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post #1 of 3
8/15/11 at 11:50am
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Hi Everyone how are you all? Ok here is my story. I have 2 cats, Rusty and Misty, both females and house cats. About 2 months ago, I was sat in my garden, and noticed a ginger kitten in our outbuilding. So under fed. To cut a long story short, he is a very loving little chap, about 6 months old. He is going getting snipped tomorrow, as he has become very frisky with me!!! I have 2 questions if anyone can help.
1) He keeps biting, not hard, but still biting, we tell him to stop, and and say no and ouch, but he will not listen. Is he being playful? Will he grow out of this?
2) Im hoping for him to join our family properly once his blood test results come back, hopefully they will be clear. How do I go about introducing him to my 2 girls? Ive read endless articles, but they all say different things.

Thanks in advance x
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post #2 of 3
8/15/11 at 1:32pm
As far as the biting goes, I have one guy who still occasionally tries to bite me when playing, and he's a little over 2 years old now. When he does this, I say "no bite" in a fairly firm voice (started this when we first got him), and he usually gets the idea. If he's in a particularly obstinate mood, then I will just walk away after telling him "no bite" again. When he was little he was a little devil about biting, so I was constantly walking away .

As far as integrating, here is a good article to read:

http://www.thecatsite.com/Behavior/4...ng-Cats/1.html

Just be aware that females don't usually take kindly to having an intruder in the house, so it may take you some time until you have a peaceful household again. My girl was fit to be tied and let everyone know it . Our integration took 5 months, but then again, we were integrating TWO 6-month old kittens into a household where the two resident cats already didn't get along. Let's hope yours girls aren't quite so "witchy"!
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post #3 of 3
8/15/11 at 11:58pm
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Thank you for the advice. I think one of my girls will be fine with him, the other, it will take time. I have just dropped dodge off at the vets. I forgot to mention he has a little dribbling problem. The vet is checking for FIV and FIP, but Ive been reading on symptoms of both, and he is showing no signs of either, and drooling is never mentioned. So now Im worried he may have either or both of these diseases. He is such a lvoely little chap, so loving.
Thanks again for the reply x
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