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    Success introducing kitten to our cat!

    Just wanted to follow up from a few months ago. Daughter rescued an 8 week old female kitten from a bad situation. We already had a 2 1/2 year old female in the home. They are happily coexisting now, and they play hard! We kept them separated until the kitten was combo tested, then we did...
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    introduction of kitten not done properly :(

    ArtNJ gives great advice! We are on week three of introducing a kitten to our 2 1/2 year old female. I don’t want to jinx it, but I think it is progressing very well. We did a week of room swapping, a week of exposing them through the French (glass) doors, and this week they are face to face...
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    How do you know when to do face to face intro (kitten to cat)

    Tonight there was some pawing from underneath the door. Lots of low groaning coming out of our two-year-old cat. I think she’s super curious, excited, and afraid all in one.
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    How do you know when to do face to face intro (kitten to cat)

    Yes, we've been doing this through the French doors every night after dinner for about a week. I just took a video, but I guess you can't post videos. The adult cat stuck her paws through the bottom of the door for a few seconds and then stopped and proceeded to eat her wet food. I took that...
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    How do you know when to do face to face intro (kitten to cat)

    I'll have to check into a tall gate, not sure it will work with our door frame. The "Eat, Play, Love" -- not sure that will work either. The adult cat has zero interest in her nightly wet food, because she won't take her eyes off the kitten (through the glass door). (kitten looks freakishly...
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    How do you know when to do face to face intro (kitten to cat)

    We have a 2 1/2 year old spayed female. My daughter rescued a 8 week old female a few weeks ago. She is now about 11 weeks and 3lbs. She had been in my daughter's bedroom, very comfortable, for the first two weeks until she got combo-tested. Now that we have the all-clear, we have been doing...
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    I really don't like my cat's personality

    We took in a foster last year right before shut-down -- a single female kitten about 8 weeks old. She was sweet then and would hop up on your chest and fall asleep. My spouse then declared we were keeping her. We lost our 13 year old cat a couple of years ago; I was happy with just fostering...
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    kitten doesn't like to be petted

    Same here! Got our kitten around 8-10 weeks old. We actually were fostering her, but she stole our hearts when she'd climb up up on our chests and fall asleep. Fast forward to 6-7 month old, and the only way I can get her to sleep on me is by gently picking her up and putting her on my chest...
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    My cat is losing social skills and need for affection

    Same here! Got our kitten around 8-10 weeks old. We actually were fostering her, but she stole our hearts when she'd climb up up on our chests and fall asleep. Fast forward to 6-7 month old, and the only way I can get her to sleep on me is by gently picking her up and putting her on my chest...
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    Kitten gets "bitey" while on the bed...

    Hello -- I am "foster failure" with a spayed, female kitten approximately four months old. She was found by herself, and I offered to foster her since she is an "only" and I could turn her around in a week or two and easily get her adopted. Anyhow, my husband fell in love with her, and decided...
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    Update on my two fosters (fleas)

    I really appreciate you saying that! I am in the cold, far north, which made hanging out in the freezing garage all weekend combing and sterilizing stuff all the worse. My understanding is I shouldn't bathe the cats because it reduces the effectiveness of the Advantage Multi that was applied...
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    Update on my two fosters (fleas)

    I know I have started several threads on this, but here is where we are at. To recap, I picked up two six month old boys from a gross house on Saturday (we have no pets ourselves). I took them directly to the rescue (at Petsmart). She flea combed, saw "dirt" and immediately treated them with...
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    Ok to bring cats inside after flea treatment?

    to clarify -- what I am asking is that it has been long enough that all the live fleas (if any) will be dead? I have no other pets in the house and so very flea free environment (and want to keep it that way).
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    Ok to bring cats inside after flea treatment?

    I picked up two fosters yesterday that showed flea dirt. They were treated with capstar and Advantage multi about 18 hours ago. They have not been in my house yet , and are in a crate in the garage. Rescue told me to flea comb the dirt out after. Is it ok to do this in my laundry room? Would...
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    Nervous Foster Mom here -- cats in my garage! Need advice!

    PS: last time I went in the garage, the one cat was eating which was nice to see!
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