They were napping on the bed together today!!
I guess the lure of clean warm laundry was too much to bear.
I guess the lure of clean warm laundry was too much to bear.
Yeah.. I think she is stubborn. Just now Soleil did her 'haloween walk' towards Singa and Singa just ran away and hid under the dining tableOriginally Posted by cheylink
As long as they react to each others warnings, each time there should be a little more give. Some intros take longer, in your situation( or should I say Singas), a few months even. It sounds like there is a lot of respect for each other, someone maybe stubborn.
What sort of symptoms did your cat have?Originally Posted by Malakaiii
It's wonderful to see my two cats playing together after only a few days and the older one (who the vet actually diagnosed as having a nervous disorder), is not phased by the little one at all.
This is more or less what the situation between Singa and Soleil is at the moment, only that I had tried the isolation for a couple of days. But I have the feeling it is not the smell, but the sight of the little kitten that is freaking Singa out and causing her to hiss and run awayOriginally Posted by Raleigh'sParent
Wow.. This is a good thread!
My wife has a cat, Raleigh..She is 1.5 years old and is not the kindest cat.. I cannot really pet her.. She is very skiddish, etc..
Well, I wanted a kitty I could play with and we though Raleigh needed someone to play with while we were gone..
So, we picked up a new kitty.. Pogue.. She is a 3 month old gray tabby cat..
We just brough Pogue home today and Raleigh is none too happy about the addition, and of course, Pogue does nothing but want to play with Raleigh... Raleigh has only swatted at Pogue once but has been hissing quite a bit..
We really do not want to seperate them, but I guess that is what we are going to have to do..
I was just holding Pogue and Raleigh seemed to be "relaxed" but she is still very apprehensive and kinda lurks around the house...
We just put Pogue on the ground and she ran right up to Ral's, with just hissing from Raleigh..
No real fights yet.. I guess we'll head to Wal-Mart and get another litterbox and water/food tray and give the isolation a shot...
Jeff and Harley
she's lovely, too! congrats on the intros going well!Originally Posted by Malakaiii
My Pixel is a tuxedo too. She's 14 weeks old.
Tak's problems have really died down a lot in the past few months, at least. But what got her the nervous disorder diagnosis was I had gone away for a few weeks and she was living her with my boyfriend (they both always live here). Well I guess she really missed me because once I got home, she would meow CONSTANTLY. At all hours of the day and night. Plus she would tear up the toilet paper, and chew anything plastic (photographs, magazines, bags, etc). And when we took her to the vet, she was highly violent (biting, scratching, snarling). It was a really stressful time for all of us...Originally Posted by Raleigh'sParent
What sort of symptoms did your cat have?
Our Raleigh acts extremely nervous, all the time.. She's extremely skittish..
I think this exactly how the realtionship between Singa and Soleil is. I wouldn't call them friends yet. We haven't seen any grooming. Yesterday Singa stopped hissing alltogether. I'm really happy about the development. We have stopped locking Soleil away (which we did at night or when we weren't home, just to be sure nothing happens). And it's really getting better and better every day. Soleil is eating Singa's food, but she seems ok with itOriginally Posted by urbantigers
With Jaffa and Mosi it's been a gradual process from tolerating each other to actually liking each other. I've had Mosi for just over 10 months and although there's never been any really bad fighting between them, Jaffa hissed at Mosi whenever he got too close to begin with. Then he accepted him and would groom him but hissed or growled when Mosi got too playful. Then they had a period of getting on well and playing together, but usually at least one moment of hissing/growling each day as a result of Mosi jumping on top of Jaffa wanting to play (or sometimes just challenging him). Things deteriorated a bit as Mosi matured but then improved again and for a while now I've considered them fine together, although we still have a bit of hissing by Jaffa whenever Mosi irritates him. This morning I woke up to find them both on the bed indulging in a spot of mutual grooming which was nice, and the first time I've seen Mosi groom Jaffa. Their relationship is constantly evolving but it is slowly getting better and better. I think they've gone well beyond tolerting each other now and both enjoy the other's company.
Good luck!!!Originally Posted by WalthamstowUK
I am so delighted to read all these threads and very pleased that singa and soleil are sort of getting on now!
We have not been so lucky. Our old cat (we are in week 3 now) has been put back into her room during the day, and we let her out at night time when the two kittens are put into the living room. This way at least the older cat gets a wander round the house. Everyone seems very happy with this arrangement of not interacting at all, so we are going to leave it for another week and then try the introductions again, doing all the scent things too and hope that it works - fingers crossed! Otherwise we may have to re-home the older cat as last week she took to really chasing the kittens and hissing and spitting so we couldn't have them together at all. The kittens now hiss back but they are quite a bit smaller than the older cat so they generally run and hide.
But your stories are all cheering me up that this may eventually work! I am going to get some of that feliaway stuff too next week for the introductions!