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Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If your goal is to keep them both at the shop, that's where they should get to know each other for the initial week.

If Max goes back and forth, that may confuse the fellas in the beginning. Also, if they do become brothers, taking Max home at night may create separation anxiety for PussPuss.

The age difference between them is nothing to be concerned about. They're almost the same age.

Are they sharing the same litter box? If so, that is an EXCELLENT sign. Some folks believe that each cat should have their own. I say if they're sharing, one will be just fine. Same with food and water - if they share, great! If not, you may want to look into separates.

Good luck! We humans always want them to be friends right away - I am guilty of this as well! It just takes a little time. :-)

^5 Pamy!

And to answer your last question, GAL: YES!


Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 2:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL, I totally agree with Half and Pamy about giving the cats time. I've grown up with sooooo many cats. My family always had like 5-7 cats at a time. We love cats. And cats have so many different personalities. I really do feel that. But I honestly can't count how many times we've introduced new cats and kittens, only to have another cat get their nose out of joint because of the newcomer. And for all those bazilion introductions, I can't think of a single instance, where we just plain could not keep the cats together.

The hissing and growling will be normal. Many times, the senior cat will go sulk in a hiding spot for a few days, and slowly but surely, they ease back into normal life. They'll come out of the bedroom to get food, with that grumpy look on their face. The kitty will be too friendly, and the senior cat will run back to their sulking place.

Bit by bit, the senior cat will grow comfortable with greater levels of closeness. Before you know it, PussPuss will be cleaning Max and they'll be snuggling together on the couch. But yeah, it usually takes about a week, and it is usually very gradual. They DO need to live together though for sure. Keeping them apart give mixed messages I think.

I also agree with Halfunit about the need for them to share food and litter box.

Good luck!!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, all the advice givers here are right on. Everything going on right now is quite normal and to be expected. As long as they are not spraying all over the place and knocking over priceless crystal vases, just try to ignore the histrionics. Things will settle down within a week or so. As, uhhhh, somebody said up there, before long they will be licking each other's heads and curling up for naps together.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just sitting here waiting for the vet's office to call for me to go pick up Ophelia. She's in for her annual. Siamese have a propensity for gum disease, so we have to shell out mucho bucks every year for dental. In the past she has had to have two teeth pulled, but by keeping on top of her dental problems we have added years to her life. She is 12. The doc thought she would have lost all her teeth years ago, but when we took her in this morning she didn't even have bad breath, and believe me it can get bigtime bad.

She also has to be checked for diabetes as she has had it before, but when we cut down on the meds she takes for a chronic cough the diabetes subsided. She's been one costly cat from the get-go.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
But she's worth it, isn't she OG???

Good news! Not sure if I mentioned it before or not, but a stray kitty found his way into our house on a freezing cold night about 2 months ago. We were going to keep him, but 5 cats is just too much for us!

So I brought him to one of the local rescue groups about or 2 weeks ago. They neutered him and long story short -- the new owners just called. They are so happy with him. I guess the rescue place interviewed them for like 2 hours!! They have a 4 yr. old son and a 6 yr. old daughter and they all love each other! Turns out they don't live far from here and we are going to get our kids together to play when warmer weather returns!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ah, I love a happy ending!

Halfunit
Moderator

09-02-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OG, I have smelled that smell before.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Then you know what it is very reminiscent of. is right!!!

Halfunit
Moderator

09-02-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Heh... I smelled it before Kitty had to have 10 teeth removed.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My girl Pagan isn't Siamese but she had to have 2 teeth pulled when she was 10. She's 12 now. She does have Siamese characteristics though so I often wonder if somewhere in the chain there was a Siamese. lol She's completely black but her face is shaped similiar to a Siamese cat and she's VERY finicky (sp?).

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Miz, it is very possible. People are always surprised when their 'alley' cat who was bred to another 'alley' has a Siamese kitten. That can only happen when both parents have Siamese in their genes.

Anyhoo, Ophie has been at the vet's since 8 this morning and I was getting a bit antsy. She had to have a tooth pulled. They gave her a shot for pain and want her to sleep it off there. I am to get her at 4 this afternoon.

I'm glad this is only my 'grand' cat. My daughter will have to cough up the bucks for this check-up, shots and dental work. It is usually about $300.



Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
$323 to be exact. Poor baby did her Siamese howls a few times after she got home. Wouldn't have a thing to do with either me or her mom most of the evening. However, she did eat some soft food and slept a good night. And, she is a lot more friendly this morning. You still can't see the blue of her eyes as they are so dilated. Her mom was going on about 'My poor stoned Ophie!.

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 6:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A Morning with Max.

purrrpurrrrpuuurrSTRETTTTCCCCCHHHHHHsnugglenuzzlemmmeeerrr - what'sunderthecoverWHATISUNDERTHATCOVER? Could it be . .. .could it be A TOE??!!!??? Oh, JOY!! Backup, backup and POUNCE (I'm going to get it this time, gonna use my back feet) and KICKING and KICKING. Yes, I do fingers too. Wait, where you going? Are you going downstairs? Because I can beat you there, and run circles around your feet at the same time . watch. WHADDAYA MEAN, DRY FOOD? I want TURKEY!!!!! Yes, that IS my tail shaking in your face what are you going to do about it? Wait is that a TAIL? And CIRCLES and CIRCLES gonnagetitthistime. Oh, goody it's shower time I like to help. Wait a freakin' . . . is that . . . is that a STRING hanging on that blind????!!! HOLY SHIT, giveittomegiveittomecomeHEREit'smineIgottitDANGITHOLDSTILL!!! Hmmmm, let's see what's so fun about that shower it seems nice and warm wait a minute are my FEET WET??? Crap, man, I can't let them know I was in the shower, if I look blase and shake off one paw at a time they won't even notice. Oh, lookit they left the laundry room open if I hide behind the washer they'll never find me SHITSHITSHIT they found me. Gotta try to be good, I'm trying to be good HEY PEOPLE CAN'T YOU SEE ME TRYIN???? Sorry, Dad didn't mean for you to catch me on the counter. What time is it? Oh, time to climb the fig tree just LOOK at those DUCKS why aren't they afraid of me? Mom, you KNOW I look pretty peeking out of these leaves, please don't take me down. Is that . . . is that a BALL bouncing down the stairs? CrimiNITly, I thought I killed it last time this time I'm going to chase it all the way across the house and then roll all the way back til it really gets dead so I can give it to Mom. She'll be so proud of me. And ROLLING and RUNNING and RUNNING and ROLLING . . . this catnip mouse is just FABULOUS . . . wait just a doggone minute. Is that an empty LAP??? What is wrong with you, lady - let me know when there's an available lap, I'll FILL IT, just LET ME KNOW!! Oh, ya, this is nice, let me turn around a little bit, hey scratch HERE, that's good now don't move because I gotta lay down and purr for awhile it's IMPORTANT! Yes, you can type but I'm going to help by laying on my back and swatting at your hands don't mind me man it's hard to stay awake I'm gonna catch a couple of winks now DON'T MOVE.

Sheesh!!! Mom needs a nap now too. Have I said it's only 8:00 a.m.?

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Goddess, that was hysterical and I can relate. Except try 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. Since H and I split, I have almost quit jumping out of bed in terror at the bumps and crashes in the night. I just go back to sleep and survey the damage when it's daylight. If they know I'm awake, Miss Dolly and Sarabelle think it's time to play. And if I move a foot under the cover when Sarabelle knows I'm awake, she dashes over, stops, checks it out and then jumps straight up in the air.

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Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Native, I trained Julio to sleep in the bedroom with me at night when I lived alone because I wanted to make sure I knew whether I needed to shoot at the noise or just throw a shoe at it. LOL.

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, first I am proud to say I just posted my first picture. May I introduce my sweet little ladies - Miss Dolly on the left and Sarabelle on the right.

Now, my question is why did it go ahead and post my message before I had finished figuring out how to do the pic?

Goddess, they both sleep with me, but they still perform search-and-destroy missions in the night.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Beautiful kitties, NT!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the chuckles, GAL.

Congrats on your very first posted pic of the two cute cats, NT.

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Native, your kitties are beautiful!! How old are they? And do they like neutered tabbys LOL?

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DOn't know if this has already been posted or not, but here's a little screen cleaning for you:

http://www.bassfiles.net/cleanscreen.swf

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Miss Dolly is a 2-1/2-yr-old Ragdoll who weighs about 12 lbs. Ragdolls, which are a cross between Persians and Himalyans, are very docile and do not reach their full growth until about 4 yrs. and can weigh over 20 lbs.

Sarabelle was adopted from an animal shelter and is a highly curious 9-mo-old brown tabby. I believe she is going to be petite.

We originally adopted a female silver tabby that was about Miss Dolly's age and the minute she came into the house terrorized Miss Dolly. After three days, we had to take her back and found Sarabelle. They immediately fell into a mother-daughter relationship.

Our morning routine consists of them sitting on the side of the tub between the shower curtains while I take my shower. When I'm through, Sarabelle will get in the tub and examine it. While I'm dressing, they lounge close to wherever I am. As I walk out the door for work, I reach over and open the window blinds. They will fly through the house to jump in the window. They don't realize this is my way of knowine no one is closed up in a closet, room or anywhere they shouldn't be. Miss Dolly will even run and jump on the chair by the window when she thinks I'm about to leave. They are sitting in the window as I pull out and they are sitting there when I come home. Invariably there will be something turned over or out of place (which I have no doubt is Sarabelle's doing) that will prove they have not been sitting there like well-behaved little ladies while waiting for Mommy to come home.

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL! I think our cats were separated at birth. That whole post reminded me of my Max. Such a bugger. My Max LOVES to help with showers too. We have a clawfoot tub and he'll walk around the whole edge peeking his head in through the curtain openings on each end of the tub. Quite often he'll even SIT in the tub while you're showering, not in the direct shot of the water, but still SIT in the tub nonetheless. He goes crazy attacking things under the covers as well as play with your hands while you're typing or writing. And then just as you're getting ready to get up and go about your business he'll find a nice comfy spot in your lap and take a nap. It never fails!

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL, I loved reading your Morning with Max. Thanks so much for the laughs!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL you channelled the sub-adolescent feline mind perfectly!! If those strings are loops, cut them now!!

You and Colossus are the bestest catparents!

NT, lovely picture of lovely cats...

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Such pretty kitties, Native_Texan!

GAL: That was hysterical. Sounds like Max had a great morning.