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Hi...again. I didn't post any real intro, so here is one. ^_^

Now some of you might have already read my previous posts in the behavior section, and possibly got a wrong impression about me for being an ignorant. -_-

I never raised cats within the U.S so while posting around here, you're likely to catch me pass a funny question. Raising cats from where I live is different. For example breeding rights, as far as I've noticed, don't exist.
I'm not going to expect everyone to understand that though. I'm aware not everyone will be reading this and I'm going to have to read a lot too.

My cats were assumed at first Siamese but later on someone told me they're Meykong. I once asked a similar question online and someone told me pure breeds are rarely sold as they're very expensive.

This is my cat Pixie, almost 2 years old now. It's the same pic I posted in the pictures section.


And this is her deceased sister Yuna.

 

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Hi Chaajo, and welcome to the site!


I'm so sorry you lost Yuna..

Pixie looks like a gorgeous girl.. what big eyes she has!
 

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Welcome to TCS Chaajo.

I'm sorry to hear about Yuna,  do you have  Pixie back staying with you now?  She looks adorable, and quite an expressive character with those big eyes of hers.  Very sweet.  
 
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MServant, no Pixie's staying with another lady because she owns a tomcat. I'm going to have to take her back home soon but my concern is she might get stressed if I separate her from the cat.
 

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If she hasn't been spayed she is more likely to feel stress while she is with the tom.  I would be inclined to bring her back home to yours sooner rather than later and unless you are really keen to breed with her for some reason look to spay her so she does not continue to experience the distress of regular calling.  She could then settle and relax in your furever home without the stresses on her body, and all the risks that pregnancy involves.  Pixie looks like an adorable little character and I am sure she would settle quickly with you. I would miss having my cat with me and can't imagine him staying with anyone else (though he might want to!).
 
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MServant...I also forgot to point out that the two cats have been together for almost a year...will this have an impact on the cats or one of them? And if one of them starts developing separation anxiety, can that be resolved?
 
 

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If you have a queen and tom cat in the same space the queen is going to be stressed.  The likelihood of Pixie being more stressed by moving her to a new home where she does not have the attetions of a tom cat are very slim.  If she needs a little help to calm her when she moves I would try Feliway for a few weeks. Bare in mind if she has not been spayed and comes in to season when you bring her home she may call very loudly and appear distressed: this is not because she is missing the tom cat, it is purely to do with her hormones and she should see a vet as soon as possible to look at spaying.  

If she wants companionship once she has been spayed and had time to settle then she  might like the company of another neutered cat or animal of different breed.  I would take it slowly though, and let her settle in to her new home and her hormones settle after she has been spayed.  
 
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MServant. Thank you so much for answering!

And does this apply for the tomcat as well?
 
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Although it seems that the female is the one likely to get stressed, I wonder if what could happen to the tomcat as well? Whether being spayed or not.
 

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Tom cat is driven by his hormones and he's stressed whether he's got a female or not, he just has to do what his hormones are driving him to do. Whether he gets it together with your little female or not, or how many times he will continue to be stressed and driven to seek out more female attention.  Imagine what that is like for your little cat.  He will seek out females in this way until he is neutered, and if he is in contact with another entire tom cat they will fight and cause very serious injury to each other.   It is the female that is stressed unnecessarily in this situation and it is the female who's health is jeopardised in the pregnancy and in giving birth. Please think again about bringing your cat home now.  It is not an emotional attachment like a human relationship, or a female cat 'wanting to be pregnant',  it is a male hormone driven encounter that the female cat can not get away from. 
 
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