How can I get my younger cat to stop attacking my older cat?

Question

The younger one (Scarlet) was 3 last month, and the older one (Faith) is 15... Faith is very kind, loving and very gentle... Scarlet is a little abrasive, bratty and aggressive... I don't know what to do. I've had Scarlet for over 2 years, and I've had Faith for her entire life (found her when she was 4wks. old)... I won't get rid of either of them, but I've afraid it's too late to change Scarlet's behavior towards Faith. I don't know what to do... Help!

All answers appreciated.

I wouldn't do anything IF they were playing. But they're not! Scarlet is ATTACKING Faith. There's no playing there.

And I'm NOT getting rid of them.

Answer 1

Try using a squirt bottle and every time Scarlet attacks Faith, squirt Scarlet...

Just be careful not to squirt Faith... :)

Answer 2

the three month old is the equivelant of a toddler..we had to deal with this two years ago..ours were 16 weeks and 12 ..the baby cat is still crazy in ways the older one never was..but the older cat gets enough and attacks the baby now..mine are both declawed so they really arent going to hurt each other..i think the paw slaps are funny...it takes a few and the baby will leave the old one alone for a while..the thing is the older cat of yours is more than likely letting her be rotten and will eventually stop it when she gets fed up..she wont hurt the baby but will put her in her place

Answer 3

This may or may not work for you.
I confined both cats (AFTER clipping their claws!!!) in a clothes basket (for a cage) and they hissed at each other for quite some time, but had only one minor brawl.
Eventually, both went to sleep, as cats are prone to do. When one awoke, I fed them both and confined them again. There was dramatically LESS hissing, and both went to sleep again.
I continued this for a few days, until, eventually, the two fell asleep nestled together and they were fine ever after.
A side note: spraying the agressive cat only made her hostile toward ME, while not curing the actual problem.

Answer 4

placed the older cat in a cage for some hours with the kitten contained in the room with it (in a small room like a bathing room). do this for some weeks and take the kitten to the cage to enable the older one sniff it, enable them to smell private aspects as nicely. Then as quickly as thehissing or growling stops from there proceed to lettibg them stay in an enclosed area jointly, making use of a similar foodstuff bowl and a similar muddle field this form of forces them to get alongside! solid luck

Answer 5

I have the same problem, sort of. My cat is 12 years old and my boyfriends Yorkie is 6 years old. The yorkie has been trying to kill my cat for three years!! I still haven't figured out how to fix it. you would think the little b@stard would be used to my cat by now.

Answer 6

I have a co-worker with the same issue. The vet put the younger cat on drugs!

Answer 7

I hate to give you this answer, because it's a "dilemma" I may face. This is "animal" superiority. As one "ages", the younger one is trying to assert it's dominance. A "survival of the fittest" I'm afraid.
This is only MY opinion, but I believe it may be the "bottom-line." Sorry :-(

Answer 8

Get a squirt gun and squirt Scarlet whenever she acts aggresively towards Faith. My male cat does that to my female, and I am constantly having to yell at him and squirt him. He hates the gun so it works rather well.

Answer 9

I'm having the same problem with 3 of my cats.

Answer 10

nothing will work. I have 2 cats at my parent's house and they've never gotten along in the 6 years that they've lived together.