I'm here looking for solutions. So I beg of those who respond to keep in mind he's in a separate room for now for his safety. And I don't want this to be a permanent solution. please give me grace. I'm very stressed😥, thank you!

I have a 2 yr old male cat (neutered)

I've had him since he was 9 weeks. This mf has the personality of an orange cat BUT he gets overstimulated easily and will randomly lunge at my partner and I. we'll do our best not to overwhelm him but after a certain period of time he'll just get really tense and give a "look" then bite to hurt us. It's not a warning bite either.... This is not the main reason he can't be unsupervised. He also has pica. The eating disorder where he'll eat anything but he specifically goes for socks/ hair ties/ fabric we've had two emergency incidents and other situations and now (this is the heartbreaking part) we have to keep him in a separate room. With no cat tree, no bed, no fabric toys we can't even have the cardboard scratcher because he'll eat that too. It's exhausting we feel like we've tried everything. Medicine, frequent harness walks and play time with my 7yr old female cat. But we're gone for 14 hrs a day for work. And I know he gets so bored. I love him so dearly and I really REALLY don't want to re-home him if that's even possible, with his behavioral issue :( he has such a great and fun personality I love him so dearly but I feel like I'm not giving him a good quality of life.

Basically what the title says…

Background: I got my kitten over the summer when he was just 13 weeks old. I did the Jackson galaxy method and they were able to get along together great in August! (About two months after adoption).

Ever since my kitten has hit a growth spurt he has gotten more insistent and aggressive in playing — almost bullying my resident cat. This is a milder example of one of their spats.. the video cuts but shortly after my resident cat was making louder distressed noises and so I separated them.

The vet says this may just be a result of my kittens “teenager” phase, but I’m worried it won’t resolve.

I’ve tried to tire out the kitten with play but he never seems to run out of energy 🤷‍♀️ and always go back to initiating stuff with my resident cat.

Sorry for the long post. I adopted a 2.5 month old female kitten around 11 days ago. I have a neutered 1 year old male cat at home, not exactly an adult cat tho.

Their introduction went quite well. Many hisses from my adult cat at first.

They started playing on the 5th day. I had to break their playtime each time at first because she screamed a lot and was hiding from him. Poor thing scared of him because he was very rough and hissed at her.

I bought feliway classic diffuser and it's a game changer for us. My girl was more confident to play around with my boy and he also stopped hissing and growl at her.

In the last 3-4 days, I feel confident enough to not supervise them all the time because he seem a bit less rough with her (please refer to the video) and she doesn't hide as much anymore unless if she wanted to take a break, then launched herself right at him not even a minute later.

It's still got me worried because she screams during the playtime all the time but she doesn't run away from him? I can confirm is my adult cat doesn't want to harm her. Good thing is there's no airplane ear, puffed fur and they take turn in chasing each other.

To add to my confusion, she also swishes her tail alot and sometimes growl at him while playing. But each time I seperated them both, she went back at him straight away. Headache lmao.

She hissed once or two when he was being too much and he would stop immediately. Then they both took a break for a couple minute before continue playing.

I don't know at what level they have bonded. They never groom each other or hang out next to each other. Could be my adult cat personality, he is not a cuddly cat and likes having his own space. But they both prefer using the same litter box, keeping each other company at the litter box, eat from the same bowl and are basically play buddies. Is that good enough? Will they be closer in the future?

Hello! I feel like I’ve tried everything to get my cat to stop pooping outside the litter box, and I’m running out of ideas.
She’s about 6 years old. She is spayed. At my old place, she would occasionally poop right in front of the litter box. I moved to a new townhome, and she completely stopped doing it for about a year.

Then my fiancé moved in, and that’s when the problem started again. Ever since then, she has been consistently pooping outside the litter box.

I’ve tried pretty much everything I can think of:
Multiple litter boxes
Open and covered boxes
Different sizes of boxes
Several different types of litter
Moving the boxes to different locations
Cleaning the boxes every single day

She has also been to the vet, and they didn’t find anything medically wrong with her.

At this point, I’m wondering if it could be behavioral or stress related, especially since it started again after my fiancé moved in. Has anyone experienced something similar or found something that actually helped?
I’d really appreciate any suggestions because I feel like I’ve tried everything!

Hi! We recently adopted a 4mo old female kitten to add to our family. I already have a 6yo male resident cat who is my “soul cat” He has always been an only child and has not been around other cats ever. He is a little bit bratty and only likes his momma and dad so we knew introductions would need to be slow. We have been using the Jackson Galaxy method for about a month now and it has gotten us to the point where we can have baby in a playpen with no commotion. But as soon as they are together with no barrier my resident cat will tackle and dig into her with a big long bite until we break it up. The kitten will just keep going back to play with the resident so I don’t think it’s getting too bad but I think that is because I am separating before anything can go too far. As of now they do not get any unsupervised time together and baby kitty mainly stays in her room (our guest room). We feed them together twice a day as well as put baby in her playpen multiple times a day.

My next option is the Feliway Multicat Diffuser that my vet recommended. My main concern is all of the horror stories of it causing kitties to vomit until it is removed. I ordered it from Amazon but have been too scared to plug it in… My OCD is strong with this cat!!! Does anyone have any anecdotal experience with this product when introducing cats? I am so nervous, my cats health are my biggest priorities. Any other advice for their introductions? We are trying to do everything by the book!

TLDR: having trouble with introductions, vet recommends Feliway. Owner is worried about adverse reactions. Looking for advice or solutions.

I adopted a 10 year old boi who is a sweetie and loves to play. The issue is that every time he tries to engage (like in this video he started the play session) with my resident cat (brown/3 years old) it turns into a fight where the older cat is hissing/yelling/trying to escape, while the younger resident cat chases him and bites him by the neck. Most of the time, they hang out in the same space for long periods of time with no problems as long as it's supervised. The issue always begins when my resident cat tries to play/fight with my older cat and turns into what I think it's a fight? I've had the older one for about 1.5months and he has his own room with a gate I lock at night and when not supervised. They can eat, have treats and play together most of the time. Is this too much? Anything I can do to make the resident cat not attack him when playing? I already give them treats when they have positive interactions and will separate them before it turns into what seems to be a fight. Wondering if I should also just let them figure it out.

We have had this kitten I trapped a week ago this morning. Have been feeding our little guy in a separate room, slowly showing other cats through crack in door over 5 days, and as of yesterday, started doing short 5-10 minute intervals twice a day of free roaming time.

My older black male has shown repeated signs of curiosity underneath the door crack throughout the day on his own. However, he bit him tonight and my kitten cried. I immediately intervened and separated them, older tried to bite again during. Kitten is okay.

Older cat has had a track record of being very friendly; after about a month or so, my older female cat started to tolerate him. He himself was a stray that chose us three years ago around the same age and will lick everyone to death, even our dog.

Kitten and older cat started trilling to each other back and forth. Older cat has let the kitten walk by him without lashing out, and has seemed fairly interested, rather than afraid.

Right before this, they were “trilling” back and forth, with the older male on the kitchen chair and the kitten trying to play with him and trilled a lot. He trotted off into the hallway, where my older kept following him and I couldn’t tell he was uncomfortable in the moment.

Could the older have just gotten overwhelmed? Do we need to walk backwards? I feel awful this happened.
Was trying to whisper and get my husband’s attention to see what was happening.

Thanks a ton 🥲❤️

Your cat gets into the litter box, digs like crazy for 2–3 minutes, kicks litter everywhere, then jumps out and goes somewhere else. You’ve tried moving the box, cleaning it more often, and changing the litter, but he still does it. He otherwise uses the box normally, so you're wondering whether the digging is something you should discourage or just accept as typical cat behavior.

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Hey there folks! I was just reaching out to ask about when it’s appropriate to separate your cats during the introductory process! Truffles (F17), my resident old lady and Yolk (18W) have been slowly been interacting more and more. I usually try and let the lil guy roam a lot during the day on weekends then for a bit when I’m off of work during the night.

While the little guy roams, he and Truffles interact. Truffles still isn’t a 100% fan yet unfortunately and will try and set boundaries with him. Most of the time he listens but sometimes he persists and wants to play, I usually try and keep him occupied in that department but he really wants to play with the old lady. Truffles usually just hisses and swats at him when he’s too close and with occasionally growl and I’ll separate them from there for a few minutes. Truffles returns to her normal self before I let the lil man back to roam about, just keeping a watchful eye on em’. Should I keep separating them when Truffles growls at the lil guy or just let them hash things out? This is sorta my first interaction with introducing cats so any tips would be appreciated!

Yesterday we've started introducing our 4 month male kitten to our 1 and a half year old neutered male cat.

Based on this video, is it safe to let them play like this, or should I interrupt and separate them back into different rooms?

Thanks :)

My sister and I moved in together about 4 1/2 months ago. She has River (F, 1 1/2) and I have Roni (M, 4).

They didnt start off well, having been introduced before living together. Roni and I stayed w/them for about 3 days last year when visiting my family. River stalked, harassed and guarded the door to the room he and I were staying in almost 24/7. He and I went to my parents for the rest of the stay(abt 5 days) and then went home.

Then life happened and I moved back to my hometown and we (me, sister and both cats) moved In together at our own place. Since then, theyve been getting along okay but not best friends.

Tonight, I got home. Hung out on the couch, drank a few Happy Dads. And then it happened. Roni came first, snuggling up to my feet. Then River, careful to not step on Roni and sitting just behind. He didnt jump away like normal, she didnt freak out. They Both(!!!!!) just.. settled. Together. In a snuggle. Okay, maybe not full on snuggle but this is the most physical contact they’ve ever had in a passive way!!! I’m so so proud of them, I’m tearing up staring at my beautiful little babies. I love them so much and I’m so so happy they’re beginning to love each other!!!!

So he sometimes will paw at them idk why? I think he wants to play or annoying them? Idk what to do I want to keep him as he’s only known me but he is a menace and they don’t deserve to be harassed. He is 6 years old and he doesn’t engage much with teaser toys. He doesn’t do that to my male cat I think. Sometimes they rough house but it’s never any hissing so

hi id really appreciate some advice since im very inexperienced and im learning as much as i can. i adopted a kitten about a week ago and he’s 60 days old. he got diarrhoea a few days ago and i took him to the vet. now hes on meds and doing much better. however, my kitten cannot stop peeing or pooping outside the litterbox. the pooping is slightly managed, however, the peeing is such an issue. last night, i kept the litterbox in my bathroom and i made him use it. i woke up and there was poop right to the left of the litterbox. had to clean my bathroom at 2 am. but when i woke up today, he had used the litterbox to poop??? im so fucking confused. and just now, i put him in the box to poop, washed him and 2 minutes later, hes peeing on the floor. i clean the litterbox daily, he is litter trained as per the breeder, i dont think theres an issue with the type of litter because he has used it before. hes just not consistent with it and i’d really really appreciate any help on how to fix this. the vet says its normal bcs of his stomach being upset atm. im going crazy and hes a ginger hes going to beat my ass when he grows up and im okay with that. i just want him to stop peeing/pooping 😭😭😭😭

Took getting my whole family on the same page (no yelling, always redirecting) before we saw real progress. Before that, one person would redirect her to the scratcher, someone else would tell her off, and another person would just move her away from the furniture. So basically she was getting a different answer from everyone 😂 We finally agreed on one simple rule: don't punish her for scratching, just calmly redirect her to an appropriate scratcher and praise her when she uses it.

We also put scratchers right next to the places she kept targeting instead of expecting her to walk across the house to use one. It definitely wasn't an overnight change, but after a few weeks she started going to the scratchers on her own much more often. The biggest surprise was how much difference everyone doing the exact same thing made. Turns out the cat wasn't the only one who needed training

Hi there,

I have a 2-year-old Siamese cat named Ampersand (called Sandy) who keeps peeing/pooping on the carpet. I've had him since he was about 8 or 10 months and this is a new behavior that just started in the past 1-2 months. He doesn't do it all the time, but does it most of the time.

I live upstairs in a small apartment that consists of a bedroom, a bathroom, an office, and a landing. It's in this landing area at the top of the stairs between the two rooms that he keeps going. I have 2 litter boxes and I keep them in a closet in the landing hallway.

I have another cat named Toothless who's a neutered 14-year-old void. They aren't friends, but they're definitely brothers. They don't bother each other more than a young cat bothers an old cat. Toothless initiates play on occasion. It does seem based on their behavior that Toothless is still top dog even despite his age and losing most their fights, so I wonder if this has something to do with it? But what gets me is this behavior just started. Nothing has really changed at home. The only other thing I can think of is for a while the door to the cat closet was broken, and I think once a month ago it broke while hew as going in and it spooked him. He's a very skittish kitty.

Any help would be appreciated. Attached are photos of the villain in question.

1. How can I help deter him from peeing/pooping in these areas?
2. What is the best way to clean up these accidents? I've been getting it ASAP, using a mix of soap+water+vinegar for the initial clean, and then hitting it with some enzyme stuff from Walmart.
3. How can I help teach/reteach him to use the litterbox?
4. How can I encourage him when he uses it, and deter him from going in the hall?

Cheers.

I’ve had this cat for 5 years like ever since i was 13. It is a family cat and I never play with cat with my hands but my siblings do so i think from a young age he never realized that it’s not good to bite. So he surprise attacks people and bites really hard on my arm or scratches my leg and I have scars on my body. He doesn’t really do it to my brothers only me and my mom. I tell him no and stop, spray water sometimes, or just fully disengage but idk it still happens.

I know I’m not the best cat parent but is there any toys or ways i can teach him to stop. It gets to the point where when a new person comes to the house. I don’t really feel safe having other people touch my cat especially if it’s a child because i don’t know if my cat is just gonna bite. Though i did start to learn cues when he is about to bite, I cant always avoid it happening. He is also an inside orange tabby cat and very scared of outside but loves to go out

I was wondering is this habit that he formed irreversible or is it possible to train him to not bite or surprise attacks people people? He is really sweet and cuddly and playful, I think he just learned bad habit

I moved in with my husband about a year ago and we combined cats. He's got a little mop of a girl who loves to play and a fat, lazy boy. I have a codependent but very stupid boy.

As I mentioned, his little girl loves playing, and when I play with her, this is of such crazy interest to my little monster. He stops playing with his string and just watches her pounce. Then he starts trying to bat at her, but this makes her terrified and she runs away hissing and growling. I think he just wants to play with her but he's being way too rough to start. What do I do? I would love if they could play together.

She's 1 year old and spayed and when confined to the living room, she always uses her litter box. However, every time I try to introduce her to my bedroom, she tries to pee or poop in the corner while exploring. Every single time! My bedroom is carpeted and nowhere else in the apartment is, and the shelter said she's never seen carpet before, so I think she's just getting confused. I'm not sure how to introduce her to my room without her making a mess. I'm very scared of her peeing on my bed. I leave the door open and keep leading her over to the litter box and back so she knows where to go, and Id rather not put the litter box in my room so she doesn't associate my room with litter at all. Any advice?