Cats and Kittens

No One of Consequence asked:


I need to take home for fall break a homeless cat I have been feeding outside my dorm. The problem is I already have three cats at home and I know cats do not take to one another easily. How can I help my cats accept this stranger? Also, can you train a grown cat to use the litter box? How?

Jeremy K asked:


I’m assuming that this is very hard to do but how exactly? How do you teach a cat that is feral to be more of a house cat, than an outside cat?

mayerj72 asked:


I’ve had a cat in the past and it was the easiest thing ever to train it how to use a kitty litter. now that I have a dog it’s the hardest thing ever to teach him not to use the house as a toilet. I know that some learn faster than others, but my question is, why do dogs have such a hard time with that and cats don’t? It already seems to be preinstalled in cats.

Samantha asked:


I have 8 cats (each about a year and a half to two years old), and a Puggle named Jake that turned 2 years old today. We let my cats run around the house, and we keep Jake in his own room and let him in the backyard for an hour or two every day. We want to let my Jake run around the house, so we’re having a trainer come in and train him to not destroy the furniture and such. The trainer says she can train him to ignore the cats, but what about the cats?
Earlier today when we were letting Jake run around free, he got too close to my cat, Trevor. Trevor hissed at Jake and lashed out with his claws, cutting Jake’s ear open. We had to bring him to the vet and for the next 24 hours his ear will be bandaged.
Is there a way to avoid another injury like this without having to separate the cats from the dog?

Wake Forest 94 asked:


How to train kitten to go to the litterbox, things I should buy, do, or teach to the kitten, ect.

Thanks
Where should I place the litterbox?

♥Candy Cat♥™ asked:


I’ve had my cat for ages now. She’s never used a cat flap before and we’re thinking of getting her one. How do you train a cat to use a cat flap? By the way, my cat’s like 8 or 9 years old. Does it make any difference to what age the cat is when you train her to use a cat flap? Thanks in advance!