Hello from AngelinaCat

Hi Everyone:

I just joined a few minutes ago.  I found your site while looking for solutions to the age-old question of what to do about discouraging you kitties from using the furniture and woodwork in the house as scratching posts.

We have two kittens, that we adopted a month ago.  They are both males and are about four months old.  The smaller male has just started trying to claw everything.  The large brother hasn't tried this--yet.

There are also two far older adult cats in the household, a ginger tabby (male) and a long-haired red marmalade female.  Both of these are ten years old.  They also can come and go from the house into the yard. 

The kittens haven't been allowed out yet, because we live in the woods and have owls.

All of the cats are rescued strays.

I will also add that while we were out of the state for Thanksgiving, a neighbor's pit-bull killed my beloved tortoiseshell, Angelina.  So, I am still in mourning a bit.  But the two kittens have helped.

The pit-bull has been dealt with.

And that is about all I can think of to say for now.

Thank you

Welcome to the site.  I am so very sorry for the loss of your kitty, how traumatic for you.

Welcome to TCS.  I am very sorry to hear about Angelina.  The same thing happened to my childhood Persian cat years ago (same breed of dog, too) and I understand.  Bless you for adopting the kittens.   

Thank you both for the welcome.  I plan to be coming often to read and learn. 

I've had cats almost all my life, as well as dogs.  But  I'm always looking for new information on things. 

I'm so sorry about Angelina, that's awful.  :-/   I hope you get some useful information here and enjoy sharing kitty stories with all of us.  :-)  We'll look forward to seeing photos of your kittens.  Welcome!  

Thank you again for the warm welcome!