Hi Akari:
I’m glad you are against de-clawing, I am strictly against it too!!! Just keep an extra eye on the two when they are in the same room (I know it’s not easy) to avoid another incident. They will eventually get used to each other.
What’s the temp where you live? I forget there are actually places that are warm right now. I am still wearing my barn jacket outside. lol Good job rehydrating him the way you did.
Do you have any kind of a green thumb? You don’t need much of one to grow some catnip or kitty grass for him to knaw on. The seeds are cheap too. If you do grow some only give him access to it when your home though. I made the mistake of leaving a catnip plant out when my cats were indoor only in one of my old apartments. Well the kitties discovered it on top of a shelf one day and there was a huge pile of dirt and green pieces everywhere along with everything else they knocked over to get to it! Too funny, I still laugh to myself when I think about it. After that incident I planted some seeds in a large, old plastic container I had; it made it heavy, but was easy to move and if they did knock it over, it wouldn’t break. I put it outside of my window when I wasn’t home. They loved their catnip plant! I would also break off pieces for them, but it was funnier to watch them paw at the plant and knaw on it when I let them have access to it. When I eventually moved to my house I planted a row of catnip (about a 25 ft length) in my garden that grows every year. My cats spend alot of time down there playing in the patch. Sometimes other cats in the neighborhood stop by too. I do have to chase them away if my cats are there to avoid any cat fights. lol
