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I'm new to owning cats and I adopted a couple kittens a few weeks ago. Midna is a Bombay and Katara is a Snowshoe. They're both about 4 months old. I've been having a few issues with them.
- They both keep having diarrhea. They keep relieving themselves outside of their litter box. This morning I reached out to pet Katara and my hand came back covered in poo. Her bottom was filthy and she made no effort to clean it. Midna does this too. I'm getting poo stains all over my house. I get their bottoms wet and they start to clean themselves. Or I wipe them off with a washcloth. But they hate it when I do this and it still keeps happening.
- Katara constantly unleashes her claws on people: when they try to pick her up, let her lay on their laps or play with her. Because of this, people like her a lot less than Midna. She also bullies Midna. She muscles her away from the food dish so Midna can't eat any of the wet food and other goodies on top. She pounces on Midna when she's sleeping and bites her hard on the tail and head. Midna's growling and laying her ears back but she's not really doing anything to get Katara to back off.
- The kittens aren't getting along with our sheepdog, Magnum. He's friendly and calm around them but when they're in the same room Midna hides and Katara hisses at him. So the poor dog ends up hiding too. Any advice?
- They both keep having diarrhea. They keep relieving themselves outside of their litter box. This morning I reached out to pet Katara and my hand came back covered in poo. Her bottom was filthy and she made no effort to clean it. Midna does this too. I'm getting poo stains all over my house. I get their bottoms wet and they start to clean themselves. Or I wipe them off with a washcloth. But they hate it when I do this and it still keeps happening.
- Katara constantly unleashes her claws on people: when they try to pick her up, let her lay on their laps or play with her. Because of this, people like her a lot less than Midna. She also bullies Midna. She muscles her away from the food dish so Midna can't eat any of the wet food and other goodies on top. She pounces on Midna when she's sleeping and bites her hard on the tail and head. Midna's growling and laying her ears back but she's not really doing anything to get Katara to back off.
- The kittens aren't getting along with our sheepdog, Magnum. He's friendly and calm around them but when they're in the same room Midna hides and Katara hisses at him. So the poor dog ends up hiding too. Any advice?