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Anon - 13 Apr 2007 23:40 GMT

My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2 cats,
both about 15 years old. This young car wants to play all the time and
bothers the older cats so much that they hide from him.

It has been 2 days and things have calmed down a little but still a lot of
tension in between the cats. I have to keep them separated at feeding time
because the youngster harasses the old cats so much they hide instead of
eating.

Any way to speed up the adjustment time? Or, maybe they will never get along
so other arrangements must be made.

Anon

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Flippy - 14 Apr 2007 00:21 GMT

Give them time, they will get along eventually. When I got my Tiffy it took
6 months for everyone to adjust to each other.

In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt if you put a few drops of Rescue Remedy in
their water, and also use FELIWAY which you can get from your vet.

For more info visit this page: http://www.flippyscatpage.com/health.html and
look under INTRODUCING CATS.

Good luck, and please let us know how you go.

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> My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
> me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2
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> Anon

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Anon - 14 Apr 2007 03:21 GMT

Great link thanks

> Give them time, they will get along eventually. When I got my Tiffy it
> took 6 months for everyone to adjust to each other.
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Jaime G - 19 Apr 2007 19:33 GMT

> In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt if you put a few drops of Rescue Remedy in
> their water, and also use FELIWAY which you can get from your vet.

Does Rescue Remedy contain alcohol?

JG

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~Jan~ - 14 Apr 2007 02:54 GMT

> My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
> me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2
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> Anon ---------------------------------

Anon,
My new family member was used as a punching bag
for about 3 months, you will slowly see progress.
Jan

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Anon - 14 Apr 2007 03:23 GMT

>> My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
>> me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2
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> for about 3 months, you will slowly see progress.
> Jan

In my case it's the old cats that are the punching bag. The old cats are
like me, can't keep up with a teenager and don't want to try.

Anon

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Barbara - 14 Apr 2007 13:01 GMT

I know what you're going through Anon. We have 7 cats...the 2 oldest ones
get along fine. The others were strays we rescued and they still are
estranged from the oldest, Rainbow, who is 8 yrs old. The youngest one just
turned 1 and he is always ready to "play" with her or the others,,,but,
alas, they most times they give him the evil eye and go on.

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William Graham - 15 Apr 2007 01:23 GMT

>I know what you're going through Anon. We have 7 cats...the 2 oldest ones
>get along fine. The others were strays we rescued and they still are
>estranged from the oldest, Rainbow, who is 8 yrs old. The youngest one just
>turned 1 and he is always ready to "play" with her or the others,,,but,
>alas, they most times they give him the evil eye and go on.

Yeah...."old" cats don't like having to put up with young cats....We have an
old one (about 10 years old) that we call, "Cat Ratchet".......

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~Jan~ - 14 Apr 2007 14:46 GMT

>>> My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live
>>> with me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already
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Anon ,
The first 2 weeks were very stressful it will take time.
I think they will show that youngster who is the boss
soon :-)

Jan

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donnapl7 - 23 Apr 2007 19:05 GMT

It does take some time for the older cats to get used to the "new kid on the
block". They need to establish their heirarchy. In this situation, I
usually put the newer/younger cat in another room for an hour or so the give
the older ones some alone time. Good luck, & hang in there. It almost
always works out.
Donna

>My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
>me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2 cats,
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>Anon

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William Graham - 24 Apr 2007 00:30 GMT

> It does take some time for the older cats to get used to the "new kid on
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> always works out.
> Donna

Yeah. When we got "Juney", she was 9 years old, and had a history of being
the head of her household. (her mistress died, and all the cats got
scattered into different houses) But we already had a couple of other cats,
so Juney went downstairs into our "finished" basement, and stayed there. I
have my computer room down there, so Juney became my constant companion for
about three months. But I took her outside frequently, which was unusual for
her, since she had been an inside cat. Now, she shares the whole house with
the other cats, and uses the cat doors to come and go as she
pleases......She is one happy cat......It just takes a little time for them
to adjust to one another and become used to their new territory........

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Anon - 24 Apr 2007 18:10 GMT

> It does take some time for the older cats to get used to the "new kid on
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It's been 10 day and they still don't get along. The young cat attacks the
old male in his hiding place and the fight is on. I am beginning to believe
they will never get along. We keep the young cat in a separate room much of
the time.

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Barbara - 25 Apr 2007 14:22 GMT

Be patient. How I got Miss Kitty was because a friend wasnt patient enough
when she arrived and her two cats she already had didnt care for her. Miss
Kitty still fusses with Rainbow, our 8 yr old, but, as I said earlier, so do
most of the others.

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> believe they will never get along. We keep the young cat in a separate
> room much of the time.

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Kendra Weissbein - 26 May 2007 20:18 GMT

> My granddaughter broke up with her latest boyfriend and came to live with
> me. She brought with her cat, an year old male tabby. I already have 2 cats,
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> Anon

Yes, you can speed up the adjustment time by supergluing the kittens
tail to its nose.

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