Hi All:
I am wondering if I could get some advice from you. My 2 1/2 yo kitty is a rescue from a golf course. I walk her daily on a harness and leash, but she always wants to be outside, something I’m not going to let her do on her own. We have had her 8 months.
A month ago I adopted Boogie who is 6 months old and full of kitten energy. I hoped for a peaceable kingdom with both cats getting along. Boogie is now bigger than Purry who is only 6 pounds. Boogie has recently been neutered. He wants to play all day long. He plays rough with Purry, leaping on her and smacking her to the floor, or furniture. Purry growls and sometimes yeowls in pain. Boogie is just playing, but Purry does not want this. This is very hard on all of us.
Two weeks ago my husband was walking Purry and let the leash go, as he did not think she would run away. Just at that moment a squirrel ran up a telephone pole. Purry followed and ended up 25 feet in the air! So scary. After a crowd gathered and I called the fire department, she decided to climb down head first. She is very athletic. She didn’t have a scratch on her. Husband is not allowed to walk her anymore.
I’m afraid Purry will run away. She has been climbing up on the window screens and is staying right near the outside doors when we go through them. She has intensified this behaviour since Boogie came to us. They both have microchips, but I don’t want this to happen.
Is there any hope that they will, at least, be able to live together in the future? I have to give Purry a time-out by closing her in a separate room when Boogie is really ramped-up. Any advice would help. Thanks
I am wondering if I could get some advice from you. My 2 1/2 yo kitty is a rescue from a golf course. I walk her daily on a harness and leash, but she always wants to be outside, something I’m not going to let her do on her own. We have had her 8 months.
A month ago I adopted Boogie who is 6 months old and full of kitten energy. I hoped for a peaceable kingdom with both cats getting along. Boogie is now bigger than Purry who is only 6 pounds. Boogie has recently been neutered. He wants to play all day long. He plays rough with Purry, leaping on her and smacking her to the floor, or furniture. Purry growls and sometimes yeowls in pain. Boogie is just playing, but Purry does not want this. This is very hard on all of us.
Two weeks ago my husband was walking Purry and let the leash go, as he did not think she would run away. Just at that moment a squirrel ran up a telephone pole. Purry followed and ended up 25 feet in the air! So scary. After a crowd gathered and I called the fire department, she decided to climb down head first. She is very athletic. She didn’t have a scratch on her. Husband is not allowed to walk her anymore.
I’m afraid Purry will run away. She has been climbing up on the window screens and is staying right near the outside doors when we go through them. She has intensified this behaviour since Boogie came to us. They both have microchips, but I don’t want this to happen.
Is there any hope that they will, at least, be able to live together in the future? I have to give Purry a time-out by closing her in a separate room when Boogie is really ramped-up. Any advice would help. Thanks