Posted: 3/4/2010 3:15:02 PM EDT
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Ok First to let you know, I do not really care for cats (just being honest), on the other hand I will not be mean or cruel to them either. I just can't be mean to an animal. So if you ever hear me say that I think cats are dog food, well I would NEVER do that. But to the important things here. Both are female cats and both fixed and have had their front claws removed.
Well we got one cat from my FIL, he had bought the cat for my daughter and the cat came to our home fully grown (he got it as a kitten). I don't think the cat had been treated all that great but here she has done better and ok I will admit she KIND OF grew on me a bit. Now for the second part, about a month ago my BIL got kicked out of his town home and he had 4 cats. They had one food bowl and one cat was a hog and the rest were skinny . the one we got was skinny. almost all black. Now the other cat is about 14yrs old and our first one is about 6 yrs old. Now for the good part. The older one (newer one) doesn't actually meow really more like whines I would guess, and our first one does meow. but the fact that our first cat (dorrie) now spends most of her time at the end of our bed under a small table and comes out now and then. and the older one goes where she likes. The two have confronted each otherbut it hasn't been anything really hmm good in the fact that yeah they have hissed at each other but no real physical confrontation really. About the past week or so I guess dorrie has physically gone after the new one(call her B) but again nothing really agressively. just a little batting but that is about it and a little charging and then running away. One thing we did to maybe make them a bit easier to figure things out was to give them both a bath. and that helped a little but I hate to see dorrie , well, hiding most of the time under the table under our bed. I have suggested to the wife that maybe we should out them both in the bathroom and close the door and let them settle it out . and I am not talking about anything that is intentionally wrong. I understand that the 2 cats may never really get along as great pals but I worry about our first cat hiding a lot of the time. and I figure that if we put them in a closed area that is a bit on the smaller side that they will have to settle this out one way or another I guess you would say. Any ideas folks? |
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Quoted: If possible, give each cat its own "territory" where the other cat is not allowed. Cats will naturally socialize in neutral areas between territories. . Keep them separated for awhile..Pet one of the cats,and soon as you're done,go pet the other cat.They respond by smell .Let them get used to eachothers smell.It till take some time,but before you know it,they'll be best friends |