Hi,
I am a cat lover with two DSH female and spayed cats. I have had them for 3 years. They are just as spoiled as they can be. My one cat (abbey) a tabby is a little love bug. I adopted her through a cat rescue program when she was about 4 months old. My other cat (boo) is all black with a little white belly. She is also a love bug, but only on her terms. She was a stray and picked up by my friend off the street (about 1 year old) so I figured her behavior is because of her first year on this earth. I had boo first for only about two weeks before I brought abbey home. These two get along well, but kind of independant of each other. Sometimes boo willhiss and swat at abbey but abbey pretty much ignores her.
Well, here is my dilema. My horrible neighbors abandoned an indoor cat by throwing her outside and moving away. A really horrible part of the story is that they had another cat that they picked up and put her in their car right in front of the little abandoned kitty. I saw the whole thing from my window and my heart hurt.
I started to feed the kitty every day. She would wait for me to come home from work across the street. After about 2 weeks I caught her. She was flea ridden with miliary dermatitis from the flea bites and she scratched her neck raw which was infected. I immediately took her to the vet. She was there for 4 days with antibiotics, spayed, shots, tested for all diseases (all negative) dewormed. Now she is a beautiful diluted calico long hair. I have decided to keep her for myself but my other two cats think very differently!!!!
I brought her home and kept her in the basement for 2 days. My 2 kitties knew that there was a visitor present and saw her a few times. Then I brought her upstairs where everyone spends most of their time and put her in a small room off of my bedroom. There is no door so I blocked it off with an old storm window and screen. After 4 days I opened the room so that all cats can go in/out. Well, new kitty stays in that room most of the time. Every now and then she wanders out but not out of the bedroom. My 2 kitties won't even go into the bedroom anymore (a place that they used to spend a lot of time in). When they see the new kitty there is mostly staring and an occasional hiss or growl, no real aggresstion from any of them. Tonight I got the bright idea to switch living quarters for a few hours. I wanted new kitty (Icy) to get to explore her new home without anxiety and the other 2 kitties to enjoy the bedroom anxiety free. Well, that didn't do much. Boo hid under the bed and Abbey was obsessed with what was going on outside the door. Icy just stood at the door wishing she was in her safe spot.
I guess what I need from you all is just a little support that it will all be O.K. after a while and that patience is what I need. My heart is breaking because my 2 kitties are ignoring me and I miss them soooo much. After finding and reading this site last night I figured I could get some excellent suggestions. You all seem to know so much about cats. I have a Feliway plugin which I bought in preparation for the new arrival. Please help. I have fallen in love with Icy and I want us all to live in peace. Thanks for reading such a long dissertation. PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS??? Cat
I am a cat lover with two DSH female and spayed cats. I have had them for 3 years. They are just as spoiled as they can be. My one cat (abbey) a tabby is a little love bug. I adopted her through a cat rescue program when she was about 4 months old. My other cat (boo) is all black with a little white belly. She is also a love bug, but only on her terms. She was a stray and picked up by my friend off the street (about 1 year old) so I figured her behavior is because of her first year on this earth. I had boo first for only about two weeks before I brought abbey home. These two get along well, but kind of independant of each other. Sometimes boo willhiss and swat at abbey but abbey pretty much ignores her.
Well, here is my dilema. My horrible neighbors abandoned an indoor cat by throwing her outside and moving away. A really horrible part of the story is that they had another cat that they picked up and put her in their car right in front of the little abandoned kitty. I saw the whole thing from my window and my heart hurt.
I started to feed the kitty every day. She would wait for me to come home from work across the street. After about 2 weeks I caught her. She was flea ridden with miliary dermatitis from the flea bites and she scratched her neck raw which was infected. I immediately took her to the vet. She was there for 4 days with antibiotics, spayed, shots, tested for all diseases (all negative) dewormed. Now she is a beautiful diluted calico long hair. I have decided to keep her for myself but my other two cats think very differently!!!!
I brought her home and kept her in the basement for 2 days. My 2 kitties knew that there was a visitor present and saw her a few times. Then I brought her upstairs where everyone spends most of their time and put her in a small room off of my bedroom. There is no door so I blocked it off with an old storm window and screen. After 4 days I opened the room so that all cats can go in/out. Well, new kitty stays in that room most of the time. Every now and then she wanders out but not out of the bedroom. My 2 kitties won't even go into the bedroom anymore (a place that they used to spend a lot of time in). When they see the new kitty there is mostly staring and an occasional hiss or growl, no real aggresstion from any of them. Tonight I got the bright idea to switch living quarters for a few hours. I wanted new kitty (Icy) to get to explore her new home without anxiety and the other 2 kitties to enjoy the bedroom anxiety free. Well, that didn't do much. Boo hid under the bed and Abbey was obsessed with what was going on outside the door. Icy just stood at the door wishing she was in her safe spot.
I guess what I need from you all is just a little support that it will all be O.K. after a while and that patience is what I need. My heart is breaking because my 2 kitties are ignoring me and I miss them soooo much. After finding and reading this site last night I figured I could get some excellent suggestions. You all seem to know so much about cats. I have a Feliway plugin which I bought in preparation for the new arrival. Please help. I have fallen in love with Icy and I want us all to live in peace. Thanks for reading such a long dissertation. PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS??? Cat