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    Sweet cat with redirected aggression, please help: euthanasia may be the only option.

    This thread is a ride! So glad things have been getting better for you and your kitties! I have heard of people introducing sounds slowly to get a sensitive cat desensitized.... Perhaps to continue to improve CC's redirected aggression, you could practice introducing new sounds? I think the...
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    Cat intros at a standstill

    I saw a cat show about neutral reinforcement? If a cat does undesired behavior, you put them in a time-out room that is pretty comfortable for the kitties with some soothing kitty music. The trainer was saying this will help the cat reflect on his or her behavior? I saw it AFTER my kitties...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Goodness! It has been 8 months since my last update, and 1 year and 3 months since Pika joined us. Just in case anybody is going through what my husband and I had to go through, I wanted to give HOPE! :) When I first posted here, I thought that integrating our two kitties might be the death of...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Pika ALWAYS wants to be around Coffee... even if she is growling the whole time XD Coffee: Pika:
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Is that Poki in your picture? Coffee is a kind of a tortoiseshell too is why I ask (ticked torbie to be exact). Pika is a gray/white tuxedo! That's good to hear that your kitties are doing better. At week 2, Coffee was still growling and hissing at me (despite being so loving normally) and she...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    I have always been discouraged when posts like these go silent, so I wanted to make sure to give an update! It has now been almost SEVEN months since we brought our then 9 month-old male cat Pika into our household with a then 5 year old female cat Coffee! Pika refused to leave Coffee alone...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Thank you for the responses! I do play with Pika, but he seems to have lots of energy and a very high prey drive (growls during play, drags toys around in his mouth - growls if you get too close, etc.) I have also tried Feliway, but it didn't seem to do very much for them. I will just keep going...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Just wanted to post a quick update. Most people seemed to be of the mind that I just let them free together, so I've been doing that more often... I usually stop Pika from actually reaching Coffee when he gets into that "intense stare and stalk mode" though because that has always ended badly -...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Well! Here's to SEEING GOOD PROGRESS for all of us! :) I'd be curious to hear how your situation works out too. It sounds frustrating that your kitties got along fine before too... fingers crossed!
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    Cat won't stop pouncing other cat

    Can I ask how long you had Phoenix for before he finally stopped pouncing on Astro? I have a very similar situation and am wondering how often I should be using the whole separating-into-another-room method for.
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Coffee's ears go back when Pika gets too close also, which I think means SHE isn't playing?
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Thanks for all of your insight! :) They are out together again right now. Pika pounced at Coffee again, but there was a screen door between them. Does the fact that Pika posture himself really big and squints his eyes before pouncing mean play? I feel like Pika is probably trying to play...but...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Well, they were still able to eat their dinner together without any problems despite their earlier scuffle, so I suppose it wasn't as big of a backtrack as I feared. Perhaps tomorrow I will try to let them both roam free, with a harness on Pika in case we need to use it (but not have him be tied...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Soooooo, we let them out. It went well for the first 15 minutes. Neither cat really bothered the other at first. Coffee was just chilling on the couch growling whenever Pika got too close. However, Coffee eventually jumped from the couch and started walking around, and Pika started fixating on...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    They are both fixed BTW!
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    It's Pika who gets a harness every once in a while since he doesn't seemed bothered by her and is not afraid in the least. However, I'm going to take everyone's advice and just let them work it out. I was just afraid of having all our hard work go to waste if they fought. I read somewhere that...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Hmmm.... So i guess I'm wondering if I should just let them meet each other without ANY restraints. I guess my biggest fear is that I let them approach each other, a fight breaks out, and I un-do the 4 months of painstaking work to get them to where they are now. Is it better to just keep...
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    Months Of Cat Introduction

    Hi all! I am a first time poster seeking advice on how to integrate my two kitties. Coffee is 6 years old and has been with me since she was discovered injured with her siblings at 8 weeks. She moved with me across the globe with me and has been with me through grad school and marriage! She...
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