tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016876.post116188512331517381..comments2023-11-02T08:29:03.994-05:00Comments on Chrys' World: My cat is the Nellie Olsen of the feline worldCrystal*http://www.blogger.com/profile/06689150836320685611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016876.post-1162112676574445892006-10-29T03:04:00.000-06:002006-10-29T03:04:00.000-06:00Never underestimate the power of a simple spraybot...Never underestimate the power of a simple spraybottle filled with water. Squirt for control. It'll make your wounds heal faster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016876.post-1161976909625828152006-10-27T14:21:00.000-05:002006-10-27T14:21:00.000-05:00Gah--I've gone through a lot of this. I have a cou...Gah--I've gone through a lot of this. I have a couple of suggestions...<BR/><BR/>Contrary to popular belief, cats do tend to be social -- IF they are properly socialized by their mothers. The problem is that humans often separate the kittens from the mothers WAY too early, which causes problems. Sounds like Allie might be one of these. Makes me so mad. Ahem...off my soapbox. *g*<BR/><BR/>Try giving them a couple of months to work things out. She's clueless about how to handle relationships with humans and other cats, and is probably acting out of a need to create her own territory. Things may settle after the hierarchy is established.<BR/><BR/>You can also try spraying a product called Feliway around the house. It contains calming pheromones, the same ones cats smear around when they rub on things. <BR/><BR/>If worse comes to worse, your vet can prescribe a med called Clomicalm, which is supposed to help mellow out cats with aggressive behavior issues.<BR/><BR/>Good luck! Sounds like you've done really well with her!Larissa Ionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242815352060918244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016876.post-1161913770717383342006-10-26T20:49:00.000-05:002006-10-26T20:49:00.000-05:00I had a bitch kitty once. She too was a stray who...I had a bitch kitty once. She too was a stray who we adopted. She was a kitten and the first weekend we had her she was so cute. All she did was sit on our laps and purr. After a week, she became a dynamo. Anyway, you didn't play with her because she would bite and scratch. The first couple of years were okay, she was like an ordinary cat except she routinely caught critters who weighed twice as much as her. Then one day, she changed. She would let us pet her, she stayed away from home for days at a time, she became feral. We had her fixed pretty quick after we got her. After one of her trips, she never came home. I suspect she met a creature bigger than her and met her end. Caution was not something she understood. The other two cats weren't too sad to see her go.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what to tell you. Cats are almost as bad as kids.Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966956368329586135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016876.post-1161888085244827552006-10-26T13:41:00.000-05:002006-10-26T13:41:00.000-05:00She sounds related to a cat we had when I was a ki...She sounds related to a cat we had when I was a kid. J.J. used to perch on the back of the couch and when you least expected it, he (or she, I don't remember!) would claw you on the top of the head. J.J. did not live with us for too long. *g*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com