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RE: 14 yr.old cat not responding well to kittens

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Posted by: syllagirl at Sun Jul 31 22:29:04 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by syllagirl ]  
   

I was very happy to read this post. I felt ready to give up after two weeks as well. And I think that I have suffered the most compared to the cats. I feel bad for the old one as well as for the little one

We have a nine year old female whom we adopted 4 months ago. After about 2 months of hiding she decided we were safe, spent a lot of her time around us, following me around everywhere, and sleeping by my feet. But she also seemed quite down from time to time as she did spend a lot of time alone during the day due to us working full time. When we adopted her, she was a retired breading cat and she was surrounded by about 12-15 cats. So we recently adopted a kitten, thinking she had so many kittens taking away from her, and having been surrounded by many cats, its shouldn't be too bad.

It's now going on the 4th week and the old cat can tolerate the little kitten being in the same room but not close to her; Maybe a minimum of 3 feet away depending on her mood. The little one is extremely persistent, and keeps on trying to get close to her all the time, but she always gets hissed and growled at. She also quite often gets batted by the old one. She never uses her claws and many times, she just bats her paw right in front of the kitten. The kitten always rolls on her back in a submissive position. We always supervise. The poor kitten sleeps alone at night as we want to leave at least one spot (our bed) as the old ones own place. I never pay attention to the little one when the older one is around (my husband does instead as the older one is attached to me), and I do give the older one tons of attention. I also wash my hands after petting the little one, before I interact with the older one…

I must say that I am a little bit surprised how the older one has reacted, especially after being around so many cats before. But one thing is for sure, she is no longer bored…

Because I read on her that it usually takes 4months to 1 year, we have decided to stick it out as well. But I hope things turn around sooner than later, because it pretty hard on us 


   

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