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| 1715.1 | for what it's worth | WILKIE::RUSSO | | Tue Aug 30 1988 13:04 | 8 |
| The male is eligible for a "fixing" now. I beleive 9 months is
standard. Things will probably go smoother if he is neutered.
It tends to calm them a bit. They are both young and probably not
very set in their ways. I think the first 3 weeks will be the
worst of it.
Good Luck!
Mary
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| 1715.2 | Time will tell ! | AIMHI::BOYKO | | Tue Aug 30 1988 15:37 | 10 |
| I agree. Have the male neutered now-its time. I have two
cats and introduced a third. It took only a few days of
hissing, squabbling, moaning, and then they were all sleeping
together staring at each other. They finally accepted the
third cat with no problems.
Just a matter of time!
Nancy
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| 1715.3 | Female can be spayed a 5 month - Male is ready now | EDUC8::TRACHMAN | E.T.'s ZhivagoCats....DTN: 264-8298 | Tue Aug 30 1988 17:24 | 10 |
| Sue, with both of them being so young, they should play A LOT!
If you have your little boy neutered before you bring him to
your house that would be good - youngsters that young generally
do very well - they will tumble and rough house and chew on each
other quite a bit - all to be expected! Enjoy and try not to
worry - kittens are FUN!!!!
E.T.
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| 1715.4 | get the kitten | 18022::FIRTH_CATHY | | Thu Sep 01 1988 08:13 | 12 |
| We got Bandit from a shelter and when she was 2 we rescued a tinu
kitten. Well, Bandit hissed and spat and hid for almost a week.
When we would carry her out to eat or to use the box she would
hiss. She was terrified of the kitten (guess she thought that she
was due to be tossed out again) .... well, two weeks later and they
were playfully chasing one another around and wrestling all over
the place. Now they are inperarable. Noses will be out of joint
but if the cat is basically calm and loving they will adjust in
time. Bandit really needed the company. She has regressed to being
a kitten. We had a short re-occurance of the problem when we
transferred to Maine, but things are settled once more. I think
that Bandit blamed the change on Smokey!
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| 1715.5 | Old nose to new tail !! | EDUC8::TRACHMAN | E.T.'s ZhivagoCats....DTN: 264-8298 | Thu Sep 01 1988 13:00 | 10 |
| Sue, I just thought of something else I do when I bring in a new
kid. If one of the older kids is making a little noise about the
new baby, I pick the new baby up, bring it right over to the kid
that is hissing, and put the new baby's back end right up to
the older kid's nose and let them have a good sniff - the new
baby can't see what is going on and it gives the older kid a
chance to check things out and for him to be in control with
me right there- it seems to work - I keep repeating it every
so often if the older kid keeps hissing.
E.T.
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