Post by Linda on Jul 23, 2014 3:39:57 GMT
we have five indoor cats - all neutered males
Oreo is 12 and we've had him since kittenhood - there were 2 older cats in the household when we got him who have since passed.
Mini, Tabby and Toby are littermates whose mum adopted us (she's an outdoor cat by choice - we brought her and the kittens inside - she stayed until they weaned (and we fixed her) and then bolted for the door....she's super friendly but won't come back in). They are 4 and are collectively known as 'the kittens'
Smokey is also 4 but about 3 weeks younger then the others. We got him when he was about 3 months old (found him abandoned).
Everyone used to get along fine. We have plenty of litterboxes - 2 in each bathroom - and two feeding stations. But some months ago, the kittens started attacking Smokey - all of them ganging up on him together. Smokey's response was to panic and hide.
So now we have 3 cats (Mini, Toby and Tabby) in one part of the house; Smokey in the other and Oreo goes back and forth between the two.
I would like to have them all get along and not have to keep the door shut between the two parts of the house all the time. But when one 'escapes', he always goes looking for Smokey and there is either a tussle with fur flying (literally) or Smokey dashes into hiding for hours in a panic or most likely both.
Any ideas?
Oreo is 12 and we've had him since kittenhood - there were 2 older cats in the household when we got him who have since passed.
Mini, Tabby and Toby are littermates whose mum adopted us (she's an outdoor cat by choice - we brought her and the kittens inside - she stayed until they weaned (and we fixed her) and then bolted for the door....she's super friendly but won't come back in). They are 4 and are collectively known as 'the kittens'
Smokey is also 4 but about 3 weeks younger then the others. We got him when he was about 3 months old (found him abandoned).
Everyone used to get along fine. We have plenty of litterboxes - 2 in each bathroom - and two feeding stations. But some months ago, the kittens started attacking Smokey - all of them ganging up on him together. Smokey's response was to panic and hide.
So now we have 3 cats (Mini, Toby and Tabby) in one part of the house; Smokey in the other and Oreo goes back and forth between the two.
I would like to have them all get along and not have to keep the door shut between the two parts of the house all the time. But when one 'escapes', he always goes looking for Smokey and there is either a tussle with fur flying (literally) or Smokey dashes into hiding for hours in a panic or most likely both.
Any ideas?
