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Hi Nina:
Cotton is mixed with all the others. He's
only been with us for about 3 months. My established cats are:
Miss-oldest female
Myca-big male, but very sensitive
Cricket-youngest smallest female, but very
feisty.
Miss and Myca tolerate Cotton's lack of
manners but Cricket is the only one who stalks him to terrorize
him. She will wait until she finds Cotton in a corner, and then
she will jump him. He's starting to fight back a bit, because he's
gotten quite a bit bigger lately. They don't seem like serious
fights, just a lot of head-bopping with paws.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:42
PM
Subject: Re: 20 CATS...
Sandy,
Remind me again, is Cotton mixed with all the
others? Does Miss have access to Cotton? If she does, you could
try something that worked like a charm on my Timmy when I recently brought
Pistol Pete into the mix. I told Timmy that Pete was HIS cat. That
I brought Pete home so that Tim would have someone to play with, (Tim lost his
sisters, Jazz and Grace to felv). I also told Timmy that he was Pete's
big brother now, and that I needed him to help me take care of him and make
sure he was safe. Whenever I would see Tim watching Pete, I'd tell him
what a good boy he was for keeping an eye on his brother. I don't know
how much my "talks" with Tim had to do with it, but he went from hissing at
Pete to playing with him in a matter of a couple of days. What a joy to
behold!
I don't know why they suggested flavoring the Interferon, they
don't usually do that. It's tasteless. Now you have to hope that
whatever they flavored it with appeals to Cotton! You're not suppose to
mix it in food, just gently squirt it in his mouth. If he likes the way
it tastes, that will be great. I would suggest syringing it into his
mouth anyway. That way he'll get used to the process with something
that's not too distasteful. I always give my kitties meds in the same
place, so they know what's coming, (I use the kitchen counter, because I don't
want them jumping up there anyway, and this way they avoid it!).
Afterward, I'll give them something tasty as a reward. Grace never cared
that much about food, so her reward was supervised time outside directly after
taking her meds. It got to the point that as soon as I put her down,
she'd run to the back door.
Nina
Dudes wrote:
Nina, I thank you for your kind thoughts.
I do try to stay very in tune with my cats. To me, they
convey so much of how they feel in their faces and body. I could
tell that Miss was quite angry about Cotton when he first came. She
started avoiding us, and I could just see the anger brewing in her
eyes. The look on her face was unmistakable to me.
I believe that you were very wise in
dealing with Kimba's bad manners. Will maybe have to try this
when my Cricket chases Cotton and bullies him. It has diminished quite
a bit. But on a positive note, I feel much closer to Cricket
because I don't want to make her feel less loved by showing too
much attention to Cotton in her presence. I believe she knows how I
feel about the other two cats, but she is uncertain about Cotton.
I've often wondered if she sensed that he was sick or different, and
maybe that's why she is so affected by his presence.
Sandy
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