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Lucky is acting territorial
My mum has come down to my house for awhile to celebrate christmas, and
she dicided to bring her cat(which has it's own issues, but I'm not going to go into that) Anyways, Lucky has been acting really territorial... She hisses and growls at tribble(mum's cat) and doesn't want to be near anyone who's touched tribble. I'm sure I know why she's spazzing out so much, so I just want a few tips and gradually easing her stress and tips on getting her to accept strange cats better in the future. To cover why I think she's flipping out so much... I got her at two days, when she was really little. My aunt decided it would be a good idea to get a cat also, and she got one that was about a month old. When lucky was big enough to walk around and whatnot, my aunt insisted I take her over to visit eve(my aunts cat) Eve, at that point, was a bouncing cat who liked to play with everything that moved and Lucky moved. Understand, from the second it first happened, I Never approved of what was happening. My cat would scream and try to get away and Eve would be estatic that the new "toy" was being "playful" This happened one or two other days when Lucky was little. That whole episode is what I think is primarily responsible for her territorialness, but I would really like to train her out of it. Sooo... Any tips and advice would be really helpful! Thanks much in advance |
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"raenee" wrote in message oups.com... My mum has come down to my house for awhile to celebrate christmas, and she dicided to bring her cat(which has it's own issues, but I'm not going to go into that) Anyways, Lucky has been acting really territorial... She hisses and growls at tribble(mum's cat) and doesn't want to be near anyone who's touched tribble. I'm sure I know why she's spazzing out so much, so I just want a few tips and gradually easing her stress and tips on getting her to accept strange cats better in the future. To cover why I think she's flipping out so much... I got her at two days, when she was really little. My aunt decided it would be a good idea to get a cat also, and she got one that was about a month old. When lucky was big enough to walk around and whatnot, my aunt insisted I take her over to visit eve(my aunts cat) Eve, at that point, was a bouncing cat who liked to play with everything that moved and Lucky moved. Understand, from the second it first happened, I Never approved of what was happening. My cat would scream and try to get away and Eve would be estatic that the new "toy" was being "playful" This happened one or two other days when Lucky was little. That whole episode is what I think is primarily responsible for her territorialness, but I would really like to train her out of it. Sooo... Any tips and advice would be really helpful! Thanks much in advance When I first brought Muscat home, Chablis was relentleesly stalking him & beating him up. I stumbled on the idea of giving them both a bath.... It seemed to work. After bathing them, one after the other, I took them both & curled up on the couch with a blanket. They huddled together under it, shivering & grooming themselves. I got up & made dinner, leaving them under a blanket-tent on the couch. By the time I finnished eating, they were curled up in a damp little ball together, asleep. Ever since then, they have been acting like litter mates. Hope this helps. -- Mathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas |
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wow... That sounds like that would do it. Kindof a "The enemy(each
other) of my enemy(water) is my friend" type of deal. Not too bad, I'll ask mum if I can soak her cat Thanks much |
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On 2004-12-23, raenee penned:
My mum has come down to my house for awhile to celebrate christmas, and she dicided to bring her cat(which has it's own issues, but I'm not going to go into that) Anyways, Lucky has been acting really territorial... She hisses and growls at tribble(mum's cat) and doesn't want to be near anyone who's touched tribble. I'm sure I know why she's spazzing out so much, so I just want a few tips and gradually easing her stress and tips on getting her to accept strange cats better in the future. To cover why I think she's flipping out so much... I got her at two days, when she was really little. My aunt decided it would be a good idea to get a cat also, and she got one that was about a month old. When lucky was big enough to walk around and whatnot, my aunt insisted I take her over to visit eve(my aunts cat) Eve, at that point, was a bouncing cat who liked to play with everything that moved and Lucky moved. Understand, from the second it first happened, I Never approved of what was happening. My cat would scream and try to get away and Eve would be estatic that the new "toy" was being "playful" This happened one or two other days when Lucky was little. That whole episode is what I think is primarily responsible for her territorialness, but I would really like to train her out of it. It's possible this is why she doesn't care for Tribble. It's also possible she just doesn't care for cats. Can you keep the cats in separate areas of the house? After all, they don't need to get along for the rest of their lives; just for a few days, right? -- monique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! |
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nah, I can't keep them in seperate areas... We only have one cat box
and that's in my room. They seem to be doing pretty ok, though... They're not playing with each other, but they're also not messing with each other. |
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they're doing a bit better... They had a little confrontation under the
bed, but it was brief. Lucky was rooting under the bed and before she knew it, she found tribble... After a couple seconds of staring at each other, Lucky stuck one paw at out and poked tribble in the side. Then they both hissed a bit, looked at each other again, and went about their own business. I was moderating from the side of the bed, so it was all ok. *poke* |
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"raenee" wrote in message oups.com... nah, I can't keep them in seperate areas... We only have one cat box and that's in my room. They seem to be doing pretty ok, though... They're not playing with each other, but they're also not messing with each other. Just give it time. In most cases the cats work it out with nothing more than some posturing and noisemaking. |
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