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You are kidding right? Just how much do YOU really know about this group? Or are you, like with the Justice story, posting something that you received second hand and took to be the truth? And for anyone to be so arrogant to ASSume that this suppose…
Dixie, thanks for that update. As always, your insight is so appreciated.
Renee, your mistake was an honest one. It's a shame that the child can't see it for that and continues to spew her venom. What I posted about fullmoon farms is what I know about them from seeing them on the news and the problems they've had over the…
ROFL!!! You are a clever little Minx my friend Lisbeth. LOL
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I'm sure the Dr. knows better than I do, but I just went through a similar situation, and thought I could at least let you know what worked for us!! The tips come from my neighbor in Vet school who has fostered cats for years. There will probably still be some hissing, but she never had actual fights and we had very minimal aggression. We kept the cats in separate areas (I'd put the two who are used to eachother in a room and leave the solo cat out personally, but that's up to you) but able to touch under the door. I rubbed towels on the set of cats we were introducing and put them under the food bowls of the ones being introduced to and vice versa (I hope that makes sense...its kind of hard to explain without being confusing) that way everyone would have the cats they weren't familiar with right under thier food, and hopefully begin to associate the smell with a good thing. I also swapped toys, so everyone had a fun object that smelled like a different cat. The ones with catnip in them went over extremely well. I was really scared about aggression as both sets of cats (we were moving my two cats in with my sisters two cats) had been raised together and had never been with other cats. One of each pair was also dominant and could be aggressive when aggitated. There was ALOT of hissing, but only one set got physical, and it wasn't a true death match, more of a slap fest without claws drawn. We clipped the aggressors claws and kept water bottles handy and now all four cats are acclimated to the new situation and seem happy and healthy. I can't guarantee anything, but hopefully it will help!! Good luck!