New kitten & older cats problem
Discussion
ali_kat said:
All should be available from your local Pets at Home store too
I think Zylkene and Kalmaid can only be bought from vets or online vet pharmacies (no prescription needed though) I may be wrong on that one.Also OP cardboard boxes with holes in side cut out and put on top of eg cupboards, great get away spots for cats.
bexVN said:
I think Zylkene and Kalmaid can only be bought from vets or online vet pharmacies (no prescription needed though) I may be wrong on that one.
I use Medic Animal for both as they are the cheapest I've found.but have bought Zyklene from Pets at Home in 'emergencies' as they are expensive
That said, it was more the Feliway & Pet Remedy diffusers I was directing him to the store for as they are cheaper there than the Vet
ali_kat said:
bexVN said:
I think Zylkene and Kalmaid can only be bought from vets or online vet pharmacies (no prescription needed though) I may be wrong on that one.
I use Medic Animal for both as they are the cheapest I've found.but have bought Zyklene from Pets at Home in 'emergencies' as they are expensive
That said, it was more the Feliway & Pet Remedy diffusers I was directing him to the store for as they are cheaper there than the Vet
No difference last night, although kitten was a little bit too excitable so she went for a time out in her room. She did walk round the back of one sofa where she found Zelda happily asleep in the sun, which neither of them were expecting so not surprisingly he ran away again. She didn't chase though, so maybe that's good? I dunno, I'll take anything right now.
I had a similar problem, WE had 2 cats brother and sister for years sadly the brother passed away young( They were rescues with many health problems at a young age) The sister was never the same so we got a kitten hoping that this may help, sadly whenever the kitten wanted to play it was cause a fight (luckly just hissing and growling nothing physical).
We found giving the kitten toys to play with it stopper her chasing my older cat, it improved a lot with age and whilst they have never been best friends they now live happily together and will curl up on the same bed.
We found giving the kitten toys to play with it stopper her chasing my older cat, it improved a lot with age and whilst they have never been best friends they now live happily together and will curl up on the same bed.
Quick update, good news too
It now seems like the Lexi and Geldof thing is sorted. They're fine around each other until Lexi starts getting a bit too close, but a quick whack sorts it. Lexi is bothering her much less because of this, so I think she's learnt that Geldof doesn't do playing
I've tried feeding them all in the same place at the same time in the morning recently, the thinking being that they're all too hungry to worry about fighting. Seems to be working, Zelly will now eat at least some of his food even if Lexi is close to him, and whilst he does still runaway sometimes it's much better. This is in the room with the Feliway in.
He's growing some balls too, as he's taken to giving a whack as well, which I'm happy about as I now know that Lexi understands what that means. It's still not perfect, and I'm still concerned, but it's a step forward if nothing else
It now seems like the Lexi and Geldof thing is sorted. They're fine around each other until Lexi starts getting a bit too close, but a quick whack sorts it. Lexi is bothering her much less because of this, so I think she's learnt that Geldof doesn't do playing
I've tried feeding them all in the same place at the same time in the morning recently, the thinking being that they're all too hungry to worry about fighting. Seems to be working, Zelly will now eat at least some of his food even if Lexi is close to him, and whilst he does still runaway sometimes it's much better. This is in the room with the Feliway in.
He's growing some balls too, as he's taken to giving a whack as well, which I'm happy about as I now know that Lexi understands what that means. It's still not perfect, and I'm still concerned, but it's a step forward if nothing else
That really is positive news
I would hope to see steady progress for the next three months but by six months you will have a pretty good idea how it'll be permanently.....unless you do something like move house (when we moved it seemed to equalize our then three cats a bit more (which we then upset again by getting a fourth cat! all rescue/rehomes!)
I would hope to see steady progress for the next three months but by six months you will have a pretty good idea how it'll be permanently.....unless you do something like move house (when we moved it seemed to equalize our then three cats a bit more (which we then upset again by getting a fourth cat! all rescue/rehomes!)
Painful night last night
We decided to leave Lexi out all night if possible, to see how long it took her to settle down and where she sleeps. Turns out, she never does settle. All night she was an absolute pain, either attacking bedmice or chasing the other two upstairs, downstairs, under the bed, everywhere. Geldof sorted herself out after a while as she just turned up the aggression which worked out nicely (they were sat opposite each other on the window sill this morning), but Zelda just sat up high and refused to come down. Poor little bugger wasn't happy.
I had pretty much zero sleep because of this, the other half disappeared to the spare room and shut the door so she could get some shut-eye. Lexi has gone back into her room for today, I don't think I'll let her out tonight overnight either to give Z&G a break again. One step forward, two back and all that.
Just thought I'd give a quick update, I know we'll get there but it's hard work! I love them to pieces and I'm determined to keep trying until they're all friends.
We decided to leave Lexi out all night if possible, to see how long it took her to settle down and where she sleeps. Turns out, she never does settle. All night she was an absolute pain, either attacking bedmice or chasing the other two upstairs, downstairs, under the bed, everywhere. Geldof sorted herself out after a while as she just turned up the aggression which worked out nicely (they were sat opposite each other on the window sill this morning), but Zelda just sat up high and refused to come down. Poor little bugger wasn't happy.
I had pretty much zero sleep because of this, the other half disappeared to the spare room and shut the door so she could get some shut-eye. Lexi has gone back into her room for today, I don't think I'll let her out tonight overnight either to give Z&G a break again. One step forward, two back and all that.
Just thought I'd give a quick update, I know we'll get there but it's hard work! I love them to pieces and I'm determined to keep trying until they're all friends.
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