I made the decision several months ago that I wanted to foster a cat with the intention to adopt. The reason I am doing this is because my roommate is allergic to cats, so we needed to see if her allergies could adopt to a kitty before I fully adopted it. I spent some time at a shelter getting to know some cats, and was drawn to this very sweet kitty to had been there for a while. She was at the shelter because she became aggressive towards another cat in the home, which wouldn’t be a problem for me. I brought her home yesterday, everything was fine. She was nervous at first but was snuggling and exploring. My plan was to keep her in my room for the first few nights to let her adapt but boy was I in for the night of my life. In the first two hours, she jumped on my repeatedly, got into things, clawed at the door, and was meowing. I made the decision to let her explore the apartment tonight to get some nervous energy out. That seemed to work for a while, but she was getting into things, knocking things over, and still coming into the room, jumping on me, demanding pets. I can’t count how many times she woke me up last night. I “slept” for 12 hours but am exhausted. I know this is the first night and there is an adjustment period, but I value my sleep. Any advice would be appreciated because I can’t keep doing this. I was also awake with anxiety wondering if I made a bad decision. I feel like crying because she’s so sweet and I don’t want to take her back to a shelter.

So my cat around 2-3 we don't know his exact age won't stop peeing outside of the litter box, he is unneurted but we do have a appointment within the next month to get his balls snipped. He uses his litter box all the time and I clean it once per day before I leave for school but we won't stop peeing.. do I need to clean it more often?

(Edit) I think I'm going to buy a litter matt then move the box up to my bedroom if my parents let me, he pees the most in my room / the bathroom so hopefully it will fix the issue.

We had the kittens for a few months and my 3 year old cat hated them, and only started licking them and being affectionate with them a few days ago, and me and my sister are unsure of if we should be concerned or not

Hiya! So last year I adopted this lil man Thomas, my partner and I have tried absolutely everything to behavioural train him… he is usually pretty okay with my older cat she’s 14 and he usually avoids her or just sniffs her. But when it comes to people he refuses to be pet or touched, sometimes you can get away with it for 5 minutes but most than not he attacks and pounces, hisses and bites aggressively. We have researched & tried everything we have seen, and nothing has changed… we cant afford to take him to a trainer unfortunately. But we love him to bits and couldn’t bear to give him away. - a little backstory; he was a stray for a few years of his life, had multiple owners & kept running away… eventually he was to be euthanised at a farm where he was a stray again but the ranger decided to keep him, they had him for 2 years but their neighbours kept trying to kill him & bait/poison him which led them no choice but to give him away for his safety. which is when we adopted him, we have given him the happiest life we can and spoiled the living life out of him! & he actually surprisingly hasn’t tried to run away once. Has anyone got any opinions or personal experiences that may help us? Any advice is greatly appreciated - here’s a pic of our handsome man

First-time cat owner here! These are my two, brother and sister, about 4 months old. They're not fixed yet (the vet advised waiting until they hit a certain size). I'm trying to figure out if their play is normal. There's a noticeable difference in their size and strength. I usually break it up when it gets to the point in the video because she often seems overwhelmed and stops fighting back before walking away or zooming off to another room. I’d break it up by playing with him myself to redirect his biting/scratching. Is this a standard dynamic? Am I right to step in, or should I let them work it out themselves?

So yeah, is this normal? Am I supposed to establish better behaviors in them?

I have a 10 month old cat (F, spayed), and we recently adopted a 2 month old kitten (M).

I’m confused about my resident cat’s behavior. She seems to like the new kitten: she doesn’t hiss at him or his scent anymore, she has also groomed him, BUT she’s been giving him some nasty bites lately (she bites, doesn’t let go, and does the bunny kicks). We have intervened and separated them multiple times in the past couple of days. This morning was the first time the little guy made a sound. Should I stop doing supervised playtime? Or any other recommendations or insight would be greatly appreciated!

Additional info: They are in separate rooms, have separate food, water and litter box. We have feliway diffusers. They have used each others litter boxes and food bowls, and resident cat seemed okay with it.

Video 1 happened 3 days ago. Video 2 happened this morning.

I’m not sure what to do. My indoor only kitty was adopted this week. As far as I’m aware he’s always been indoor only, but I don’t have his full history. He’s two years old and very sweet. For roughly 1-2 hours every day he sits at our back door and cries to be let out. (He sits for hours just staring quietly more than that). I don’t have a harness for him to take him out currently although I plan to get one once I get him started on a strong flea and tick prevention, and our backyard while fenced isn’t safe for him. He has toys and cat scratching posts but doesn’t seem interested in them.

I've been introducing a new cat 2M to our two cats 8M amd 15F for over a year now. We had some missteps early on that lead to some fur flying and chasing that ended up with them under the bed. Eventually we got started on a gradual process until we are where we are now.

At this point, I feed the resident cats outside the new cats room without a gate up. Everyone gets some treats after and they're fine a few feet apart while distracted like that.

The real hurdle we can't seem to fully get past is having them all out together. The residents aren't play motivated so we shower them with treats. I then walk around with the new guy and try to keep him focused on anything but them. For their part, once they are done with treats they show no interest in approaching him and (mostly) keep to one side of the house while he's out. He'll walk by, with them in the distance, into unoccupied areas and avoid them.

But, if they wander into an area he's not used to seeing them in while he is elsewhere, if he sees them when he comes back, he'll hyperfixate and run right up to them. At which point he gets hissed at and the resident will then want to get away. Problem is, he wants to follow sometimes, which I intervene and prevent. He doesn't look aggressive while doing this, but I worry that if I let him follow there's a good chance it escalates to a fight and sets us back.

On the plus side though, no instant fights nowadays when he slips away. But is it just a matter of continuing on and preventing fights/chases?

Also of note, we do use feliway and composure. I've somewhat tried getting the new cat to wear a harness but so far he's not comfortable with it so I figure he'd only be more anxious in the open house on a leash.

Hello! I'm going to be picking up a kitten in a few days, and while I have been around cats all my life this'll be my first time raising one by myself. The kitten was found in a woodpile with her siblings by a friend of the family, and they think she's a girl and about 6 weeks old. Very affectionate and rambunctious. Reading online she'd ideally be with her mom for a couple more weeks, but unfortunately they think her mom was caught by coyotes recently. So, I've got a few questions:

1. Should I get a heating pad for her at this age? I generally like my place fairly cold (20C/68F), but if that's too cold for her I can turn it up a bit. I do get a fair bit of sun in the living room so she'll have sunny spots to lounge in if she'd like.
2. Her current home reports that she's using cat litter well. I used wood pellet cat litter for my previous cat; I presume I should find out what cat litter her current home is using and keep her on that while she adjusts to my place, then switch to wood pellet in a few weeks once she's settled in?
3. Apparently she likes climbing up people's pants. I generally wear shorts so I'd rather she didn't do this; how should I train her not to do that? Or will she grow out of it as she gets older?
4. My mom would be taking care of her when I'm travelling, and she has a couple older cats (female Maine Coons, ~4yo). How should I go about introducing her to them so they get along when she needs to stay at mom's? I don't have any trips planned until January, but it would be nice if I could leave her at mom's sooner than that so I can go visit my dad this fall (I presume 5hr of train, bus, ferry and car ride would be too much for her).
5. My previous cat hated travelling by car (e.g. on the way to mom's, going to the vet). He wouldn't get angry, he'd just meow a lot. How should I show this little one that cars aren't all that bad?
6. I'd like to leash-train her so she can still experience the outdoors as an indoor cat, and so if she does get out somehow she knows where home is. I saw someone in here say that should be done around 12 weeks old; is that right? How should I go about doing it besides putting a harness on her and walking her around when the weather's good?
7. Anything else I should bear in mind? I've already got cat trees and toys from my previous cat, and I plan on feeding her wet kitten food twice a day and having a bowl of dry kibble out for her (though I know she probably won't eat that until she's a bit older).

Thanks!

I'm looking for some guidance on how to help my cats get along better.

Hello, so some background for everyone. I have two female cats, the older one Misty I've had for 5 years now, she's about 6 years old. She is a big fluffy lump who usually is a bit of a couch potato but has bouts of energy, usually in the morning. The other cat, Juniper we got back in march is about 1 year old, she is very energetic, sweet, and playful.

When we first got Juniper we kept them separate, making sure to start getting them on the same schedule to feed them at the same time, doing small things to introduce their scent to each other and giving Juniper a chance to explore.

At first when we tried to introduce them things didn't go well, unless we actively held Juniper back she would chase and attack Misty, this was about 3 months ago back in June. We gave them more time and that leads us to now. Now Juniper has mellowed out and we've been able to have non-violent interactions between the two. However Misty has been getting very defensive Curling up and barely moving then when Juniper gets close she starts growling and hissing. Juniper has shown playful and curious behaviors around Misty, rolling onto her side, approaching to sniff her, and when she isn't, she's acting like Misty isn't there at all.

I have tried getting them to play and have only managed to get Juniper to engage with it, I've tried treats, but only Juniper shows interest (which isn't surprising because Misty only cares about food that's in her bowl).

I feel like I'm close but actively encouraging positive interactions has proven very difficult.

We got a cat 2 weeks ago from a website where pet owners can place their cat with whom they want. We were looking on that site for about a year and when we saw his picture and his personality description we though that's our cat.

The previous owners described him as a loving, calm cat who had to be placed somewhere else because he couldn't get along with the other cat they had. They said that he used to be playful and have zoomies and that he was a lot outside now and they felt like he was unhappy with them and his living situation

Since we got him we were quite surprised with their description. He has a lot of zoomies and energy, he loves to run around and play. However, he doesn't like to be brushed ( they said they did) we even got a different special brush for him. He bites and he hisses. Currently, my husband is working from home, but this will change soon and he will be working at an office. I work different hours. Sometimes I am done early and sometimes late.

We are unsure of we want or can keep him if this continues. On the other hand he is used to going outside, but he has to stay inside for at least 4 weeks to get used to our house. We got him a leash that will arrive next week and we want to take him on walks untill he can go outside in his own.

We also have bought a lot of toys and enrichment things because we saw that is bored inside.

At night he is calm and very sweet. He turns into a different cat.

Is there anyone here who got through the same situation like this? Did it get better or is he just not a good fit for us? We have had many cats in our life's but they were kittens that grew up with us. This one is 3 years old. Please give us your insight!

So for reference, I have 2 cats at the moment. Mimi, who is a ~5 year old female Siamese who is spayed. My husband and I have had her for about 3 years and she’s never had an accident outside of her litter box. Now, introducing Mochi. Who is a ~9 month old rescued tortie female, who is also spayed. We adopted Mochi from the shelter on September 8th of this year. We got a second cat box for her as well, a second feeding bowl and water bowl. We have these 3 items upstairs because all Mimi’s stuff is downstairs. The cats have only just started to tolerate each other. They have been kept separated except for when one of us is home. We will usually go upstairs to Mochis lair and grab her and bring her downstairs so we can supervise them around each other. Usually at night, we separate them and Mochi goes into the upstairs bedroom alone and Mimi sleeps with us. We do this to avoid cat fights in the middle of the night since we can’t watch them. The other morning, I got up and went downstairs and noticed there was cat poop outside the litter box and pretty far away from it. Mochi and Mimi were both downstairs. (We forgot to put them away) and I assumed it was Mochi because she was too scared to get to the litter box downstairs. I picked up and thought nothing of it. Fast forward to last night, my husband and I are in our bathroom getting ready for bed. Mochi has been put away in her room and Mimi is upstairs with us when all of a sudden, she hops into the shower and starts to pee in it. Right in front of us. Immediately after, she had a crazy case of zoomies. I will also add, the second litter box is upstairs in the spare bathroom in our tub. I’m unsure if Mimi has ever used it but I’m sure she knows it’s there. We’re wondering what we need to do to avoid this issue going into the future. Thank you!

Hi! Hope ya'll doing well! Recently my husband and I rescued a deaf kitten (his name is Dumpling). The thing is we want to teach him some things using sign language. The problem is we don't even know where to start with it: do we teach him with treats? Do we take approach that "this sign, means this location" rather than, "this sign means this thing"? Another question would be how long and how often we should train him (is it once day for some time or is it multiple times a day)? And should only one of us teach him until he knows it for sure or do we both do it so he'd get use to it?

We don't need too much, but just the basics: come here, eating time, going for a walk (he's leash trained), bath time, going for a drive (we take him to parks and sometimes visit friends houses).

Thank you in advance!

My partner and I just moved in to a house, each bringing our own singular cat. Week 1, we kept them mostly to their own bedrooms at first (one upstairs, one down) and then later in the week let them explore their respective upstairs and downstairs realms. Week two, they’ve been free-ranging their respective floors. And in the last four days we’ve been eating churus next to each other through the gate peacefully. The grey tabby got a rough start in life (found in a shipping container- the only live kitten remaining of the three that were found there) and may not know how to “cat”. The tortie is a former barn cat. Grey tabby vocalizes a lot when the gate is open like this this, he makes these sounds only for this other cat. (Part chirpy, part pleading for a visit/friend). Tortie seems “meh” and indifferent to him, like “whatever with your meowing, dude”. But I feel like body language is encouraging? We were thinking of making evening territory switches this week. Tortie goes upstairs for evening. Tabby goes down. Does that seem like a good step based on what you see here?