Cats

[WRXBLUE04]

Well I think my cats may be stressing the baby chin out.. This morning I saw one of them walk by his cage and he was out playing, he ran across the bottom the of cage and I think barked at the cat. I heard him do this twice this morning.. I did see the cat once or twice stick his paw in the cage. This chin is fine and doing very good. I am going to place an order now for a Chin Mansion which will be alot better for him, I am going to email them tho because it claims they come with natural pine shelves, But I thought pine is bad for them?

[The Animal Farm]

Hmmm, pine is generally ok if it is untreated and kiln dried. Pine that has NOT been kiln dried contains oils that are very irritating to chins.

[Karin]

i'm not sure what description they give for there shelve's, but they are safe.. if you are considering the mansion, be sure and order more additional shelve's to go with it, or have some more ledges handy.. the 4 they give aren't enough..
cats.. my cats do the same thing.. dusty smell's the dogs or cat's, he goes nuts.. runs around, jumping like crazy, and can hear em blowing...
i don't think it necessarily means they're stressing him out.. but do be mindful of the paw through the cage bit..
if your cat still has claw's, he can still hurt your peanut.. my female kept doing that.. dusty bit the heck out of her, so i dont have that issue anymore..:rofl: glad to hear peanut is still doing so well..:winkgrin:

[Kiki's Mom]

The natural pine shelves that come with the chin mansion from Quality Cage are completely safe. You may want to invest in a few leap 'n' ledges as well. As far as your cats go - if they are sticking their paws in the cage this is not good. Not only is it stressing your chin out, but it can cause injury to your chin if your cats are not declawed. I have 3 cats and I slowly introduced them to my chin by holding them in my lap in front of the cage for short periods of time and letting them sniff noses with my chin and letting my chin get used to seeing my cats. I supervised and kept them apart when I was not home until I felt safe that they would not both her. Now my cats pretend that Kiki isn't even there. They will walk by her cage without even a glance. One of them will occasionally sit and watch Kiki from afar, and Kiki will even run to the front of the cage inviting "nose kisses" but frankly my cats are a little scared of her and keep their distance. I'm lucky, not all cats would steer clear of what looks to them like a giant mouse - they are predatory creatures and chins are prey. If you cannot train your cat to leave the cage alone (which is hard if not impossible if they are interested) then you should keep your chin where the cats cannot bother him.

[Virginia]

Yea the shelves in the cage are fine. Chins LOVE pine. At least mine seem to lol So be ready for Peanut to nibble on all the shelves :) A few of us sell ledges as well, if you need more. Which you probably will :)

And I agree, Id make it so the cats cant get to the chin cage.

[Starry_Eyes0102]

I'm so glad someone else posted a thread about this. I'm adopting a cat from the humane society here in SB in a couple months and I was worried about how the cat and the boys would interact. Since the bars on the boys' cage are open, I can get two fingers though the spaces, I'm worried about a little kittie paw doing the same thing. Since the cat I want is not declawed and I kinda don't wanna get her declawed, I wanted to make sure nothing bad would happen. I pretty much just plan on keeping kitty out of the chinnie room but if something should occur I should hope that they don't hate each other.

Kiki's Mom - I liked how you said you introduced your cats to your chin slowly and that sounds like a good idea so maybe that is the method I'll use.

Anybody else got good chin/cat ideas or methods? :hyper:

Thanks :hearts:

[Chinmama]

ZZ ignores Jake and Indy but Marble makes this "quack" noise at them every chance she gets. I think it is more attitude than fear, at least with her anyway...she's my little diva!

[Kiki's Mom]

If you have your chin in a room where the kitten/cat can be restricted from then I would stick with that plan. My cats are all old and disinterested. In the nicer weather I let them on the deck and they sit under the bird feeder and don't even blink at the birds - NOT the norm. If you are deadset on introducing them then I would do the following...Carry the cat into the room and sit in front of the cage with the cat on your lap facing the cage and your hands supporting it's chest in case he/she decides to take a flying leap on the cage. Let the cat look, let them sniff noses through the cage. I would do this for 10-15 minutes a few times a day, never letting go of the cat. If your chins seem very agitated then keep the encounters shorter but don't give up - they have to get used to each other in order to get along. After a few days of this I would let the cat down and see what it does. Keep a spray bottle of water handy and if the cat starts to put paws through the cage or jump up on it, squirt it with water. Not until you are 100% sure that the cat is not going to torment your boys would I leave them alone unsupervised. Good luck to you - thank you for adopting a homeless cat and I'm glad you're not planning on declawing :) .

[WRXBLUE04]

Well I have 4 cats. 2 don't care about the cage, the other 2 like to watch whats inside. They are not declawed. The cage is in my room, which is the quietest place it can be. The cats sleep in this room also. they just usually sniff noses when he's close to the cage he doesnt seem to mind, sometime will go over to them to see them. But I have caught them with there little arm in the cage. When I get my chin mansion the holes are to small for them to fit in there. I just ordered it :)

[Virginia]

Well, you could always get a water bottle, put some water in it, and as long as you dont hit your chin, squirt the cats and tell them no. Might sound mean, but I know it works for dogs, and its better then the cat accidently hurting your chin.