r/Kitten

For those that have older cats and catios with kittens, when did you allow your kittens to go out into the catio. Currently have two 12 week old kittens and 4 other cats that are all one year of age.

Hi! I got a kitten a lil over a week ago. I have a resident tuxedo that is a lil over a year. I have been keeping them separated with the kitten in the guest room. I’ve been doing scent swapping, treats and eating on opposite side of door, etc.

They saw each other once when the door wasn’t fully closed and she ran in and hissed and growled. No batting or crazy aggression. Obviously we immediately removed her. In the past couple days she has been very curious about the kitten and even is playing with his paws underneath the door.

I opened the door today while resident cat was playing with kittens paws under the door, she started growling and hissing so I immediately closed the door. She continued to play with him under the door after that.

What’s the next step? She’s obviously not fully okay but she wants to play with him under the door.

Just looking to get some advice or comparisons. I currently have 8 cats. 4 of those we got as found kittens but when we had our cat house extended they were old enough to go out there ( youngest one roughly 9 months). Our latest two we had from two weeks old and have hand reared them and they are now 12 weeks old. For the most part it is quite safe as fencing is low enough but just worried on the height of a couple of the ledges as I feel they are too high for them. But I guess from others experience when did you allow your kittens to go out into the catio.

PLEASE NOTE; this is a real problem and not some weird joke thing!!!

My cat keeps bringing her kittens and getting into bed with me! I wake up and there's a warm, furry body beside me, happily nursing her entire litter that she's brought with her!

I'm happy that she trusts me, but obviously this is dangerous.

I have her in my bedroom so she won't be disturbed by my other cats.

I don't want to keep her in the bathroom because it's very small, and not as warm. The a/c keeos it cold, especially with the door shut. If I close the a/c vent it gets very stuffy - like over 80 degrees.

I thought of getting one of those wire kennels and putting then all in there, but locking her up like that feels mean.

why is she doing this? This is her second litter and she didn't do this.

EDITED: thanks, everyone. I'm going to get a kennel for her. I hate to lock her in, but at least the babies will be safe - and my doofus roommate won't be able to let her out. She goes to the vet as soon as tjis litter is old enough.

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Hey ya’ll! (quick preface we have visited the vet and ruled out any medical issues) My wife and I got a kitten at a shelter recently and we were told the kitten had some slight issues with accidents but it should be over now that she’s been spayed, we’ve had her for almost two weeks and no matter what we do we can’t get her to stop peeing on things! We’re having a lot of trouble trying to get through this as we live in an apartment and weren’t prepared for this. We don’t want to give her back but it feels like we’re running out of options, any advice would be greatly appreciated.