My first female cat had a brother that was killed. They both got on really well. She is now 2 and a half and I have 2 female kittens, that are sisters, living with us. They are about 6 months old and they were abandoned. The older cat, Rosie, hisses and growls if the other 2 get to close. Rosie keeps to herself. Is there anything I can do to help them to get on with each other or will they follow their own path?
By J. Atkins
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If the other cats respect the older one, than they will eventually leave her alone.
I have only had one cat out of many that could not be allowed around my other cats, and I think it was a hybrid, to begin with.
I rehomed it. I would doubt anyone would be in the same circumstance as I was in that rare situation.
I am watching some of my cats get used to the new cat we have who is pregnant. She is the aggressor. I will comfort the old cats who have lived her longer, and then I will talk to the new cat. I would have them all seperate food bowls, and perhaps litter boxes, and give them all a place up high to sleep apart from one another.
It doen't hurt to sprinke loose catnip around where they fight a lot and see if that helps. There is a lot of noise in cat communication and "pecking order."
I actually put my new cats in the bathroom. I keep a litter box there and food and that is their safe place. I took the new one on a tour, holding it and introducing it to all the sights of the house. I would walk and talk and the cats head would turn and look at all the sights.
This went on for a long time, a couple of weeks, and then I would bring her into our bed and pet her. She was terrified, and then shortly after return her to the bathroom.
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