Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have five cats, four females and one nuetered male. All have been introduced at different times over the past three years. All of them have gotten along just fine. Niko is my second oldest and female. Over the last month or so she has begun hissing any time [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We had two cats currently in our home, one is almost 5 and the other is 3. We then brought in two newborns who were left near our doorstep when they were about 3 weeks old. We raised them by hand, and they’re now about 14 months old. The [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have two brother tomcats, both unfixed and around 10 months old. This week, I have caught the smaller cat, F, humping the larger cat, A, three times. F was even biting A’s neck. I also noticed F was stimulated. It always seems to happen when A is sleeping. [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have two cats, Shannus, age 13, and her daughter, Albuquerque, age 10. They’ve lived together their whole lives, and they’ve always gotten along. Over the last two or three years, Shannus occasionally snapped at Albuquerque, but nothing malicious until today. When I came back from taking the trash [...]
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Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I recently had to release my cat, Sassy, from her suffering: she had cancer, and I know it was the right thing to do. However, my poor little Muffin, who was her really close snuggle buddy, has now turned against me. Yesterday, I took the day off work to [...]
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