‘I was SHOCKED at his DISRESPECT for his ELDERS! But then he ran and I chased him some more. It was kind of fun!’: Stubborn, older cat fails to reject new kitten, leading to an energetic introduction and the formation of an unlikely sibling bond

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Oct 10, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Whether it is a hooman family or a feline one, the introduction of a new sibling is not an easy one to handle. Not just for the parents, but also for the child who was there first. Suddenly, their attention has been cut in half, their pawrents who doted on them day and night are suddenly obsessed with a new arrival that gets to control everyone else's life. It is not an easy pill to swallow, no less when one is talking about cat children, who are notorious for being difficult when it comes to taking their meds.

And that is the core of our story today as we dive into the diary of a young catto who had to come to terms with the trials and tribulations of welcoming a younger sibling into their family. It is a story of feline jealousy, tension, hissing and ultimately the quashing of sibling rivalry in the name of family unity. 
 

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  • 01
    I am Casey, an orange boy, Mom says I'm about two years old. All I know is I came in winter and I love my Dad. Mom is alright, but she smooches me on my head and behind my ears and I don't like it! Dad is cool. He gives me
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    belly rubs, but I like them too much and I get excited, so I CHOMP! and SCRATCH! but Dad isn't mad. He does say we have to use more bandages since I've moved in.
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    Mom has been talking about getting me a little brother or sister for soooooooo long. I never believe her. She is all talk, no action! She says I need a buddy. Dad is my buddy. Mom
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    says she needs a buddy to cuddle with. I don't cuddle. Yuck. That's girl stuff. Mom and Dad both left today separately, and they were gone a while! Mom came
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    in with a big box that looked familiar, but I wasn't sure why. She put it in Dad's bathroom, and I heard it make noise! Mom was running around, and she grabbed MY old litter box (well, I guess it was my
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    sister's first, but I came after she did) and a bag of MY litter (well, Mom got it from a friend who lost their kitty) and MY bowls! I got really nervous. Mom opened Dad's clothes room (which I NEVER get to go
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  • Ohhh, what tension this sweet kitty must be going through. All the thoughts racing through his mind as it becomes more and more evident that he is likely not the only catto who will be inhabiting his home. One can only wonder at this early stage how he will adapt to the familiar box in the bathroom, making nosies…

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    into alone) and put down these things on a blanket on the floor. Dad came home and said "I haven't seen him yet!" HIM? WHO WAS HIM? Dad and Mom stayed in the bathroom, and then
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    Dad came and got me. Mom tried to tell him not to do it, but it was too late - there was ANOTHER CAT in there! A little pipsqueak. In MY house! I am ten times bigger than him, at least!
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    So I hissed at this baby several times. Then I growled at Dad and Mom. Mom sat in the room with this kid. I laid in the hallway in front of the door. Sometimes I scratched.
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    Sometimes I hissed when Mom or Dad came in and out. Sometimes I just sat there and contemplated what it seems like my life has suddenly become.
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  • Well, well, this is quite the temper tantrum to be throwing even before properly spending some time with the new arrival to see if they get along. Kind of like a hooman toddler who does not like the look of a new food and is determined to destroy the food before it is thrust upon him.

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    Mom says I'm a big brother now and I'll have someone to play with. I like laying around and playing with the laser and my toys BY MYSELF. And Mom took one of my old toys and GAVE IT AWAY. I never played with it. But
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    it's MINE! (Mom said was also my sister's toy first.) Mom and Dad say he is soooooo cute and cuddly. Mom says now she and Dad both have a buddy. Mom isn't
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    cool enough to be MY buddy, so this kid must be a real loser. He is black and white and really puny. I'm not muscular, but I could take him in a fight. Dad is worried we will never get along.
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    Mom says that it will take time and we will get along eventually. I like Dad's idea better.
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    Hello, it's Casey. again. I wrote about my intruder here. Mom and Dad named the intruder, so I guess he is going to stay and be my brother. Here is Pixel.
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    For a couple days, intruder Pixel stayed in Dad's clothes room and I didn't get to go in. I eventually figured out I could dig at the carpet by the door and try to poke my paw in. He started poking his little feet out! Mom
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    showed us to each other through a crack in the door. I hissed, but he wasn't scared! Then Mom and Dad tried to get clever and put ME in the clothes room while they took the pipsqueak Pixel out
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    to see the house. Normally I would be VERY excited to be in the clothes room, but it didn't smell right! So I scratched and they switched us back. Mom was trying to introduce us like the
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    furry face guy with the dangly ear toys on YouTube said to, but Dad called someone Mom calls my ant. (Which is very confusing, because this summer Dad was upset because we kept getting ants in the kitchen and he
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    didn't think they should be in the house because we live in the city. Mom laughed and said ants live everywhere. He wanted Mom to put poison down on the floor, but Mom said NO because it would make me sick.)
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    ANYWAY, ant that is not an ant has had many kitties before. The ant said to get a baby gate (I am NOT a baby, but I guess shrimp Pixel is a baby) to put up so we could see and smell each other but it would be safe. (I would be safe but
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    baby Pixel would not be safe from ME because my claws are big) Mom wasn't sure if it was a good idea, but she wanted me to meet loser Pixel so she could sit in a comfier place instead of on the floor. (Mom has no b t. That sounds
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    mean, but she says it all the time.) So Mom went to the store this morning and came back with what looked like a CAGE or JAIL. She grunted and huffed to put the brackets on the wall. (Dad:
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    "Are you sure about putting holes in the wall? Mom: "We have to put them in the wall or it won't work.") Apparently we rent our house, which means nothing to me. I don't pay any money to live here.
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    Don't worry, people called landlords said it was okay for them to get me brother or sister. I was disappointed. Mom put the gate up and opened the door and ZOOOOOOOM!! little bother brother
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    came running out! He zoomed down the hallway while I watched. He got close and I did a little HISSSS but he wasn't too scared. He was surprised, but not scared. He ZOOOOOMED around for a while
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    but he kept coming to see me. I watched and watched and we did a little WHAP WHAP WHAP with our paws. All was good, Dad on my side and Mom on wimpy kid Pixel's side.
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    Until...HE CLIMBED THE WALL!! Mom got him down, but then he did it AGAIN! And then he LEAPED over the gate and he was on MY side! He walked down the hall, and I was behind him, doing a
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    b 't SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF and he kept jumping when I did it. But I HAVE to make sure he does not have a stinky bt. I do not want to live in a stinky baby bt house. He JUMPED really HIGH but he wasn't too scared. So then I did
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    a CHASE and he RAN and Mom and Dad said "Don't chase him too much Casey!" I slowed down, but he is FAST! Well, I got so good doing a CHASE from all the time of following the RED DOT so I can't NOT chase. Is in my
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    DNA. So we ZOOMED around the house and Dad let punk kid Pixel play with MY TOYS (he did NOT ask permission) but then we played together some. He went into MY house and scratched on
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    MY tree and chased MY bouncy balls! We did lots of ZOOM ZOOM around the house and I got GASSED so much I was panting. (I do that sometimes, good aerobics, Mom says. She checked with the Evil Pokey Place.)
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    And THEN...do you know what happened next? PIXEL did a WHAP WHAP and a big HISS at ME because I cornered him on my tree! I did not expect him to be so brave. I thought he would cower in my presence because I
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    am so big and so much older. I was SHOCKED at his DISRESPECT for his ELDERS! But then he ran and I chased him some more. It was kind of fun! He can hold his own. We both chased the RED DOT around (he
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    is pretty good at that) and chased the rainbow ribbon on a stick and scurried under the table. I snuck in his room and ate some of his food it's pretty - tasty! Dad kept saying that he was surprised that we didn't get tired yet.
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    After a while he suggested that Mom take Pixel back to his room so we could both get some rest, because we could NOT STOP chasing each other. It was fun, but Mom said that baby Pixel had a lot of excitement and needed a
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    cuddle (yuck) and a nap. (I think Mom just wanted a cuddle.) I'm sitting on my tree trying to smell it up with my non-stinky bit so Pixel knows it belonged to me FIRST.
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    So I guess having a brother isn't so bad. I did get more exercise than I have since I was his age. Mom says it's nice to see me so active. I had to cut out naps FIVE THROUGH EIGHT today because kid had me
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    so busy. I'm not too crazy about that. Mom says maybe we will nap together some day. I don't think so. I NEED all the HANDSOME SLEEP I can get. I'm sure a wiggly kid would just interrupt it.
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