[catgirl101]

My neighbor's cat, Puff Puff is MEAN. My sisters go to it and it hisses. It bit my neighbor this week and I feel bad for him. How do I make it like me?

[Alty]

You don't. Cats are cats, and most cats only tolerate being handled by their owners. Some cats don't even tolerate that.

Leave the cat alone. He's telling you loud and clear that he doesn't want your attention.

I notice that you post on many of the cat related threads. It's obvious that you don't know a lot about cats, based on this question, and the answers you post. Please keep in mind that this site is about giving expert advice to the people that ask. They don't want advice from someone that doesn't have any information to give. Do you understand?

[catgirl101]

you don't. Cats are cats, and most cats only tolerate being handled by their owners. Some cats don't even tolerate that.

Leave the cat alone. He's telling you loud and clear that he doesn't want your attention.

I notice that you post on many of the cat related threads. It's obvious that you don't know a lot about cats, based on this question, and the answers you post. Please keep in mind that this site is about giving expert advice to the people that ask. They don't want advice from someone that doesn't have any information to give. Do you understand?

Then why did it like his wife, antonia?!

[tickle]

then why did it like his wife, antonia??!!

You are not getting it.

Because the cat is used to her.

[Wondergirl]

Antonia may spend lots of petting time with this cat and probably feeds it. One of our four cats loves my husband to pieces but hates the rest of us and refuses to even be in the same room with us. My son's cat wants to be only with my son and be around his neck or lying across his chest. He ignores the rest of us.

[Alty]

then why did it like his wife, antonia?!

Did you read what I posted?

You don't. Cats are cats, and most cats only tolerate being handled by their owners. Some cats don't even tolerate that.

The wife lives with the cat, therefore she's the cats owner.

[catgirl101]

Did you read what I posted?



The wife lives with the cat, therefore she's the cats owner.

Yes! Antonia and Her husband both bought the cat!! Antonia is the only one who never gets hissed at. But Marty (husband) does. The cat doesn't usually hiss at me anymore but it still hates my sisters. I'm trying to find out why it is getting used to me and if it even can.

[joypulv]

(If I remember, OP is 12, but she keeps forgetting to say so.)

Every cat I have ever known runs and hides from strangers. Including my cat. It takes her probably 20 or more visits to even think about entering the same room. It isn't fair to a scared cat to try to make friends when it doesn't want to. So show some patience.

Cats are often attracted to people who don't move a lot. Sit quietly. Make tiny whispery high noises, sweet ones. Maybe wiggle a string, but don't move if you can help it. It might take days or even weeks.

[teacherjenn4]

(If I remember, OP is 12, but she keeps forgetting to say so.)

Every cat I have ever known runs and hides from strangers. Including my cat. It takes her probably 20 or more visits to even think about entering the same room. It isn't fair to a scared cat to try to make friends when it doesn't want to. So show some patience.

Cats are often attracted to people who don't move a lot. Sit quietly. Make tiny whispery high noises, sweet ones. Maybe wiggle a string, but don't move if you can help it. It might take days or even weeks.

I think the OP is only 9! This may explain the need to ask so many questions.

[Wondergirl]

I think the OP is only 9! This may explain the need to ask so many questions.

Her profile says 9.

[Alty]

She's 9 and answers a lot of cat question she really shouldn't be answering, because she knows very little about cats.

I do hope she sticks around, reads the cat threads, gets some knowledge. Then when she's older, she'll be able to answer some of the questions posted here. Knowledge is power, posting when you have no knowledge is not a good idea.

To the OP. My daughter is 10, and she knows everything there is to know about bunny's. She got the bunny bug from me, and then she decided to read everything she could find about rabbits, ask questions, and now, if I weren't available to post on this site on rabbit questions, I would trust her to answer the rabbit questions. She knows more about rabbits than most vets do.

But that kind of knowledge takes time, dedication, and patience. She didn't learn what she knows overnight.

So ask your questions, read other questions, but, when you're given an answer by people that know what they're talking about, don't argue with them, just read and learn. That's how you'll learn, and that's how you'll become an expert on cats.

[catgirl101]

I think the OP is only 9! This may explain the need to ask so many questions.

Why are so many people interested in my age?! Is there something wrong?

[catgirl101]

Someone tell me why people are so into my age!!

[Alty]

Why are so many people interested in my age?!! Is there something wrong??

Actually, yes. At the age of 9 you can't possibly know enough to give advice on this site, which you've been doing, badly. Very badly.

No one expects a 9 year old to know enough to give accurate advice about any of the topics discussed on this site. You're a child, and as a child, you can't possibly know what you need to in order to participate here. That's a fact. It has nothing to do with you as a person, nothing at all. I'm sure you're a wonderful kid. But you're 9, and no 9 year old can know what they need to in order to answer questions here. No matter how smart, or mature they think they are.

The problem is that people come here for expert advice, not the opinion of a 9 year old child. Your age really does matter, because it tells us a lot about how much you know, or don't know, about the real world.

It's also very worrisome that you're on this site. Many of the questions here, are for adults only. I'm a mom, and I know I wouldn't want my kids, who are 10 and 14, reading a lot of the stuff that's posted here. So it's really a concern to see someone your age posting. Why aren't your mom and dad monitoring what you do on the computer?

[catgirl101]

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I already know a lot about cats. I'm reading books every day and I'm working on my science project. I don't want to say this but these people are making me frustrated!

[catgirl101]

I'm not going on this stupid site anymore.

[Wondergirl]

POP QUIZ

1.What is the most expressive part of a cat's body?

2. Which organic acid is vital for a cat to get in its food?

3. What does T-N-R mean?

[Alty]

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I already know a lot about cats. I'm reading books every day and I'm working on my science project. I don't want to say this but these people are making me frustrated!!

I'm sure you're reading and learning, and that's good. When you're older you'll know a lot about cats from reading about them, and learning about them, but in the meantime you're answering questions on this site, and you don't know enough to answer those questions accurately.

Let me put it this way.

A few years ago, when I first started on this site, before I was made an expert because of my knowledge, a lady came on line. She had rescued a stray dog that was pregnant a week before. The dog was giving birth, and one of the puppies was born and wasn't breathing. There was no time to rush to a vet, and the lady (who didn't breed this dog) was in a panic. It was late, no answer at the vet clinic. So she cam to this site, desperate, wanting to know if there was some way to get the puppy to breath, to live.

Luckily I was online, and I knew what to do. So I quickly posted instructions, and then I waited. I posted within seconds of when she posted. It was pure luck that I was there when she asked her question.

Long story short, she followed my advice, and the puppy started to breath. It lived.

The questions here aren't for fun, they're real people with real problems, and they don't know who's posting advice. They don't know that when you post, they're getting supposed "expert" advice from a 9 year old child that wants to be a cat expert, but isn't. They come here for answers, not childish guesses.

You may not like that we're telling you this, and that's what I'd expect. You're a child, you don't want to be told that what you're doing isn't right. But when it comes to the pet forums on this site, you're dealing with me, because I care about the advice posted on this forum. If you can't give accurate answers, can't take criticism when you post inaccurate answers, then you don't belong here. I will not let anyone come here and risk the lives of animals because they want to believe that reading a few books makes them an expert, when every post they write shows that they have no knowledge at all.

So learn, read, find the information, and become an expert on cats. That's something you can do. When you do, we'll all welcome you here. But not now. You don't have enough knowledge to give advice on cats. Your question proves that, as do all your posts on other questions.

I'm not being mean to you kiddo, I'm telling you the facts. If you can't accept that, then that just shows your age, and your immaturity, and again, that's what I expect. You're only 9. I don't expect you to be an adult. But you have to be in order to post on the topics you're posting on here.

Good luck. Keep learning.

[catgirl101]

POP QUIZ

1.What is the most expressive part of a cat's body?

2. Which organic acid is vital for a cat to get in its food?

3. What does T-N-R mean?

1. the tail

2. taurine

3. Trap - Neuter - Release

[Wondergirl]

Nice job!

What does taurine do for a cat?