How do I get 2 Female cats to quit fighting for Dominance?
Brandi asked:
I have 2 cats, One is almost a year and a half and the other is 9 months old. The 9month old is my boyfriends brother’s cat who recently moved in with us, they are constantly fighting for dominance. Any ideas on how to stop the problem. I already have 2 Litter boxes and 2 food dishes but this isn’t helping any.
They aren’t playing they are being vicious, hair flying and cuts and scratches everythere
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I have 2 cats, One is almost a year and a half and the other is 9 months old. The 9month old is my boyfriends brother’s cat who recently moved in with us, they are constantly fighting for dominance. Any ideas on how to stop the problem. I already have 2 Litter boxes and 2 food dishes but this isn’t helping any.
They aren’t playing they are being vicious, hair flying and cuts and scratches everythere
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 am
they might just be playing like that or try to keep them away from each other for a wile
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:55 am
When cats Fight they are playing! ok. i have 2 cat and once one of them hisses then i have to chase them away from each other. I would also get a spray bottle and fill it with water so that when they do fight then you can spray them if they are bad like if they leave skares on them that would be the only reason i would spary them. But i would also try putting one cat in like a bedroom and then shout the door but put one litter box and one thing of food and water in there. Then put the other cat right outside the door and that should solve the problem. BUT you’ll need to leave them in the bedroom for like 2 or 3 days so that they can get used to it! hope that this helps
August 5th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
try seperating them
August 5th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
You need to make sure that you introduce the cat you had before to the new cat, not the new cat to the old one. The cat that you got first is basically the “Queen” of the house. Introducing the newer cat to the older cat is like promoting the newer cat as queen. The 9 month old cat is invading the year-and-a-half cat’s territory. To make peace between them, let them sniff each other through a door. place one cat in the bathroom, the cat that does not have food in there and does not want to be in there. If this cat does not want to be in here, then she/he will stay at the door. Place the other cat on the opposite side of the door and allow them to sniff each other. Then, give one cat the other cat’s toy that they play with the most and allow he/she to smell it just to get used to the sense of the other cat. Do the same with your other cat. If this does not work, simply allow the two cats to be separated for the rest of their lives. Hope I helped!
August 8th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Animals are funny, huh? I had 4 cats, now have 3. Had to put one down last week. All 4 of my cats came into my house at different times; so introducing them to other cats is my specialty!
Two females….—>
1). The spray bottle technique YET if they’re both equally disliking each other….then,
2). One cat in one room, the other cat outside that room. Another writer said 2-3 days. I’d say a week at least. They will sniff at the door, etc. THEN, you switch the cats out. Put the other one inside the room and the one that was in the room, bring her out of it. Close the door again.
The one inside the room will smell the other one having been there (and vice versa).
Hopefully, when they come out, they will just “give each other space” (that’s what my cats did), until they (hopefully) accept each other. You might get lucky and they will hang out together or, they won’t and you’ll just have to watch ‘em.