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I have kitty troubles! My other cat is starting to go all messed up, because it's driving him crazy seeing the new kitty out in the garden intruding upon his territory, and so he's really mean now, so I'm having second thoughts about keeping the new kitty, because I feel sorry for for my other cat.
And besides that, me and my mom are fighting all the time, because she's laying guilt on me for 1) keeping her "imprisoned" and "cooped up" and "locked up" in my bedroom like "Rapunzel". Because when I bring the kitty inside for the night and so on, I have her in my room safe from the other cat. And 2) she lays guilt on me for having not given her a real name yet.
So now I think I should take her to the humane society or wherever, because I don't want my other cat to go crazy. I haven't told my parents this yet, because I wanted someone else's opinons or suggestions or whatever.

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That is troublesome!

Did you try introducing the kitties in neutral territory?
Maybe you could try phoning your local SPCA and ask them how they do cat introductions when they have multiple cats living together. It might be a good idea to trim their nails before introducing them too.

You don't want to stress your cat out too much though. I hope he's not too bad. Is he being violent or just cranky?

As for keeping her in your room at night, I don't think that's a very big deal if it's just at night. It's better than having her get hurt by your other cat or by an animal outside. As long as she's allowed out *most* of the time and gets plenty of excersize. Does she fuss when she has to stay in your room or is she calm?

The name thing isn't a big deal either. Maybe you could just name her Rapunzel now. I'm sure you'll think of something if you decide to keep her.

I hope you don't have to give her up, but you have to do what's best for her and your other kitty. It might be a good idea to discuss it with your parents. See if they think your other cat is too stressed and how they feel about her being there. When I have a problem I usually like to get lots of opinions in case somebody comes up with something that I haven't thought of.

Calling the SPCA and asking about cat introductions is probably a good idea. Or find someone in your area that is very good with cats and ask their advice.

Keep in mind there is usually a fee for surrendering an animal to a rescue shelter. A friend of mine surrendered her cat to the SPCA because she is moving out of province and the fee was $65. You might have to just put signs up with a "free to a good home" heading if you really can't keep her.

I hope everything works out. If you want to rant and complain you can e-mail me or do it on here. I know how frustrating it is to have to decide whether or not you can keep a pet.

My cat isn't too bad yet, just sort of cranky all the time. More so then usual, that is. He's only violent if I pester him when he's just seen her, but he will calm down after a while.
As for her being in my room, she IS outside most of the time, exept for night, and I usually bring inside for a little while in the afternoon so she can eat a little.
And when she is in my room she is usualy fine. Except for last night, which is now a new deveopment. She woke me up at 3 and was a whining a lot, and I couldn't sleep, so eventually I put outside. So today I'm really tired, because i never got back to sleep till six or so....
And it seems that every pet I have had, I always eventually start thinking im not taking good enough care of it, etc. etc., and it always really frusterates me.. So this problem I have now has happend before...

I'll think about calling the Spca like you said, but I expect they probably wont have anything to day other than what I already know...

But thanks, i wanted someone else's opinion before I jumped to a decision.

I can relate! I often feel like I'm not taking good enough care of my pets even though I know they're all spoiled rotten!!! It is very frustrating. You think that you're not doing enough but don't know what else you can do for them. I get really annoyed sometimes because I feel like I'm neglecting my rabbits so I try to put more time into them and then feel like I'm neglecting my dog. Plus I take care of my brothers rabbit because he doesn't so that's even less time for my rabbits and dog. Usually when I mention to someone that I feel like that they look at me like I'm crazy and say "What do you mean? Your pets are spoiled! They live better than some humans". I'm sure you are taking better care of her than you think you are. At least now she has someone to love her and feed her.

I've just had an idea.
Maybe she could be your full-time outdoor cat?
You could take her to get fixed and have her shots and set up a bed and food and such in the shed where you found her. That might make your other feel a bit better too because her scent won't be in the house.

I know you'll be able to figure something out.

we thought of having her as an outdoor cat, but that wouldn't work, because the other cat needs to go out too, and he would still beat her up, because indoor or outdoor, it's still his territory...

And another new development. She's in heat, that explains why she was being weird last night, and so on, and so dad said the we would make an appointment with the vet to have her spayed, so then I spoke up and said that I didn't think it's a good idea to keep her, so I told them how i was concerned for the other cat going nuts and how we probably would never get him to be nice to her. And my sister said anyway that if he's going to be nasty and try to hurt her and all that, it would be better if we gave her up because she wouldn't be happy in that sort of enviroment, and it would be better for the other cat...so I think it's the best thing for both of them.

That's too bad but it sounds like you know what you're doing.

I hope so.

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Anyway, I took the kitty to shelter....

Awww!

So sorry. How did she react?

She seemed to be allright. So now my cat is fine, and he'll let me pet him and hold him on my lap and all that...

Good to hear.

Our puppy is back from the hospital. Her surgeries went well and she seems to be doing fine.