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Behavior & Training > New Kitten and Darwin's Strange Reaction

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Purred: Sun Oct 25, '09 12:13pm PST


	We've finally got it worked out so they can be separated. We have her set up in the bathroom (which she is not so happy about), and Darwin's litter box and food are in the hallway. They are interacting under the door with paws, but it's much better than the stress of the constant attack game. This works out so we can still have our bedroom to ourselves at night, Darwin has a big portion of the house to play in, and Calypso is limited to a smaller area so she is not so overwhelmed (hopefully)

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Behavior & Training > New Kitten and Darwin's Strange Reaction

Darwin

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Purred: Sat Oct 24, '09 4:20pm PST


	I honestly don't know how to split them up comfortably with the way my house is set up. The litterboxes are in the bathroom, and my husband doesn't want them anywhere else. We only have one bathroom to boot. I am just getting so stressed over this.

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Behavior & Training > New Kitten and Darwin's Strange Reaction

Darwin

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Purred: Sat Oct 24, '09 3:58pm PST


	Neither Darwin or Calypso have been neutered/spayed. Our vet told us to wait until Darwin is 6 months? He has not been spraying that I know of. I've heard of an early neuter. Do you think this would help? I am not so much jealous as worried at the worry (LOL) this is going to cause me and my husband(I am a very busy college student--and have insomnia and anxiety at that). I got Calypso so Darwin would not be bored on the two days that I am at school. Not that I expected the transition to be super-smooth, but the behavior just freaks me out. I worry about it affecting my sleep because I will be worrying whether Darwin is going to pin her down and hurt her while I'm not watching. I suppose I am an obsessive person. I want control over situations and my house to be in complete peace I suppose. I was completely happy with the Darwin-before-Calypso, but its freaking me out now. My little baby has just transitioned to craziness. I do hope they will adjust. Oh, and Darwin did have littermates. He was separated from his sister around a month ago.

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Behavior & Training > New Kitten and Darwin's Strange Reaction

Darwin

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Purred: Sat Oct 24, '09 3:03pm PST


	I already posted a small question on Answers, but I am going crazy right now and need some help. I just adopted another 4 month old kitten (female) as a companion for Darwin. There has been no hissing or spitting, but Darwin seems absolutely obsessed with the new kitten, Calypso. She is a very passive, quiet girl, and I hate seeing her get bugged by him. She is actually larger than Darwin. He keeps pouncing her (over and over) and biting on her face and neck. She lies there passively for the most part, not even twitching her tail or getting upset about it. I even saw her eyes cross at one point, like she was going to go to sleep during this. O_O But it's getting on my nerves badly! He is obsessed with her--and will not leave the girl alone. When we have separated them, he begins mreowling crazily. I have no idea what to do right now. I am getting mixed answers on this, most saying that I should let them figure it out themselves--and that it is normal behavior.

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Rescue, Adoption & Happy Endings > THE SHELTER KILLED MY 5 FOSTER BABIES!

Darwin

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Purred: Fri Oct 23, '09 9:23pm PST


	This is just awful news. I just can't believe anyone would do such a thing. I am in tears at this point, but I am so angry!

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Ragdoll > Do you have longer than average whiskers?

Darwin

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Purred: Mon Oct 19, '09 9:02am PST


	I have superlong whiskas that get in the way too!

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Cats & Travel > What to do about car sickness

Darwin

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Purred: Sat Oct 17, '09 8:35pm PST


	Get Mom and Dad to ask your vet about giving you a small dosage of diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for trips. It should help you sleep through the trip and keep away any nausea. Be sure they have water for you throughout the trip too!

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Kitten Corner > Kneading

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Purred: Sat Oct 17, '09 2:26pm PST


	Darwin kneads everything at this point. People, the air, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals. The cutest thing he does is when he's asleep. He will knead and actually be suckling in his sleep (you can see his little mouth wiggling and everything). I suppose it's to be expected of a 14 week old though!

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Rescue, Adoption & Happy Endings > I will love you if you will love MEE!!!!

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Purred: Sat Oct 17, '09 2:20pm PST


	you are a beautiful kitty. i hope you get a home soon.

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Kitten Corner > how do you train kitties not to attack you?

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Purred: Sat Oct 17, '09 2:09pm PST


	Hi there. I know what you mean about not wanting to take the mean cattitude. I fostered an abused feral for 6 months, and it was just a terrible experience for me. Kittens, however, can be trained easily to listen to us (in my opinion). As of now, I'm having to give Darwin some adjustments because he gets overly playful and wants to latch on to arms and legs. He's just a baby, so I understand he gets carried away--but I definitely do not want this to continue. I agree with the others that loud noises (hissing or coins in a can) can help with adjustments--even getting them to stop scratching furniture. The person you quoted may have no problems with using that technique, but I think it would just anger and scare the kitten even more into biting/scratching. I've never had a positive response to a physical correction--only more retaliation.

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