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Hi, I've been lurking for a bit.
I live in South Florida, recently you may have heard about our visit by Wilma. In order to help a local shelter during the hurricane, I took in 3 very young (1 week old) kittens. This was easy as they were crated and slept most of the time and my two cats (both 8 year olds) kinda looked at them like it was no big deal. It's been awhile since a baby was in the house and I adopted one, now named Lucifer (or Lucy for short - and to keep the neighbors from thinking we're devil worshippers, lol). Lucy is going to be 6 weeks old and he's been with us for about 2 weeks. My female (Xena) is gradually accepting the new kid on the block, she doesn't hiss at him and when his antics get too wild she just leaves. My male (Hobbes) ain't havin any of it. He's still very miserable..growling, hissing and sometimes over aggressive with Xena, oddly. He's knocked little dark lord on his ass a few times, but doesn't seek him out for displays of aggression. Both Xe and Hobbes are fixed and, sadly declawed,(I was uneducated when I had this done). My question is, how long does normally take for the newbie to be accepted? I have been crating Lucy at night, more for my continued sleep than his safety, as I leave him loose with the big cats during the day. And I am compensating with additional affection,etc. The hissing and growling is getting nerve wracking. Any thoughts? |
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On Sun 27 Nov 2005 09:23:55a, wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav
roups.com): Hi, I've been lurking for a bit. I live in South Florida, recently you may have heard about our visit by Wilma. In order to help a local shelter during the hurricane, I took in 3 very young (1 week old) kittens. This was easy as they were crated and slept most of the time and my two cats (both 8 year olds) kinda looked at them like it was no big deal. It's been awhile since a baby was in the house and I adopted one, now named Lucifer (or Lucy for short - and to keep the neighbors from thinking we're devil worshippers, lol). Lucy is going to be 6 weeks old and he's been with us for about 2 weeks. My female (Xena) is gradually accepting the new kid on the block, she doesn't hiss at him and when his antics get too wild she just leaves. My male (Hobbes) ain't havin any of it. He's still very miserable..growling, hissing and sometimes over aggressive with Xena, oddly. He's knocked little dark lord on his ass a few times, but doesn't seek him out for displays of aggression. Both Xe and Hobbes are fixed and, sadly declawed,(I was uneducated when I had this done). My question is, how long does normally take for the newbie to be accepted? I have been crating Lucy at night, more for my continued sleep than his safety, as I leave him loose with the big cats during the day. And I am compensating with additional affection,etc. The hissing and growling is getting nerve wracking. Any thoughts? When I took in kittens (I took in two last year) I separated the kittens from the adults. They were in a spare room with a screen door, and I let them co-exist only when I was home. My dominate male took over "mom" duties, and he started getting aggressive with the other adult female. I wish I knew the right way to introduce them all, but the kittens are great with the male, they're also great with the other established female. But, I still have problems with the older male and the older female. The male just doesn't like her any more. They have their moments, but for the most part, he chases her out of any room he's in. So, I understand your frustration. -- Cheryl |
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Hopefully it won't take much longer. Now in my case I won't be adding any
more kittens to the family since my Siamese mix will have none of it. I can honestly say it took at least a full year before she would even be in the same room as my calico. They still occasionally have a mild hissing fit at each other but have come to a truse and amazingly I do find the two of the curled up sleeping together once in a while now. Celeste wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I've been lurking for a bit. I live in South Florida, recently you may have heard about our visit by Wilma. In order to help a local shelter during the hurricane, I took in 3 very young (1 week old) kittens. This was easy as they were crated and slept most of the time and my two cats (both 8 year olds) kinda looked at them like it was no big deal. It's been awhile since a baby was in the house and I adopted one, now named Lucifer (or Lucy for short - and to keep the neighbors from thinking we're devil worshippers, lol). Lucy is going to be 6 weeks old and he's been with us for about 2 weeks. My female (Xena) is gradually accepting the new kid on the block, she doesn't hiss at him and when his antics get too wild she just leaves. My male (Hobbes) ain't havin any of it. He's still very miserable..growling, hissing and sometimes over aggressive with Xena, oddly. He's knocked little dark lord on his ass a few times, but doesn't seek him out for displays of aggression. Both Xe and Hobbes are fixed and, sadly declawed,(I was uneducated when I had this done). My question is, how long does normally take for the newbie to be accepted? I have been crating Lucy at night, more for my continued sleep than his safety, as I leave him loose with the big cats during the day. And I am compensating with additional affection,etc. The hissing and growling is getting nerve wracking. Any thoughts? |
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