Recent Content by Jeffk

it just takes time. I haven’t gone back to see what else you tried but with our very timid girl, we kept her in the spare bedroom. My wife and I took turns at just sitting quietly in the room, completely ignoring her. After a couple of weeks, we started sleeping in there at night as well (taking...

I'll add that for the first time ever, I just saw Mr Wigglesworth and Xanni not only pass each other without hissing or fighting but they actually stopped and nose bumped. Xanni then wisely came inside, because even I could see the urge to pounce bubbling up in the boy's brain.

Yeah. Xanni will occasionally make all the full-on catfight yowling noises just because he's walked into the room but I think that's more a warning to him not to even think about starting something. I do worry that one day she might accidentally cause him some damage because nobody wants to be...

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes it feels like we're getting absolutely nowhere. That was pretty much the story of Xanni and April (and back then, Norton). Two years after Xanni arrived, we'd pretty much given up on she and April ever being friendly, but came home one day to find them...

We bfing out the wand toy most nights. All three will play although both Mr Wigglesworth and Xanni u derstand that if you want the toy, you need the wand, so theyre more interested in getting that, than any toy that might be dangling from the end. So hes, they do play together although it can...

They definitely roll around and fight but there’s never any damage done. Not so much as a scratch - and Xanni could certainly cause some real injury if she wanted to. The fights are usually over quickly, with one chasing after the other. Five minutes after that, they couid both be settled on the...

Hi All, We adopted a new kitten six months ago and the integration is definitely having it’s up and downs. If anything, it feels like we’re moving backwards so I thought I might post her and see if people feel we should leave things as they are if there’s something we might do to ease the...

My cat, Xanni hates being picked up but like others mentioned here, she shows her affection in other ways. And, being a Maine Coon, she’s not all that lightweight so most of the time we’re just as happy to leave her feet firmly planted on the ground. We do pick her up occasionally though, jist...

Xanni sleeps with us off and on but it's never been a regular thing. An ex breeding queen, the cattery she was kept in was mostly wood and concrete and she's not a big fan of comfy, soft things like beds. Her habits haven't changed much at all since the boy came. She comes up my home office...

Just to be clear, it's not me that's boxing his ears - the two girls are doing a good job of that all on their own.

Hi All, its been a couple of decades since we last had a kitten, prefering to adopt older cats, so we’re a little rusty when it comes to raising one. Mr Wigglesworth is an 8 month old, ex-feral kitten, who’s been mostly accepted as a new housemate by our two older girls, Xanni (6) and April...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Looking forward to spending some quality time around here once I get Christmas out of the way. :)

Hi Everyone, Very glad to become part of this community. My wife and I have three cats but I'd have more if I could. I was seriously allergic to cats for a very long time with my eyes swelling up and stinging if I was even in the same room as one. When I met my now wife, Helen, she had a cat...