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I'd like a little advice on how best to procede with a kitten, if the thread would be so kind. We (me, my wife, and 3.5yo daughter) have a grumpy 12 or 13 yo female, which we adopted shortly after she was rescued from under a trailer. Our other cat passed away about 1.5 or 2 years ago. Just before covid hit the area, we decided to get another kitten, thinking it would be great for our daughter to grow up with a kitty, and not just have a semi feral lazy hisspot cat in her life. We crossed our fingers that a kitten might get the old cat moving around a bit more. We followed nearly all the advice (ignoring the "buy these odor erasing sprays and strips" stuff) we could find on introducing cats, specific kitten and older cat videos, etc. They are at the level of tolerance, but the old cat just seems to hate all other cats, and has seemed to for her whole life. She isn't fond of most people either. So now we're getting another kitten from the same mother and father. We have a hold on a month old male kitten. Two brothers, about 4 months age difference Introducing a little brother from a subsequent litter: good/bad/terrible idea? Any special advice for this? Hope it's cool to post pics This is Peter Parker. We call him Petey. His brother will be Charlie Parker    They're going to be big boys. I just weighed Petey, and he's at 7.2lbs and 5 months old. Looks about the size of a smallish full grown cat.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:Haha should have asked us, I could have told you from personal experience that wasn't going to happen. On that first part, that wasn't our main motivation. It was hopeful thinking of a bonus if it happened. The second part is nice to hear. Hopefully the age difference isn't too great, and Petey is still rambunctious when Charlie's ready to party with him.
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Ooh, I found a way to stop the furry alarm clock from going off at 5am. Automated feeder set to feed in the middle of the night.Rotten Red Rod posted:Once they get older most cats are perfectly content to be lazy butts. It's part of why I love cats, they are such easy pets compared to dogs, after the kitten phase. Same
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Such Fun posted:- Age: 13
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Just a quick note before I try to catch up on the previous 200 plus posts. I had asked for advise introducing a younger brother to our kitty. Great news! Charlie has been here for a little over a week, and he is getting along wonderfully with Petey! They wrassle, chase each other, even groom each other and snuggle. Yesterday, even though I gave each one their own bowl of wet food, they wanted to eat together from the same one! I do keep Charlie in the bedroom with me when I want to sleep, and have to separate the boys on occasion, mostly when Petey gets riled right up, and a bit too rough. He has a 7 pound weight advantage on the little dude. It's also hilarious to see a 9 week old, 2 lb fluffball pounce from above, and put the run on a 7 month old, 9 lb monster. Looking up cat growth charts, and Petey has been off the top of the chart for a while, and it looks like he might keep growing potentially up to 18 months (has some ragdoll in him). We're going to have a couple garden tigers on our hands. Imagine I posted a kitty pile pic here, because imgur is not cooperating. Grand Fromage, just wear Carhartt pants and embrace the love.
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Len posted:Visual confirmation of Bean using the Robot, NEVER SCOOP AGAIN If you ever bet nostalgic, I can come over and poop in a box for yah. Might cost  , though.
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Leal posted:Cat goons I come to you with a question. Very good chance I will be moving. What should I do when it comes to introducing a cat to a whole new backyard? I'm afraid he'll try to go back to where I live now.
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Whoa boy, know what is my new least favourite thing in the world? Giving a cat eye drops. Our poor Petey got poked in the eye (suspect his younger brother, who looooooves to wrassle), and it got infected. Only noticed him being one eye squinty, then saw a red streak in his cornea, over the iris. Oooh no, emergency call out on a S undaay, and the vet prescribed 3 different drops, and an oral anitbiotic. One of the drops is every 4 hours. Having to pin and hold a 10.2lb adolescent tiger six times a day is starting to wear on us. Thankfully my wife is here, and we can split the duties. It's also hilarious to see him look you in the eye. One of the meds makes him all (pretend I put in that smilie with one eye bulging out. I can't find it anymore).
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