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Columbine thanks for the advise, we have a harness that we've tried a few times and can probably get him more comfortable with; I've always been nervous that he'll cross paths with dogs or something.

I've posted several times in the past regarding a kitten/cat introduction. We neutered the kitten around the 5 1/2 month mark. This is sort of a broad complaint, but this Siberian kitten is a jerk. He is a joyous, fun-loving brute who loves to tackle the adult who is now smaller than him. Our...

We've had our new kitten for about 10 weeks now. He's between 5/6 months old and have finally grown larger than our adult cat (she is a runt...6 1/2 lbs). She's hated him since day one and mostly just avoids him. His antics were always very playful and submissive until recently. I think he's...

Foil we had out for a while, he plays with it. I'll have to try the tape

He really doesn't mind walking on foil

Our Siberian is almost 5 months old now. He is a joyous, fun-loving kitten with only two operating modes (as expected): play-play-play or nap-cuddle. We still do our best to get lots of playtime energy out of him, but he seems to almost grow more energetic over the last few months. The...

I've posted before, we had a fairly tense kitten/cat introduction with a 7-year-old adult and a 3-month-old kitten in our 900 sq ft studio apartment. We saw progress and changes about every other day. Now, 6 weeks in, it seems like we've arrived at how things are going to be. They coexist, but...

Our 4 month old kitten is pretty rambunctious...as to be expected. For the most part he's great and doesn't cause trouble, but he likes to play with his water dish. Dip his paw in, drop toys in it occasionally, and knock it around. He still drinks out of it but he gets it dirty. Is this a sign...

So my wife and I are in a studio. We've tried to establish boundaries with the kitten. It's allowed on the bed, but we're going to completely ignore it until the alarm goes off. For the most part this works for me. It'll cuddle up against us and maybe sniff my face a few times early in the...

Ok, 17 days in. Things still getting better each day. Despite the adult getting used to the kitten and, at times, almost seeming to enjoy his company; she is a cranky tired old cat who really doesn't want to play. The kitten goes after her tail and will chase her around, but is very gentle. I...

I'm struggling with my first kitten and am by no means an expert. The only methods I've found for this type of training is to walk away and ignore them if they do something you don't want....or shake a tin can full of pennies.

Thanks ShadowsRescue this is good advise. Giving them a treat to satisfy the eat is a good idea. Training a kitten is hard...one thing I wonder is positive reinforcement -vs- negative feedback. I have a tin can with coins that I'll shake if the kitten bites cords or does other such things. They...

"back up" meaning separate them completely? Their safe/isolation rooms are pretty small cause I'm in a studio. I know I've repeatedly gotten "advise" that this isn't ideal and they need this and that, but I'm in a situation where I need to try and make it work with what I've got. I can use...

You may remember my earlier posts. I am now 2 weeks into a kitten/cat introduction. I went through the whole scent introduction, site swapping, eating by door etc. Things kept getting better: they sniff each others noses, i feed them next to each others, they sleep on separate tiers of the cat...

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