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I will try to catch a video of it next time they do it!

I have two cats (at the same time) for the first time in my life. One is 13 and the other is about 1.5 years. It was a heck of a journey getting them good and introduced to each other (almost a year before I felt they were trustworthy to be alone together) but now we are finally at a place where...

Hey guys, Sasha was spayed on Monday the 26th, and today we noticed some issues with her incision. I brought her into the vet immediately, and she got a round of antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. She was not given a cone when we picked her up from the vet (which I now know they sell...

I would honestly absolutely love love love to get another kitten. Unfortunately with my living situation right now I don't think I can add another cat to the mix... maybe I'll try make it happen anyway

Haha no worries!! :flail: Your point still stands! I think once Sasha has been spayed that will help, but the significant age difference makes me think we'll never have those cuddling, grooming cats. And that's ok! I'll love them both individually enough for everyone. No problems :D I'm...

Hi Timmer, thanks for the reply! Sorry, yeah, Chloe is 9 years. She is also fixed, and Sasha will be on the 26th of this month. We do hope that once she's fixed it'll take the edge off of our process here. Sasha still spends most of her day and sleeps in the safe "cat room" that we set up for...

Yeah, I've read like every article that gets tossed around this section a couple times over, too. Thank you, but at this point I'm wondering if I need to hire a professional to take over my cat introduction :thanks::lol:

Hi again :bawling: So, you might have seen my last post. It's me posting about Chloe (9) and Sasha (almost 5 months). We've had free-roaming kitties while we're in the house for a couple days and we're starting to get used to the sounds, but I feel like the attitudes are getting worse between...

It's just terrible haha! For the last couple days as soon as we let Sasha out of her room, Chloe hunkers down under the dining room table and defends that space like crazy. Sasha comes in, gets yelled at, and eventually leaves. Is this good? I feel badly that Chloe spends so much time hiding...

Awesome, thanks for the advice everyone! This morning we let Chloe see that Sasha was coming out of her room and then let them go where they wanted. We waited for them to encounter each other, and then sat in the room at a distance while the hissing and growling and snarling went on...

YES! That is almost precisely the sound we keep getting from Chloe, it's just horrible! I've never owned two cats at the same time before and Chloe has always been exclusively an indoor cat so I've never heard her make this sound before! I guess it's basically an extreme warning? The good news...

danteshuman, I thought it was weird too honestly, everyone says that kittens are way easier to introduce to an adult cat. I don't know, maybe we kept them apart too much when she was still really small? She was just so little, I was worried about them getting away from me and Chloe getting...

Hello everyone! Me again. Not quite as panicked and teary this time, we've been making steady progresses with both Sasha and Chloe, I think. They're still not remotely getting along, but our exposure therapy has gotten more aggressive since my last post. The hissing and growling doesn't concern...

Yeah, I think we're going to give it few days of feeding through the solid door again to build up some confidence, and then we're going to do some gates. Maybe we'll leave the gates up while we're in the house so they can see each other and walk by whenever. Definitely gonna have to get another...

We did try baby gates a couple time actually!... and it didn't seem to go well, so we went back to feeding on either side of a door at the time (as per Jackson Galaxy's introduction advice). We've been lax with that lately because we have family staying with us, too. I'm sure that's not helping...

Oh, yes, definitely! All this talking about them I've done, and no pics! Shameful on my part haha! This is my first time doing this so apologies if they don't show up -- This one is baby Sasha! And here's one of chunky Chloe! I'm definitely going to have to be a little braver with them...

I appreciate your honesty! I know I'm being too cautious, I can feel it and EVERYONE thinks I'm being crazy and keeps saying "Megan just let them do what they're going to do" but I'm so scared to just open the door and let them at each other. I can afford vet bills in an emergency, but I really...

Hey, y'all. Me again. Same issues. I don't know what do to. I'm trying to remain calm and treat both my cats like normal because I know they pick up on my emotions, but I'm getting so stressed with this that I start to cry just thinking about it. I don't want to give up, I'm not planning on...

That's a really good way to phrase it, thank you for that! I'm just nervous that someone is going to get hurt if we don't intervene, so we've been really heavy on the separation. Do you think it would be a good idea to let them give chase sometimes? They're just so much faster than me, so when...

She's only 11 weeks!! We got her at 8 weeks, we've been doing our slow intro for 3 weeks today. :)