Hi there and Merry Christmas! I am new here and want to introduce myself.
It is just me (Vickie) and DH (Lynn) with a 3-1/2 year old Ragamuffin (Phoebe) and a new 4 month old Ragdoll, Jewels. We have had Jewels for a little over a month now and have some behavior problems we are trying to work through. The worse for Jewels is SCRATCHING us, I have trimmed her nails once and she needs it again. Those little nails can hook you and man oh man are they painful. I have scratches all over my hands and sometimes take to wearing gloves to handle her. She will climb up into my lap and lay down and sometimes let you pet her and other times she wants to play with my hands as in swatting them and biting. We have tried just about everything we know to do. We firmly tell her no and set her down on the floor, encourage her to play with her toys (which she does wildly). She loves to play. She claws and bites my hair so I have to keep it pulled back in a pony tail.
Phoebe is more laid back and does not seem to like Jewels at all. We kept them separated for about a week and then put them together. Phoebe wants to get close to Jewels and smell her and give her kisses but Jewels, of course, wants to play and raises her paw to Phoebe's face and then Phoebe starts to growl, hiss and slap at Jewels. She is constantly stalking Phoebe and Phoebe runs out the cat door to the screened in porch to get away. We got Phoebe when she was 9 mos. old and she was already declawed on the front paws. I do not want Jewels to hurt Phoebe with her claws but Phoebe has really thick long hair. She would only get hurt if Jewels clawed her in the eyes.
Anyway, trying to work things out. Phoebe seems to be getting a little better. We close up Jewels in her safe room at night so Phoebe can have run of the house and sleep with us when she wants. I hate putting Jewels up but she is a little wild cat at night.
I know a lot of this is because she is a kitten but we are even considering giving her back to the breeder. Any suggestions or encouragement?
It is just me (Vickie) and DH (Lynn) with a 3-1/2 year old Ragamuffin (Phoebe) and a new 4 month old Ragdoll, Jewels. We have had Jewels for a little over a month now and have some behavior problems we are trying to work through. The worse for Jewels is SCRATCHING us, I have trimmed her nails once and she needs it again. Those little nails can hook you and man oh man are they painful. I have scratches all over my hands and sometimes take to wearing gloves to handle her. She will climb up into my lap and lay down and sometimes let you pet her and other times she wants to play with my hands as in swatting them and biting. We have tried just about everything we know to do. We firmly tell her no and set her down on the floor, encourage her to play with her toys (which she does wildly). She loves to play. She claws and bites my hair so I have to keep it pulled back in a pony tail.
Phoebe is more laid back and does not seem to like Jewels at all. We kept them separated for about a week and then put them together. Phoebe wants to get close to Jewels and smell her and give her kisses but Jewels, of course, wants to play and raises her paw to Phoebe's face and then Phoebe starts to growl, hiss and slap at Jewels. She is constantly stalking Phoebe and Phoebe runs out the cat door to the screened in porch to get away. We got Phoebe when she was 9 mos. old and she was already declawed on the front paws. I do not want Jewels to hurt Phoebe with her claws but Phoebe has really thick long hair. She would only get hurt if Jewels clawed her in the eyes.
Anyway, trying to work things out. Phoebe seems to be getting a little better. We close up Jewels in her safe room at night so Phoebe can have run of the house and sleep with us when she wants. I hate putting Jewels up but she is a little wild cat at night.
I know a lot of this is because she is a kitten but we are even considering giving her back to the breeder. Any suggestions or encouragement?