My Cat - Is she jelouse?

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Brad & Rach - 16 May 2006 00:28 GMT

Hello :-)

My darling Cat is 9 - 10 years old now and she is a des-exed female. She was
always the love of my life and still is, however now i have 3 additional
little loves that i rescued a few months back. I have 3 little kittys who
also need love. I have enough to give believe me.

Since i got the kittys my Cat 'Princess' has been growling almost non stop.
She Growls, hisses, she walks around the house growling. She seems very
unhappy and almost as if she hates 'me' too :-(

Is there a solution or anything i can do to help her and re-assure her? I do
want to keep the kittens, however Princess is my main concern at the moment.

They are nothing but lovely to her and always admord her, the day i got
them, when i intruduced them all she threw a hissy fit where as they just
wanted to sleep on her and be nice.

Anyway any ideas?

Take care-
Rachael

Ps. I posted this to alt.cts and also the ancedotes group i hope that is
permitted. I am new here and learning let me know it its not ok and i wont
do it again. xx

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Anna - 16 May 2006 05:16 GMT

>My darling Cat is 9 - 10 years old now and she is a des-exed female. She was
>always the love of my life and still is, however now i have 3 additional
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>She Growls, hisses, she walks around the house growling. She seems very
>unhappy and almost as if she hates 'me' too :-(

Wow, she's 9-10 yrs old and always lived alone and now she has 3 kittens to
contend with? No wonder she's upset! That's a huge change for her and is
likely stressed out because of it. You should keep the kittens away from her
in another room for awhile. Let them sleep on a towel, then bring the towel
out for your cat to smell so she gets used to their scent. Give the kittens
have their own litter box in the room and their own dishes. You will also
have to give Princess a lot of extra attention but I'm not sure how you'll be
able to do that if you also have 3 kittens to look after. Perhaps at her age,
it would be better to try and find homes for some of them. If you really
want to keep them, it's going to take a lot of work on your part. You have
to let her know she's still number one in your life. Remember, she was there
first; if she doesn't come around after awhile, I would reconsider keeping
all of the kittens.

>They are nothing but lovely to her and always admord her, the day i got
>them, when i intruduced them all she threw a hissy fit where as they just
>wanted to sleep on her and be nice.

It doesn't matter if they're nice to her; a cat who's not used to other cats,
even ones who are, is going to be upset when three new cats come into their
house. Cats are very territorial and they look at it as if they're space is
being invaded. She went from having the whole house to herself to having 3
kittens jumping on her. Very, very stressful for a cat, especially a senior
one.

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