2006-07-22 18:32:55 · 5 answers · asked by TDB 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Sit them down in front of a Barbara Streisand movie.
2006-07-22 18:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by kittycollector32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you've got a power struggle there. Cats are naturally territorial and individualistic. Your cats are simply trying to establish their own territories. This is especially prominent when they did not grow up together, or when one is introduced later than the other.
If you live in a double storey house, let one live on the first floor, and the other on the second, with their own separate feeding and water bowls, and litter box.
If not, you can try placing their separate feeding and water bowls, as well as litter boxes at different ends of the room, or in different rooms altogether if they still can't stand the presence of each other. This applies to their sleeping quarters as well.
When you feel that they are able to tolerate each other in the same room, gradually draw their feeding and water bowls closer, but not the sleeping mattresses and litter box, as animals feel most vulnerable when asleep and when doing their excretion.
Keep this up, each time drawing the feeding and water bowls closer according to their tolerance level. How close you want them to be is entirely up to you. You can leave them in separate corners of the room if it's more convenient for you.
With time, your cats would hopefully come to tolerate the presence of each other without getting at each other's throat. You'll know they're friends when they begin napping together. You might then try and see if they want their sleeping mattresses placed together. If they object, place the mattresses back into their separate corners.
There's always the possibility that they may never become friends, but simply exist in a hierarchical system, where they are just getting along at the basic level. Do not be disappointed in this case, as you must understand it is a completely normal and instinctive behaviour for cats.
Enjoy them individually just as they are, and you will be a much happier owner, and they happier cats without forcing them to be buddies. If they can exist in the same house without fighting, it's enough.
Good luck!
2006-07-23 02:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give them their own space feed theem apart,in diffrent rooms if possible and have a water bottle nearby ,and if they start to fight give them a quick squirt of water,this will distract them.
2006-07-23 01:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get rid of them and buy a dog
2006-07-23 01:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by garner_california 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make one gay :)
2006-07-23 01:36:25 · answer #5 · answered by Reston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋