yeah, I feel like my husband wanted to rush things a bit in hopes that they would just get along and obviously that's not going to work. And thank you. She got to be ours for 9 years before she got a case of pancreatitis that we just couldn't get ahead of, no matter what we did, so had to make...

Yeah it hasn't even been a month since the neuter. Should I wait a few more weeks and keep separated and just let them smell/heat each other?

We have 3 currently. Will have one in the bedroom for new cat and one in each bathroom. I just don't want either cat getting hurt and I'm afraid the new cat is vying for dominance.

@rubysmama - the new cat has managed to get a single paw bop twice now, one the other day, one this morning. This morning he was following her without her realizing and the pounced once she rounded a corner. And then cornered her in one of the bathroom when she was using the litter box, wouldn't...

yeah, I know it's still super early in the introductions, but I just want to make sure we're doing it as correctly as possible, for the best chance of success =) Unfortunately our house is such that we can't put up any barriers, the house is too open-plan. I am a stay-at-home mom though, so...

This is long sorry, I'm a too-many details person.. So one of our cats was put down 3 weeks ago, and in an effort to fill the void we adopted a new cat to keep our household at the 2-cat level. I'd apparently forgotten how stressful it can be introducing cats to each other since it's been 9...

That's what I'm hoping, is that Isis will adjust to the baby and not be too stressed out by a new "pet" in the house. DH and i share in feedings and cuddles, honestly Isis would take cuddles from any adult or even a calm child, it doesn't matter if she met them before or not. She does get very...

So since I found out in May that I'm pregnant, I've been trying to acclimate my very needy kitty, Isis, to the idea that I won't be able to be just hers any more. She no longer sleeps in our bedroom (that's where the baby will be for the first 6 months to a year), and she has coped with that...

Thank you so so much Anne! So we think we figured out the problem, at least a little bit. Friday we hadn't spent our normal amount of time with her, and being locked out of the bedroom at night was still a very new thing, so she wasn't getting her usual "people" fix. So Saturday, Sunday, Monday...

I'm sure this has been a thread in the past, but I dunno if my situation is a tiny tiny bit different: We have two cats, Isis and Saki, and they have had open access to our bedroom since we got them six years ago, and Isis has almost always slept on the bed with us. the DH and I recently found...

@tulosai - thank you so much for that! i want to write the note, just didn't know how to make it sound without being blunt. my husband and i don't even mind them roaming our property, just as long as they don't mark our doors/porch and use my flower beds and veggie garden as their personal...

definitely touchy. supposedly, one of the cats is their "most favorite" yet it roams around the block indiscriminately. i just don't get it, but whatever. I will leave a note in their mailbox, with my email address, letting them know that their kitties are roaming again, and that i'd like to...