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    6 month Siberian is a jerk

    I've posted several times in the past regarding a kitten/cat introduction. We neutered the kitten around the 5 1/2 month mark. This is sort of a broad complaint, but this Siberian kitten is a jerk. He is a joyous, fun-loving brute who loves to tackle the adult who is now smaller than him. Our...
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    5 month old bully - will neutering make a difference?

    We've had our new kitten for about 10 weeks now. He's between 5/6 months old and have finally grown larger than our adult cat (she is a runt...6 1/2 lbs). She's hated him since day one and mostly just avoids him. His antics were always very playful and submissive until recently. I think he's...
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    How to discipline punk kitten

    Our Siberian is almost 5 months old now. He is a joyous, fun-loving kitten with only two operating modes (as expected): play-play-play or nap-cuddle. We still do our best to get lots of playtime energy out of him, but he seems to almost grow more energetic over the last few months. The...
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    Kitten/Cat Introduction - 6 weeks in, final form?

    I've posted before, we had a fairly tense kitten/cat introduction with a 7-year-old adult and a 3-month-old kitten in our 900 sq ft studio apartment. We saw progress and changes about every other day. Now, 6 weeks in, it seems like we've arrived at how things are going to be. They coexist, but...
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    Punk kitten won't stop playing with his water

    Our 4 month old kitten is pretty rambunctious...as to be expected. For the most part he's great and doesn't cause trouble, but he likes to play with his water dish. Dip his paw in, drop toys in it occasionally, and knock it around. He still drinks out of it but he gets it dirty. Is this a sign...
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    14 week kitten won't let wife sleep

    So my wife and I are in a studio. We've tried to establish boundaries with the kitten. It's allowed on the bed, but we're going to completely ignore it until the alarm goes off. For the most part this works for me. It'll cuddle up against us and maybe sniff my face a few times early in the...
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    Aggression or pecking order?

    You may remember my earlier posts. I am now 2 weeks into a kitten/cat introduction. I went through the whole scent introduction, site swapping, eating by door etc. Things kept getting better: they sniff each others noses, i feed them next to each others, they sleep on separate tiers of the cat...
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    Is this progress - could I leave these two alone?

    Hi again, We've reached a full week with my adult cat and 3-month kitten. The kitten is most active for about 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening. We obviously play with him at these times, but if we ignore him for a few he'll follow the adult around and just want to be close...
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    Litter and Territorial Behavior

    So my cat + kitten introduction is actually making significant progress...I think. Several days ago the adult would hiss and growl when she could see the kitten. The next day she would only do that when he got kinda close. Now, the hissing and growling is 98% gone. She will let out a more...
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    Cat introduction and scent

    I have another post regarding introducing my adult cat to a new kitten, but I wanted to talk about scent specifically. At this the adult is obviously very aware of the kitten scent, but just don't like it. They each have their own small isolation rooms in my studio (bathroom for the kitten...
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    Resident cat meets new kitten - stress reaches critical mass

    Looking for advise;  We have a 7-year-old domestic short hair that we got when she was 6 mon old. I don't think she was ever socialized cause she doesn't purr and tends to have a personal space bubble. She can be super affectionate but its always kind of on her terms. My wife has been begging...
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