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I love my kitty. She's an indoor cat without claws and whenever there's a cat outside a window she starts yowling and getting all maudlin and lonely.

Today I was followed into my apartment by a neighborhood cat. My cat came out to investigate and say hello and got the same response she gets from all cats, a great big angry hiss that would put an alien to shame. This isn't the first time she's had an encounter with other cats hoping to make friends only to be hissed at or swatted on the cheek.

How does one socialize cats? Pic related because she's my kitty :3
>> Anonymous
Buy a kitten, and hopefully, it won't be fighting your other cat over territory just yet, so they can learn to get along with each other. Failing that, get a puppy. It's always nice to see cats and dogs the best of friends. :3
>> Anonymous
>>172380
My lease doesn't allow dogs ;___;
>> Anonymous
>>172381
You could try a ferret. :o My cat absolutely adored our ferret. Just be sure to get a young one, they learn to socialize better.
>> Anonymous
>>172391
My gf has been teasing me to adopt a chocolate litter-box trained bunny from a rescue but I'm afraid the bunny will chew everything or badly hurt my cat or vice versa.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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Fuck, we're currently trying to socialize our cat with a kitten that looks like your cat. Isn't working, the old one is dead afraid of the kitten.
>> Anonymous
get another cat. i started with one, ended up with three. watching them interact is cool.
>> Anonymous
Kittens don't work half the time. I have an older (middle aged in cat years) lonely cat, so we introduced a kitten. Surprise surprise, older cat now thinks kitten is taking over her territory.
I'd say go with the ferret idea. Cats and tubecats get along famously.
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Sometimes I think that my cat has a peculiar aura about her that freaks out other cats but humans can't notice it.
Of course cafts are antisocial most of the time.
>> Anonymous
It'll take some time for any cat to get used to another one.
When we brought my youngest cat home, my older cat held a grudge against both of us for awhile. She wouldn't respond to me, and hissed at the kitten for about two weeks or so.

But gradually she calmed down and now the two sleep together and whatnot. =\

Neighborhood outdoor cats aren't really prone to being friendly, considering they're a bit more territorial than indoor cats.
>> Anonymous
AW!! It's sweet that your cat likes to be friendly.

The only way I have ever gotten two cats to get along is by locking them in seperate rooms near each other and giving them sessions throughout the day to interact. I keep a close eye on them and if one gets crazy I put them away. Eventually they just learn to deal with each other. Half the battle is getting them used to each other's scent.
>> Anonymous
you need to go to a shelter and ask for a social cat, not a kitten.. a cat around the same age yours is, since your cat seem very social, it need a same cat, I bet she is feeling really lonely, indor cats need a companion.

I have 2 cats at my parents house, the older one (4 human years) grew up with my chihuahua and they are like blood sisters always licking and playing, but since I found 3 stray baby kittens, I keep the male (now 8 months old) at first my older cat was all mad at him and constantly hiss him ans slap him, but now she just ignores him.

Just go to a shelter and ask for a social cat.
>> Anonymous
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my older cat and the kitten. You need a social cat so they can be friends, you cat feels lonely :<
>> Anonymous
We introduced a kitten to our older cat (I think she was about 9-10 at the time) and she absolutely hated him. The kitten was replacing a cat that had been hit by a car earlier in the year and that cat had been around the same age, in the same house for only a little bit less time than our original cat. The kitten just wanted to play and our cat wanted nothing to do with the baby. He grew to be pretty big, probly weighing about 10 pounds more than her at some point. She hated him until the day she died. They got in fights and he learned to purposely antagonize her so she'd yowl and hiss and run away from him.
>> Anonymous
Dude, don't support declawing. It's the fucking worst thing you can do to a cat.
>> Anonymous
>>173592
Not what thread is about. So gtfo.

I'd go with what some other people said. Go to your local shelter and pick a social cat they have up for adoption. Both kitties with thank you.
>> Anonymous
>>173592
She was like that when I got her. I would never declaw a cat.