Cat Chat (please go to cat chat 2)

[flyteck]

Merri is adorable, and I love his story!

Aww nice story!

Thanks guys <3 And yeah, he's my baby ;v;

Can anyone tell me what to do?

So one day, we got a cat from outside. She was such a nice cat. And three days ago we got a two month Canadian sphinx kitten. Then our other cat just began hissing at it and she even growls at me (her favorite person) when I pick her up.
What do I do?

Did you just throw the kitten into your house with her? If so, that's the problem ^^ You need to introduce them slowly so she has a chance to get used to him. It's like a stranger you've never met just moving into your house. You'd be nervous around him and irritated at whoever let him in for not telling you first. The best idea is to keep the kitten in a separate room for a while. You can let them check out eachother's scents by occasionally putting your cat in his room while letting him run around the house. Then feed them across from eachother. Once she seems comfortable with him (I'd say a week at the least) you can let him loose in your house ^^

If you introduced them carefully, just give them more time. Three days isn't really long enough for two cats to become besties.

The slow introduction works; it got my cat (who was trying to kill the two others through the glass when they were in our backyard) to be best buddies with them. He grooms them both all the time now <3

[rhysand]

Ok thanks guys. The sphinx is a girl.
Thanks for your advice

[The Lost soul]

All said above^

Hope it helps.

We simply kept Loki in our room for a bit, but that was mainly because he was a feral once and still needed to warm up to us.
Aleaha was hissy towards Thomas, but after a few weeks, she got over it and started to ease into things. Thomas wasn't really sure what to do about Aleaha... in fact he was kinda scared of a female, as Bootsy was the former monarch, and she was gone, so Aleaha took the place of the alpha female. Another female to keep him in line.

Thomas may be the big old king, but we all know Aleaha's got the throne in her claws....

Our house almost always has a dominant female cat. It's nice.

[Horsielover44]

QUESTION BELOW!
I have 5 cats! All at least 2 years
2 are 7 years of age, 1 is 6, 1 is 3 years old and the other is 2
Most of them are kind except 1 which is 7 almost 8 and we got her first.
Well, now my question. They all pick on the youngest (2 years) the 3 year old gave birth to him and ALL the cats pick on him.
He doesn't do anything to them and he rips his hair out. Like literally grabs it in his jaws and yanks it out. One reason I think is the 7 year old cat is a male and I think he is the "Dominent Male" Its really weird but I just want your thoughts on maybe is there anything I can do to help? What do you think the issue is? Thanks guys!

[Keriae]

When cats are in groups they form a hierarchy ^.^ the other cats "picking" on the youngest is simply them asserting their dominance.
Are they all fixed? I believe that will help settle them down: it certainly helped with my own two cats, when I had two.
They should be fixed anyway, to prevent any unwanted kittens, both to you and your neighbours.

Are they indoor cats or are they allowed outdoors?
Either way, it would be a good idea to give the youngest places to get out of the way: places to hide, places to get up high out of the way, stuff like that. He is literally pulling his fur out because of stress. Giving him places to go and get out of the way, and getting every cat spayed/neutered will help.

[The Lost soul]

Exactly.

Cats form ranks like many other animals. Chickens, dogs, wolves, swans, anything in a group really. The youngest is under a ton of stress, so you need to find him somewhere private. Like humans who sometimes will pluck their eyebrows from stress, animals pull out their hair too. It's the feeling of ripping at something that is soothing to them, which for many animals can either be self-inflicted, or taken out on couches, pillows, shoes...

Your boy is trying to tell you 'I can't stand this'. You need to get him somewhere to hide. Somehwere only he can go. Somewhere safe, secure, and nice. You don't want the others going there. It's HIS spot.

In our house, every cat has their spot. Aleaha her box, Thomas his basket and under the tv, and Tang will curl up with anyone who just sat down, or in the rec room. This gives them all someplace to run to. someplace to go.

It's good for stress, and if someone breaks in your house, looking to take or kill your cats. We have 2 dogs and they protect the cats, so we can rely on both lines of defense. Sadie would tear the living tar out of anyone who tried to harm our cats.

[Laark]

am i the only one that plays the bongos by patting my cats belly? she purrs the entire time.....and usually asks for more

[Lonin]

am i the only one that plays the bongos by patting my cats belly? she purrs the entire time.....and usually asks for more

XD Jack would not be amused if we tried that
Though we thought she just never purrs. Discovered that she purrs quite a lot, she just does it really quietly so you can never hear it c:

[The Lost soul]

I play them on my cat's backs, and sometimes on their bellies, only if they offer it up. It's just playful teasing. They don't mind. If they get annoyed, they get up and leave. Though... it is fun.

[Sunny Daze]

So I slept in pretty late today and Templeton woke up before I did, so I put him out in the living room so he wouldn't make a bunch of noise while I was sleeping. So when I finally woke up, he was on the kitchen table and as soon as he sees me he starts meowing and meowing. I think I got reprimanded for sleeping for so long xD

Also, I saw him do the dreaded butt wiggle haha! I was playing with him via one of his toys on a string and I thought he was finished playing so I put it down. He proceeded to butt wiggle and then chase after it. It was so cute <3