u/Professional-Ear8707

I just adopted a 9 month old cat along with her sister who is 1.5 years old. The reason why i wanted to adopt cats that are a little older is because i didn’t want to deal with the kitten phase and i was hoping since i was adopting 2 of them, that they could keep each other in check. i just got both of them spayed so i bought surgery suits to put on each of them so that they don’t have to deal with a collar (i tried for over an hour to put a collar on them and they did NOT like it). i was able to put the suit on the older one pretty easily. she stumbled a little at first but then she got used to it within 30 minutes.

unfortunately, the younger one is not the same case. With the help of another person, 2 pairs of oven mitts, and after 45 minutes, we managed to put the suit on but somehow we were still covered in scratches. the younger one is VERY VERY spicy - she growls, tries to bite, swats at us, and will do everything in her power to get out of an uncomfortable situation.

I know that 9 months is still young so I want to try to desensitize her but it is impossible to touch her paws or face without her running away. I tried to touch her paws in her sleep instead but she immediately wakes up and runs away. Is it still possible for her to be more mellow as she grows up? I want to be able to do things like clip her nails without stressing her out that much. I thought her older sister would make her more chill but i wonder if it is the opposite and she is egging on the spicy kitty through the door. The older one is always very concerned about the younger one and anytime the younger one meows, the older one comes running.

Does anyone have any advice on how to tame spicy kitties? Even I have to endure scratches everyday in order to desensitize my spicy kitty to feet touches, i will do anything.

I currently have a remote swe job at a really small defense company (not one of the big ones that anyone knows about). I barely have any work, I join 2 meeting a week and put together one presentation every 3 weeks. I got a new job offer as a swe at lockheed martin that is also fully remote. I know that it is definitely against both company policy to work at both of these jobs, but would I be in any type of legal trouble if I worked both (since it is in defense)? Is it possible for either of the companies to find out about the other one through any paperwork I submit? Should I take a risk, make 2x my current salary but work 2 jobs at once or should i just quit my current job to move over to lockheed?

i currently have the litter robot 4 which works perfectly for my one cat. i just got 2 new kittens so im debating whether to upgrade to the litter robot 5. i know that it has ai to detect exactly which cat is using the litter box and whether it pees/ poos. currently, my litter robot 4 can not precisely tell the different between all 3 cats. i know that it is a steep price to upgrade, but i want to be able to accurate track how many times each cat goes to the bathroom so i am able to catch any illnesses early on

i got 2 new kittens and i have been keeping them in the bathroom. i know that you are supposed to get 2 or else they get single kitten syndrome. however, now it is harder for my current cat to be adjusted to them. i got the kittens just for her to have more friends and it is very disheartening to see that she does not like them. they have not met yet, but everytime my cat walks past the bathroom door, she hisses very loudly. it has been a week of this and there has been no progress. i fear i may have overstimulated her a little bit too hard considering she has to meet 2 new kittens, and not just 1. what should i do?

the way i treat my vermicompost bin is that it is a normal compost bin with worms in it. if i have 10 lbs of food scraps, i put it all in my bin. if i have 1 lb of food scraps, i put it all in. i see a lot of people saying that you should only give them what they can eat in a couple of days and if it is too much food, just throw it out. wouldnt the food just compost on its own? isnt it still better than throwing it in the trash where it will fill up garbage containment centers anyways?