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Will There Be Dominance Issues Among Two, Older Male Cats?
Posted on February 6th, 2010 4 commentsI have three cats; two females and a male all between the ages of 5-7. Yesterday I saw a beautiful 6 year old male ragdoll cat up for adoption. I am seriously debating on whether I should adopt him. The only thing that concerns me are possible dominance issues between the two males. My male is so laid back and has such a sweet disposition yet has only been around other female cats. Anyone have any suggestions or is it just too risky? Oh btw, all my cats are fixed and declawed including the one I may adopt. He also gets along well with other cats according to the previous owner. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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I Want To Adopt A Siamese Older Cat?
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 8 commentsi would like to adopt a siamese older cat ,but cannot find a siamese rescue in hull north humberside anywhere..prefably a chocolate one or i would willingly adopt 2 does anyone know of a siamese rescue or any one that wants one rehoming… please please help i want an indoor cat lots of love to give….
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New Cat Biting Older Cat’s Fur?
Posted on January 31st, 2010 1 commentI took the time to introduce my new cat to the old cat by keeping the new one in a room by himself and slowly bringing in things with the other cat’s scent and vice-versa for 2 weeks. Then I introduced them and everything seemed more or less ok for about 3 days. Now the new cat has started to bite my older cat’s fur, like mouthfuls of it. When you look at the fur, it actually looks like it was cut with scissors (not pulled out at the roots, but cut with his teeth!)
I’m not sure what to do or why the new cat is doing this? I realize it’s a form of aggression, though the new cat has his ears forward and acts like he thinks it’s play, but obviously it’s not. It’s very weird behavior I haven’t come across before. I’m not a cat expert, but I have had cats all my life and have never encountered this before. The new cat is an F-5 bengal I adopted, if this makes any difference in your answers.
Squirting water, reprimanding with a loud “no” or other loud noises, doesn’t distract the new cat one little bit. He’s extremely self-assured and fearless of everything.
The new cat was nuetered about 2 months ago and is almost 3 – could he still be working out some of those hormones?
Has anyone ever pursued/used vet prescribed drugs like BuSpar to make a more submissive cat more assertive or some of the other drugs they recommend to calm down overly-aggressive cats? Which ones did you use and to what effect?
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When A Cat Gets Older?
Posted on January 29th, 2010 4 commentsOK I have a cat that is getting to be in his senior years, And now he is starting to lose some of his teeth. None of them are his canines. But I was wondering if this is normal? If breed makes any difference, he is a Bengal.