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Nina,
LOL, I will try hissing. It will at
least get their attention off of each other. Usually all I have to do
is a make an appearance, or say her name, and Cricket suddenly becomes
scarce. What seems to work the best is if I can distract her by throwing a
sock or a wad of paper near her. She runs off in a flash.
I'm pretty sure she knows she is making me unhappy
by picking on Cotton, because she will act as if she was just an innocent
bystander, and starts sniffing something nearby. And Cotton does follow me
around when his favorite person (my teenaged son) is not there, and
sometimes I step in front of Cricket to stop her from following
Cotton. I believe things will continue to improve.
Sandy
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:22
PM
Subject: bopping with paws
Ah yes, the paw bopping :). My sister calls the posturing
"He's touching me, he's touching me!". Whenever I see those raised paws,
I'll tell them to cut it out in a firm voice. If they persist in testing
each other, I'll hiss! (Usually they do that to test who's top cat,
whoever moves out of position first, loses). My hiss usually sends them
scattering, I happen to be the biggest cat here! You may need to get up
off your chair the first couple of times to let them know you mean it.
Assuming they respect your authority, they will start to listen. You
don't have to be angry, or loud, just firm. When they knock it off, I
always tell them how much I appreciate their good citizenship. I've had
kitties come to me for protection, getting me in between them and whoever's
giving them a problem. Like I said, everybody has to get along, and they
know the rules :).
N
Dudes wrote:
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
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