Will an older male cat accept a kitten?
Adult cats will usually accept a new kitten much more easily than they will accept a new adult cat. Cats are territorial, and your cat may resent an adult feline intruder. If you’re able to choose from a group of kittens, avoid a kitten that’s hissing, growling or engaged in serious battle with his mates.
How old do you have to be to have a kitten?
On many cat sites I visit there are posts from people who decide to adopt a kitten when they already have a grown cat (10 years old in some cases). It seems that many times this causes a huge amount of stress and hostility in the current resident adult cat.
What’s the name of the male cat in it’s a cat life?
Of course, there’s a certain protocol involved with 2 male cats (one older, one young) meeting for the first time. In her book It’s A Cat’s Life, Anitra Frazier describes the meeting between her male cat, Big Purr, and her foster kitten, Ralph.
How old was my cat when I got married?
I am thinking especially of cats who have lived 10+ years without another cat around. When my ex and I got married, she had a black angora that she’d raised from a kitten and was, at that time, 16 years old. She was starting to really show her age, and would lay around, almost as if she were just waiting to move on into the next life.
How did my male cat accept a male kitten?
The boisterous young cat been living with 3 adult females — Cricket, Kilah and Tikvah — and none of them had the slightest interest in playing with him. Not only did my male cat “accept” this male kitten, but they became best friends. Dervish would lie in wait under a chair or the bed, stretch out a long white paw and pull his new friend under.
On many cat sites I visit there are posts from people who decide to adopt a kitten when they already have a grown cat (10 years old in some cases). It seems that many times this causes a huge amount of stress and hostility in the current resident adult cat.
Is it better to keep a female cat away from a male cat?
With their hunter’s instinct, male cats happen to kill kittens quite often. Small kittens mostly resemble small animals, which the tomcats prey on. Hence, it is better to keep a female cat who has mothered kittens away from the male cat.
I am thinking especially of cats who have lived 10+ years without another cat around. When my ex and I got married, she had a black angora that she’d raised from a kitten and was, at that time, 16 years old. She was starting to really show her age, and would lay around, almost as if she were just waiting to move on into the next life.
What makes a male cat different from a female cat?
Tomcats have a wild side to their personality, and are more ferocious than their female counterparts. Kittens are believed to be victims of a tomcat’s aggression. With their hunter’s instinct, male cats happen to kill kittens quite often. Small kittens mostly resemble small animals, which the tomcats prey on.