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Ok so for some context I have two kittens, Oreo and Nugget. They’re about 9 weeks old now and Oreo is the main troublemaker here! She is very strong willed and will keep doing something even when I tell her stop and no plenty of times. And when I get up to pick her up and put her somewhere else she either hides under the couch or tries to run away. This is really frustrating for me because in the moment I grab her when she is in the middle of trying to hide under the couch and I don’t want to do this anymore. Also, she just doesn’t like being held as much, it’s annoying when I try to cut her nails or simply put on a new collar because she doesn’t sit still and I have to keep grabbing her in my arms again and again because she wants to run away.
She meows when she doesn’t want to be held for long and it makes me sad because nugget on the other hand is so much tolerant than she is. You can pretty much do anything to nugget like kiss her, hug her, pet her, and keep her in place in your arms for a while but with Oreo even when petting her she pulls her head away and it really discourages me sometimes to even interact with her. I play with them everyday with a wand toy and I try to give them as much love as I can. My mom and I have spoiled them and give them treats everyday as well as wet and dry kitten food almost 4 times a day because they’re really hungry throughout the day.
When we first heard of Oreo and her sister our next door neighbor found them in the snow around earlier this year and told us about Oreo and how playful she was. She gave oreo to us and she was instantly comfortable with us, at first I gave her some space and she had full access to the house. She slept on me on the first day and she was really cuddly and loving- she still is but much less than before. Then when we got Nugget, her sister which she’d been separated from for only 5 days. Oreo became very aggressive with her as I don’t think we introduced them properly. Oreo would get on top of Nugget, bite her neck and make nugget scream and we didn’t like this at all. Nugget was much more timid, fearful, and in our opinion more loving than Oreo. Oreo also started getting into more trouble and more aggressive over the next few weeks (We got them both in March). They’re almost fully vaccinated and so far it’s been ok with them except for today when Oreo wanted to scratch the inside of the pullout sofa we had today and I kept pushing her off and telling her no and stop and she wouldn’t listen and after two times of pushing her she still had the audacity to scratch the side of the sofa once more and then when I finally got up she wanted to run away and she tried to go under the sofa but midway I grabbed her lower stomach and pulled her before she could escape and put her in her cat condo. She always thinks she can get away with these things and hide. Like I have no intentions of hurting her but I seriously get really frustrated when she can’t be as relaxed and somewhat not as much of a troublemaker like her sister is. When I don’t feel like picking her up and bothering her because I know she doesn’t like being held or being pulled from a place she wants to hide I spray her a few times with a small water bottle we have when she does something wrong again. I don’t think I’m doing this right with Oreo, I think I need more patience and I need more tips to deal with kittens. I love them both it’s just that I don’t really know how to properly handle Oreo when she misbehaves and I don’t want to scare her. Can someone please help me? I really want to reconnect and repair my relationship with Oreo and raise my kittens well and I will do anything to do so. here are some pics of Oreo and Nugget for reference:
Oreo
Nugget
She meows when she doesn’t want to be held for long and it makes me sad because nugget on the other hand is so much tolerant than she is. You can pretty much do anything to nugget like kiss her, hug her, pet her, and keep her in place in your arms for a while but with Oreo even when petting her she pulls her head away and it really discourages me sometimes to even interact with her. I play with them everyday with a wand toy and I try to give them as much love as I can. My mom and I have spoiled them and give them treats everyday as well as wet and dry kitten food almost 4 times a day because they’re really hungry throughout the day.
When we first heard of Oreo and her sister our next door neighbor found them in the snow around earlier this year and told us about Oreo and how playful she was. She gave oreo to us and she was instantly comfortable with us, at first I gave her some space and she had full access to the house. She slept on me on the first day and she was really cuddly and loving- she still is but much less than before. Then when we got Nugget, her sister which she’d been separated from for only 5 days. Oreo became very aggressive with her as I don’t think we introduced them properly. Oreo would get on top of Nugget, bite her neck and make nugget scream and we didn’t like this at all. Nugget was much more timid, fearful, and in our opinion more loving than Oreo. Oreo also started getting into more trouble and more aggressive over the next few weeks (We got them both in March). They’re almost fully vaccinated and so far it’s been ok with them except for today when Oreo wanted to scratch the inside of the pullout sofa we had today and I kept pushing her off and telling her no and stop and she wouldn’t listen and after two times of pushing her she still had the audacity to scratch the side of the sofa once more and then when I finally got up she wanted to run away and she tried to go under the sofa but midway I grabbed her lower stomach and pulled her before she could escape and put her in her cat condo. She always thinks she can get away with these things and hide. Like I have no intentions of hurting her but I seriously get really frustrated when she can’t be as relaxed and somewhat not as much of a troublemaker like her sister is. When I don’t feel like picking her up and bothering her because I know she doesn’t like being held or being pulled from a place she wants to hide I spray her a few times with a small water bottle we have when she does something wrong again. I don’t think I’m doing this right with Oreo, I think I need more patience and I need more tips to deal with kittens. I love them both it’s just that I don’t really know how to properly handle Oreo when she misbehaves and I don’t want to scare her. Can someone please help me? I really want to reconnect and repair my relationship with Oreo and raise my kittens well and I will do anything to do so. here are some pics of Oreo and Nugget for reference:
Oreo
Nugget