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I have a senior female and just over 2 years ago, adopted 2 semi-feral male kittens (bonded pair). I did everything right with the slow introduction but she hated them on sight and they don't like her, either. Okay, this will pass, I think. It will just take time. But it hasn't worked. One...

We adopted an elderly cat 2 1/2 years ago from a shelter, no ideas about her past life. It was pretty rough going...she randomly bit me...hard...for 1 1/2 years before finally calming down. She didn't start becoming affectionate until about 6 months ago but now she's a real lover and sleeps...

I adopted two feral kittens nearly 2 years ago. They are a bonded pair and so sweet and loving. The only problem we have is that they are SO wild and SO destructive that it's starting to wear me down! They've shredded wallpaper...gouged window sills...ripped up bedding, curtains...

I have 3 cats and 4 litter boxes, 1 of which is in the closet of my little two-room attic office/craft room. I don't know who the guilty party was (1 elderly female, 2 1.5 yo boys, all fixed), but someone started urinating standing up. The urine went into the drawer of an old plastic...

I have one cat who LOVES to nibble on everything. He comes running when I carry in the groceries and I have to constantly shoo him away from the bags because he is obsessed with chewing on the plastic. He chews on my hair, and eats any debris he finds on the floor. I brush him a lot and he...

Nearly a year ago, I adopted two semi-feral 8 - 10 week old kittens. I had an elderly female cat at home. I did all the proper, slow introductions. She just never warmed up to them. She STILL doesn't like them. They're full-of-energy teens now and bother her quite a bit. She sleeps most of...

I have one elderly cat (Calliope) and adopted two kittens (now almost a year old - Frances and Barnabas). Frances was the runt of the litter, so incredibly tiny that I was worried about his health. Well, he's made up for it. A couple months ago, he suddenly got "hungry." He ate his food. He...

I adopted a bonded pair of kitten siblings this past spring...the runt of the litter (Frances) and the biggest of the litter (Barnabas). Frances was almost scarily tiny and the foster lady advised that I free-feed them both as much as they'd like. Fast forward several months. The kittens are...

I adopted a senior cat 6 - 8 months ago. Since I've had her, she's bitten me multiple times, unprovoked. A couple of times it was misdirected aggression - we were watching a dog, she hated it, bit me a few times. But dog is long gone and still...this morning was typical. She wakes me up at...

3 1/2 weeks ago, I adopted two now-15 week old kittens. Bonded siblings. I have a resident female here (age 10 - 12). I have kept them completely separated for the entire duration. Kittens have 2 rooms to themselves and get about an hour/day to roam the downstairs while resident cat is...

I adopted two semi-feral kittens two weeks ago. They're now about 3 months old. For a week, I left them in one room. Then, I expanded their territory to two rooms. The runt of the litter, Frances, seems to have accepted us completely and has stopped running away...and loves to be held almost...

I just adopted two semi-feral kittens (feral 'til week 8). In the week that I've had them, they've stopped hiding and now run to greet me, purring and rubbing against my ankles. Little lovers! They have their own room until they get a little bit bigger. I work from home and spend at least...

About 5 months ago, we adopted a senior (age 10, but I think she's older) cat from the shelter. We had another senior cat in the home, but she sadly died a couple of months ago. I have to admit that our current cat seems to enjoy being an only cat. She's a bit standoffish and just does her...

I've had many cats, and they are always great at communicating their needs to me. But my newest cat is a complete mystery. We've had her for going on five months now, and she's just as mysterious as the day we got her (10 year old female tabby). She gets me up early and I feed her. I make...

About 6 weeks ago, I noticed a subtle change to my Tabitha's routine. Instead of thumping down the stairs for breakfast, she stayed upstairs on her heated bed. She was 12 and I figured that she was just getting older. I brought her food up to her and she ate heartily. A month ago, I noticed...

We're on our 3rd month with our senior adoptee, Calliope. She is a sweet girl, but she has a nasty biting habit, and it's getting worse. Now, I've been around cats. I know about overstimulation when petting. You have to watch the signs. Tail starts swishing, pupils start dilating, ears...

For the past 3 years, we've fed and loved a feral barn cat who came with our property. She has a deluxe cat house on our long front porch for cold nights, several chairs with cushions for afternoon naps, and we feed her there, too. We are five weeks into an introduction between our prickly...

When we lost our older cat to cancer in February, we adopted 1 1/2 y.o. male as a companion cat for our 10 y.o. female. Within a week, he was aggressively jumping on her/rolling her/biting her. We tried for a month to distract him/wear him out with toys/keep them as separate as possible, but...

I have a 10 y.o. female tabby who lost her lifelong friend and companion to cancer in February. I tried to adopt two successive young males for her and it did NOT go well. After a while, they BOTH started jumping on her, biting her, rolling her, attacking her. I talked to the behaviorist at...

We inherited a barn cat with our property and love her. She's fairly friendly with us and stays up on our porch a lot of the time, unless she's out scrounging for field mice. We feed her and bring her into a warm space on cold winter nights. However, a new feral has arrived. I think it's...