Welcome Buzza you might want to read the first page of this thread some information over there.

your family house is land house property is it? your cats are both in and out door ?

more than 2 cats will always fight on food.
Some more you have kitten, kitten will eat more than adult by nature. adult will eat slow even slow if turning older. kitten will eat more to grow. thats normal.

for some multi cat household, each cat will try to eat as much as they can before other cat grab the food who eat first they get most of it, else you will be too late

-----------------------

kitten disturb adult cat is also normal. happen any house who have 2 different age of cats like my older cat will always find other place to sleep, like on top of the cage, under the bed, under the cage, so the kitten will not step on him/her while sleeping.

all you above problem is nature there's nothing wrong with it.. its normal.. have fun with it, when they grow they will stop everything, and you will miss that memories...

sorry to hear bout this...

how to the vet treat her? how long will it takes to recover? how long will the treatment process? expenses? mine to share...

your adult cat sharing kitten food?

like how old is your adult male cat anyway?

most under 1 year old will play together with kitten. if they never play, mean you male cat is not into a group of friends

my case just now happen to 1 year above, 2 years, and 4 years +.

the 2 years and 4 years always run and find other place if there's kitten playing.

1 year sometimes join, and watch the kittens.

-----------

you only have 1 kitten, she is lonely that's why she want that male cat to play with him. but she is not so lucky, the male cat do not have interest in playing...

-----------

the only solution is to separate with cage. like when its time for the kitten to play, release her, and put the male cat to cage.. then exchange again.

no wonder, that age of cat will spend most time relaxing ehehehe... kitten are very naughty, just let it be your male cat will get used of that, and he soon find place that nobody disturb him.

but since only 1 kitten playing, for sure she will keep looking for friend no matter how hard your male cat hiding

so then you need to provide more food now.

having a kitten is not the easy thing to have. kitten need more RM than adult

just let the kitten eats more to grow into a perfect cat never diet them at this point.

while your male cat will eat whenever he wants... don't force him to eat at what amount you want. he will call for food if he is hungry..

is your male cat neuter?

my 4 years+ male cat is neuter and he is a good eater although he was fussy before. now he is ok.

if thats the case, should not be problem. since he act that way since kitten. he might get stress with that new comer who is very actively. he will get used with her later.. need more time. may one day they become best friend forever

This post has been edited by elfreakz: Aug 28 2008, 04:52 PM

i dont think spraying that kitten to eat the adult cat food is a good idea. you might get a kitten that will scare to eat. just let the kitten eat, she is growing into adult cat.

spraying with water gun only applies if the cat is doing bad things, like scratching furniture, breaking your vast, playing near your books. other than that, no need to be too strict with them.

its kitten nature to be naughty you cannot treat 4 months old kitten like a 4 years old cat. you cannot teach your 5 years old brother like 15 years old teenager.

else you will have paranoid cats that will not be nice any more.

cats can get very emotional sometimes, things that you make to scare - they will keep it forever. too much of it, they will even run away when u come near.

i only used spray water when they fight among each other.

kitten is very easy to teach. i only spray adult cat who are fighting. i never spray my kittens, else they grew up become scare to you. nobody wanted cats that cannot be touch, so you need to be careful when educating your kitten. not too hard, not too soft. make it balance.

at the same time you might not want to spoil them. so may ways to spoil a cat, like giving too much toys, giving expensive food (end of the day they don't eat cheap food anymore), feeding too much of fresh food until they ignore dry food.

-----------

people always thought having dog as pet is very hard, this also applied to cats. it is not as easy as having hamster

you need to play with your dogs, bring them for a walk.

how bout cats? you may not need to bring them for a walk, but provide them free space to run, climb and play with each other.

-------------

moral of the stories, for newbies... i advice, if you want to be a cat lover, please adopt atleast 2 kitten at the same age.

like sweetcat case, she already have adult cat age 4-5 years old, then suddenly a kitten comes in. who does not feel annoying?
thats what happen your sweetcat adult male cat. he will just need to get used of having a new friend who is so much younger.

so for sweetcat, just give alil bit more time i'm pretty sure next year you will settle down with the kitten - only if she come from a good genetics (i hope).

i'm sure your adult male cat will get used of her in the house, and for sure the kitten will grow become adult cat and behave like one.

This post has been edited by elfreakz: Aug 28 2008, 08:45 PM

That's Mia.. she's turning 2 years old this coming 31st August

Cat is a good hunter, but they also can be good "pengecut" eheheh...

Yes water is very important for cats, just like us. especially when cat eat dry food, they must drink water. Its very helpful in preventing urine crystals, constipation, and hairballs.

It's easy to monitor how much your cat drink if you have 1 cat in the house. But too many that will be a problem.

Let say you have 1 cat, and he drink 8 ounces/day (a cup of water), out of the blue, you keep repeating 2 cups a day, that a sign you need to bring him/her to the vet. Too much of drinking for than eating is a sign of Feline CRF (Chronic Renal Insufficiency).

Visit this link for Feline CRF = http://www.felinecrf.com/

From what i know, the Segar Vet told me that its very hard to track CRF, a very deep check up can only find if your cat really carry CRF or others. That may sound need more RM. But it's worth to safe life. Rather to see them in pain when that CRF attack at peak time until the last breath

geesshh sound so emotional.

This post has been edited by elfreakz: Aug 29 2008, 01:55 AM

yaiks 1 1/2 month very small.. at this time, need so much extra care, because they are not ready for vaccine yet. due to that, they may attack by disease very easy.

have a visit to your vet, take the body temperature and deworm maybe your kitten have this stomach madness with worms or fever.

that's the only way i cannot recommend other thing to do for this age of kitten.

that bloated make me freak out.

my beloved aileen who pass away about 1 year plus ago.. had this bloated stomach, and she died immediately. She has pass away, but i keep saying her name, till i gave that name to a kitten that look like here. vet suspected FIP disease which cannot be treat. FIP has 5 stage, her's is stage 4 - she can't handle it anymore, and give it a break - return back her life to god
The only cure is the cat it self... if he/she is strong enough to carry the FIP disease, they will live more longer. but if reject them self, cannot do anything.

Don't kidnap mia eheheh i have like 8 cats.

wah anak anak merdeka

my cats vet is at SEGAR VET, taman segar cheras. Near leisure mall. im not sure where is mahkota cheras thought... which side of cheras are u at?

Sorry... i know your place, but i don't know vet around that. but i think the nearest is Segar Vet Taman Segar Cheras or Everise Vet at Tmn Connaught, Cheras.

maybe someone else here have any idea...

SEGAR PETS CENTRE & VETERINARY SERVICES
2, Jln Manis 3, Tmn Segar, Cheras, 56100 KL
Tel: 03-91334192, 03-91332343

what do you mean, age or time (am/pm) ?

if you don't mind cats roaming around your house, then just let me 24/7.

cats will be more active at night. they usually sleep in the morning.