how to get cat to stop hating
 

i have a 2 year old saimese cat and a brand new kiten. the kitten is nice to the saimese but the saimese always hisses when she "smells" the kitten.

the siamese is being a jerk in other words. what can i do to make them friends?

Basically cats are pretty territorial most of the time. If your old cat didn't do a lot of socializing when it was younger, it probably isn't going to start now. Give it a little time to get used to the new cat and see if its behavior improves. If it doesn't, then you may do better to find a better home for the kitten.

I've always wondered about multi-cat households. Is the trick to get them all together when they're young? Or is it getting them all from the same litter? Cause my year-old(at the time) cat had an absolute fit when a guest brought their adult cat over. She also ran away immediately every time he came back after that. I can't imagine another cat living in the house with her...

as long as you make the older cat feel as if she's still the alpha-cat of the house, then she'll eventually warm up to the kitten. my cat hated my dog when we first got her, obviously due to the cat/dog thing, but they eventually get used to eachother and respect one anothers space. they even play tag with eachother from time to time.

you'll probably find that once your older cat gets used to the scent of the new kitten and understands that it's there to stay and isn't just some intruder that she'll warm up to it. cats are self-centered, she's probably just mad because she thinks the kitten is going to steal her thunder or something. they should make friends eventually though.

if not, you're going to have some grouchy pets.

Try to play a bit with both of them. If you three make a good team, you can become friends 4 lyfe~

But yeah, exotic cats happen to be real jerks sometimes, because they think they are something better. The biggest mistake you could do is caring more for the siamese cat than for the new one because then, the siamese cat would realize that she's something special indeed.

Well, we recently adopted a cat, much to the dismay of our fat grumpy cat, Smokey. They occasionally chase each other around, but mostly, they deal with each other, although I have a feeling Smokey really doesn't approve of this new arrival.

Siamese cats by nature are very territorial and don't like other cats being around. I live with one and two tabbys and she is always meowing and paces whenever I don't pay attention to her.

Like Devo said, give as much attention to your siamese as you do the new kitten. So long as the siamese doesn't think she is being ignored, she should get used to the new addition to the house.

Does declawing them do anything to their temperment?

All I've heard is that you shouldn't let them outside if they're declawed since they can't defend themselves or some baloney.

We had a similar situation when I was growing up. We had an older cat, JJ, who used to hiss at the new kitten, Furball. (Don't ask) Anyway--that's all she did. She would hiss. No attacking, no cat fights. Then when we got Climber, JJ didn't hiss at all. In fact, the three of them used to play tag.

But, Devo's right--you should have kept the two separated until the older cat became used to the smell.