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UPDATE: After receiving some feedback which I won't specifically address here, I do want to address some points which I may not have made clear. I do understand that this is a kitten. I do understand that they are boundless energy. And, I do understand that I've only had him for slightly more than just two weeks and it takes time, etc. What no one but myself and John understands (at this point, and is no fault of anyone's at all) is that Max is displaying behaviour that is above and beyond "normal" for a kitten in any situation. We fear that we, if anything, are a bad match for HIM. I truly believe that he would be better either as an outdoors cat, or with a family of about 6 kids, or someone who can be with him constantly 24-7. Unfortunately, we can not do this for him and his needs are different than we can either supply or handle. I know what it takes to train and live with a kitten. Both Mistie and Alex were kittens when I got them. I love all animals and especially cats. I would never, ever wish any harm or bad situations for any animal at all. My heart has been breaking at this and . . besides still crying for missing Alex, I'm now crying at losing my cute little Max. I keep trying to kiss him and tell him how much I love(d) him and how I wish he could be the kitty for me if he just wouldn't be so wild. But he is. Period. There's nothing I can do. Mistie has started to hide because Max attacks his face (and the rest of him too). Mistie has also stopped eating. I can't let the last years of my 16 year old cat with degenerative kidney failure be so stressful with an attack cat. Remember: Max will not stay small and his behaviour will only worsen. THIS is what I'm trying to focus on. Thanks.

Some semi-bad news. We're taking Max back to where we adopted him from. He's completely wild and untrainable. It's a sad thing, but he's either mentally imbalanced or he just is too damaged from birth. He's attacking Mistie and each day it gets worse and worse. He's now started attacking us . . . and when we try to discipline him, he just bites and charges us and then turns around and acts even worse. I spend all of my time telling him NO and BAD that I get not one minute's peace. The atmosphere here is extremely stressful and unhappy. I'm really upset at this but I can't find an alternative. At this point, I think he would do better either on his own with someone who has experience working with wild or crazy cats. I'll be calling the place tomorrow and hopefully we can arrange a time soon to return him.