Getting New Cats, Seeking Advice Thereupon

By the way: Benjiman won't be neutered when I get him. Should I have
it done right away, or should I wait until he's acclimatized to his
new home so he won't have too many shocks at once?

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By the way: Benjiman won't be neutered when I get him. Should I have
it done right away, or should I wait until he's acclimatized to his
new home so he won't have too many shocks at once?

Personally, I do it right away and get all the trauma over with at once -
and also give him less time to start "spraying" his territory (especially if
there will be another cat in the house). Believe me, I know from
experience, there is *nothing* worse than the smell of an intact tom's
urine!

Hugs,

CatNipped



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We have been making some slow progress. For the past couple of weeks we
have been either 1) putting the new cat in a large dog cage for a couple of
hours and letting the other cats see her as well as feeding all the cats
together or 2) letting new cat have run of the whole house for a few hours
while keeping the one cat she does not get along with separated in another
room. This seems to be going okay even though the one cat that does not get
along with new cat still hisses and growls at her. For the past 2 days we
have been feeding all 3 cats together and letting new cat stay out with both
other cats (totally supervised by me, of course) for a few hours. The one
cat that doesn't get along has just avoided new cat (which is good). This
has been going okay. My only concern is that new cat seems to hyper-focus
too much on the other cats....stalks, jumps on them, chases, etc. She may
only be playing but the playing gets a little rough sometimes. I have tried
to get her attention by using a featherwand, but she still focuses on the
other cat. Not sure what to make of this behavior.

The other thing that has me a little concerned is that when she is out, she
pants quite a bit. Granted, she's running around alot but I've read that
cats shouldn't pant from overexertion. But they will pant if there is a
medical problem or if they are over-stressed. I'm not sure why she is
panting...unless it is that she is totally stressed out.

I still haven't given up on her....thanks for asking.

S.
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Response to "blkcatgal" :

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I don't think there is any set rule...each cat is different.
Right now, I am having difficulty getting a female to cohabitate
with my 2 male cats. I agree with Rene S. I would introduce the
2 slowly. They make take to each other right away...or they may
not. Best to take it slowly and not have any problems.

How is that going by the way? Any headway on the "visible kitty"
approach?

Phat Kat and Gabby have been out, by themselves, and overnight for
probably a week now. It still gets too heated and Phat Kat seeks
shelter.

Once in a while we have and continue to anticipate having to put
Gabby up here and there.

We woke up the other night to yowling and pots and pans clattering.
Phat Kat somehow leaped onto the stove and I personally think picked
up 2 pots and hurtled them at Gabby -- I could be wrong though. ; )

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The other thing that has me a little concerned is that when she is
out, she pants quite a bit. Granted, she's running around alot
but I've read that cats shouldn't pant from overexertion. But
they will pant if there is a medical problem or if they are
over-stressed. I'm not sure why she is panting...unless it is
that she is totally stressed out.

I'm not sure, but I am fairly certain that it was your new kitty that
I compared Gabby to.

When you say panting do you mean mouth hanging wide, tongue out, lots
of drool? Dog-like? Heavy kitty breathing?

Every now and again (the only time we've had to put him up), Gabby
gets this utterly glazed over look in his eyes, his pupils dilate to
the point of giant black saucers, his eyes and face twitch, and he
REFUSES to stop harassing insert anyone or thing.

However, he mainly focuses that on Phat Kat now.

It is sounding like some territory or "alpha female" thing in your
case. I've no clue really.

I still haven't given up on her....thanks for asking.

You are most welcome. Our situation is most livable now I think, but
we still have to step in so you are definitely not alone.

Here's more good luck!

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Yes, the panting is dog-like...tongue hanging out, heavy breathing. It
really has me concerned. I've read that a cat should not pant like a dog
and would only pant if there was a medical problem or the cat is stressed.

Thanks for the luck....I need it!

S.

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Response to "blkcatgal" :

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The other thing that has me a little concerned is that when she is
out, she pants quite a bit. Granted, she's running around alot
but I've read that cats shouldn't pant from overexertion. But
they will pant if there is a medical problem or if they are
over-stressed. I'm not sure why she is panting...unless it is
that she is totally stressed out.

I'm not sure, but I am fairly certain that it was your new kitty that
I compared Gabby to.

When you say panting do you mean mouth hanging wide, tongue out, lots
of drool? Dog-like? Heavy kitty breathing?

Every now and again (the only time we've had to put him up), Gabby
gets this utterly glazed over look in his eyes, his pupils dilate to
the point of giant black saucers, his eyes and face twitch, and he
REFUSES to stop harassing insert anyone or thing.

However, he mainly focuses that on Phat Kat now.

It is sounding like some territory or "alpha female" thing in your
case. I've no clue really.

I still haven't given up on her....thanks for asking.

You are most welcome. Our situation is most livable now I think, but
we still have to step in so you are definitely not alone.

Here's more good luck!

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I've gone ahead and set up an appointment with the vet to drop off the
Bengal on Monday evening for a spaying, and to pick him up Tuesday
after work.

The Bengal probably won't be too happy about going in, but by the time
he comes out I imagine he'll feel like he's left a little piece of
himself behind.

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Robotech_Master wrote:

a spaying, and to pick him up Tuesday
after work.

The Bengal probably won't be too happy about going in, but by the time
he comes out I imagine he'll feel like he's left a little piece of
himself behind.

If they "spay" him, he'll wonder what he had in the first place! I'm
sure his neuter will go fine and the timing is a good thing.

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On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:19:59 -0400, Janet Boss
wrote:

If they "spay" him, he'll wonder what he had in the first place! I'm
sure his neuter will go fine and the timing is a good thing.

Heh. Too true.

I'll say this, though; I'm sure not going to spring for neuticles.

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I'm sure not going to spring for neuticles.

I'm very happy to hear that! Talk about something done for vanity (and
not the animal's!)

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Incidentally, I'm planning to keep Diva in my bedroom (with litterbox
and food dishes and lots of newspaper over the carpet) for the first
couple of days and give Benji the run of the rest of the apartment
(with litterbox in the bathroom). I'll put their food dishes on
opposite sides of the door when I feed them so they can hear and smell
each other under the door. After the neutering, I'll put Benji in the
bedroom and Diva in the rest of the apartment for a day or so until he
recovers, and then swap them back again.

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