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07-13-2011, 05:43 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NC
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| Dilema, cats and dog This might be long, so sorry about that. I will start with a timeline. 2009: Christmas, and my nephew took in a cat that he couldn't keep. The original owners were going to dump it on Halloween '09, so he took it in(damn him he is just like me). He told us about it so we took the cat. At the time we had two very elderly dogs. 2010: The cat avoided the dogs, but both dogs passed between January and April. In July we adopted a new dog(best dog ever). They didn't like each other but they tolerated each other. 2011: In June starved young cat shows up on our property and my wife feeds him.... We take him in, and take him to the vet(checked for microchip and got some advice). The vet wants a lot of money to check him out and we just spent $1000+ on our adopted dog for medical problems. They said they understood and told us to isolate the new cat until we could afford the checkup and vaccines. Got all of that handled now but we decided to let new cat explore the house for a day and we didn't know how old cat would react. We isolated the old cat for a day and let new cat out to explore. All went well so last weekend we let everybody out. Old cat did ok... until he saw new cat's back turned. He attack new cat really bad, drew blood, and bit or scratched his face. He also attacked dog, who was doing nothing. Needless to say old cat is now isolated. New cat and dog love each other. We have to get rid of old cat, and I feel horrible. Dog is really happy and more playful since old cat is locked in a room, and that tells me he has been attacked a lot before. I have emailed a rescue, but cats are hard to adopt(apparently black cats are harder and that is what he is). and I just feel bad about the whole deal. Any advice? Are we doing the right thing? |
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07-14-2011, 06:14 AM | #2 |
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| Speaking as a person with 15 cats and 5 dogs I went through many a fight between cats and cats. Cats are very possesiive and territorial. I never thought about getting rid of any cats. I did delcaw one of my cats because she was wild which helped a great deal. I also bought a real large cage for one of my cats who we took in from the street and she is very happy in her own domaiin. I don't give up and although it takes time mostly the outcome is good. Now the cats tolerate each other and I don't have to worry about anybody getting clawed. I would do anything to make sure that the cat wouldn't go to a pound because I know what would happen to them. |
07-14-2011, 06:57 AM | #3 | |
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07-14-2011, 07:52 AM | #4 |
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| Sometimes it just takes time. I had a cat I took in that didnt like other cats and my yorkies but in time she learned to tolerate them and chilled out
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07-14-2011, 11:18 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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| You should wait a little longer to decide on giving away your cat ): , They could get used to each other. |
07-14-2011, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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| Does older kitty like being outside? If so could she be an outdoor one? Cats are so independent and smart that they do very well outdoors. but, only they thry want to and like it. Some people have made higher perches for cats indoors . Kitties like to sit up in high places and when they do they are less likely to attack. I would have a hard time giving up on a pet i have had for a while even if the animal had an attitude.
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07-14-2011, 04:18 PM | #7 |
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| Speaking from someone who has socialized many cats, bringing in a new can be a process and not something that happens overnight. If you decided to try again you may need to keep the old cat isolated and do a slow introduction with limited roam space for them all. I am not sure if the dog should be in the mix yet, let the cats start showing some love towards each other. You know your cats may never be best friends, they may just learn to tolerate each other but that is okay as long as there is no blood loss in the deal.
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