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Sorry to be a downer, but just to be real, if there are troubles, the a few days here, maybe a few weeks there, aspect of it will make it hard to make & keep progress. Its totally worth trying, you never can predict these things, but if it were me, I'd fall back on permanent separation if it...

Hissing can be communication, and its a normal thing for a smaller, less active, or less play crazy cat to hiss when they have had enough or the other cat is being a bit too rough for their taste. My two are 12 and 8 pounds. When they were younger small cat routinely hissed when big cat was...

I think it depends on how your older cat did with the one year olds, and if he is now totally comfortable with them. Because, if the older cat really didn't do great with the one year olds, and even now isn't comfortable with them, the new kitten could pretty easily refan those flames back to...

When I stopped being able to get my former indoor/outdoor now Houdini-cat to back away from the front door by any other reasonable means, I stationed a stick-type thing (an old crutch for a while, briefly a broom, and now I have a wooden pole). A little tappy tappy with the door stick and he...

The odds of a cat using a bed that you have bought or suggested are

Cats are more active at dawn and dusk. Twilight hunters basically. Combine that with spring & its a big deal to them. At some later point in the evening, they look for a safe, cozy spot to sleep. So as a practical matter, if an indoor/outdoor cat isn't in by a certain point, its likely...

Still seems highly likely it was the bobcat to me. Unless you had a camera on, it might have been by more recently. And even if the bobcat left two days before the incident, the smell was likely still there, and your cat was on a state of heightened alert. A lot of these incidents are...

Probably the bobcat if the timing matches up.

It could have been a lot of things, but the % is its either an animal outside or he is injured/sick. Either way its not your fault. Personally, I'd take the cat for a vet visit before surrender, but I completely get how scary that is. And if it was an outside animal, that can be difficult to...

We had a cat pee in our suitcases when we got back. Happened with two separate trips, (doh!!!) so I definitely believe that this is a possible stress reaction. You could always put a shower curtain over the bed when you go overnight. You do have to be able to live your life, and going...

Its not very "manly" but there actually is a way to chase cats & get them to chase you as well that many of them enjoy. But its a lot more like you'd play with a toddler. A fast toddler. But yeah, lets not go there, he doesn't sound like someone that would go for that. If he won't respect...

Oh that is a bummer that she is that stressed. I'm not sure I know what to recommend. There is some chance that keeping them in might help resolve this, but I don't know its that high of a chance. Maybe just basic stress management stuff. I guess lets see what some of the other posters think.

Firstly, keep in mind that hissing and even a light swat or two is mostly just communication, not true hostility. Not necessarily such a big deal. As far as why, I have several theories: (1) Maybe she is smelling stuff outside which is stressing her out. This might be a case of your good...

I'd bet you any amount of money it will be fine and they will be friends before long. Personally, I'd let them be together to work it out, just because it will go faster, maybe much faster. But trying to orchestrate things to be smoother/kinder/safer won't do any harm per se as long as you...

If you do get a blacklight, some people claim that lower wave lengths are better. I mean, the top selling ones on Amazon are at 395nm and I'm pretty sure that is what we owned, and it worked fine. But supposedly that is a bit too high and lower wave lengths show pet urine better. I'd honestly...