June 1st, 2003 by Margaret
Too many cats!
June 1, 2003
I am exhausted running from room to room caring for my separated crew. All I feel like I do now is put out food, scoop litter boxes, wash tons of cat dishes, put more food and water out, hold kittens to get them used to being held by humans, clean up spilled [...]
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March 24th, 2003 by Margaret
Infant Kittens Make Big Cats Tense
March 24, 2003, 1:00 AM
My big cats are tense. I have the kittens in their little nest box inside a large carrier here next to me by the computer. I’ve been hearing hissing, growling and warning whining noises (those are from Simon). I found a little puddle of blood- can’t [...]
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November 12th, 2002 by Margaret
I woke up early this morning to the sounds of tussling (but no yelling or screaming), which was Jolie and Sumner in the Catio (like a window air conditioner but all clear for cats to get real good roomy outdoor views). I took Jolie out, who was closest to the opening, but she growled [...]
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November 10th, 2002 by Margaret
November 10, 2002
Simon’s been holding Galen down by the neck at least once a day that I know of lately. He holds on for a while and sometimes doesn’t let go when I call to him. I hear cat mewling noises so go to see what’s up. Galen is the one [...]
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September 18th, 2002 by Margaret
Sept. 18, 2002
Last night was a bit stressful. My three males are around two years-old, the age of social maturity for cats and there have been tensions. I heard Simon make his scary, guttural moan from hell “urrrerrrrurrr” noise, the one that sounds unearthly that he uses when an intruder cat comes in the yard [...]
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September 17th, 2002 by Margaret
Simon dominating
Galen- not sexual in nature
For the past few weeks, every other day or so, I hear Galen squeak, and find Simon on top of him doing the dominating neck hold thing. Galen does not seem to care much, though, [...]
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September 16th, 2002 by Margaret
September 16, 2002
There are some changes going on with the cat’s “hierarchy”. This is to be expected as the males are all around two years-old, the age when cats reach social maturity. Jolie has a urinary tract infection (UTI), so she could be getting stressed from the changes, which then led to the UTI. I even get [...]
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