how to make cats get along

Started by MrFryMoto, December 03, 2008, 09:23:34 PM

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MrFryMoto

so, many of you probably remember the post about Sebastian our new 6month old orange tabby. Well, we were hoping that he and Layla (4 year old tortishell) would get along.
she's an outdoor cat that comes in for food, he's a full-time indoor until he gets big enough to fight raccoons.

if she hears or smells him inside the house she bolts out the door. When we can lock her inside, she growls and wants nothing more than to get out. We've tried locking them in a room together hoping one would establish dominance, but they just hiss at each other until one backs off.

help us DMF! you're our only hope!!


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Quote from: MrFry on December 03, 2008, 09:23:34 PM
so, many of you probably remember the post about Sebastian our new 6month old orange tabby. Well, we were hoping that he and Layla (4 year old tortishell) would get along.
she's an outdoor cat that comes in for food, he's a full-time indoor until he gets big enough to fight raccoons.

if she hears or smells him inside the house she bolts out the door. When we can lock her inside, she growls and wants nothing more than to get out. We've tried locking them in a room together hoping one would establish dominance, but they just hiss at each other until one backs off.

help us DMF! you're our only hope!!




Cook them in a ginger reduction. They are tasty  [thumbsup]

Seriously, I have no Idea. Cats are like women, impossible to understand.

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Big Troubled Bear

+1 On the woman thing, leave them be they will sort things out in a cat fight ;D
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Popeye the Sailor

Get them drunk together.


"I make the beast with two backsing love you man!"
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

TiNi

Quote from: MrIncredible on December 03, 2008, 10:41:57 PM
Get them drunk together.


"I make the beast with two backsing love you man!"

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

i don't know if there is a way to make a cat do anything fry...

how long have they been living together?

the_Journeyman

My fiancée's cat came to live with me well over a year ago.  I also have a large, orange tabby that was a stray my sister took in but couldn't keep.  Those two STILL don't get along.  Not sure there's much you can do.  However, are both cats fixed?  That makes a HUGE difference.  Nothing is more territorial than a fixed female cat.

JM
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Quote from: r_ciao on January 28, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
ADULT TRUTHS

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wbeck257

Bringing a kitten in w/ a 4 year old doesn't work too well.
Once a cat gets to be 2 years old or so, it doesn't take well to new cats.

Let them hiss at each other. They'll fight every once and a while. Eventually one will become more dominent and the other one will just learn to stay the make the beast with two backs away.
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the_Journeyman

You could use the "How to get two piccolo players to play in tune" option.   Shoot one.

JM
Got Torque?
Quote from: r_ciao on January 28, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
ADULT TRUTHS

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

TiAvenger

burlap sack.


"Two cats enter...... one cat leaves....... or voltron is formed."

Grampa

Bob says... "meow hiss"

which translates to.... "there can be but one HighlanderCat"
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So I went solo.  -Me

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herm

get a dog
there is solidarity in fear and oppression
If you drive the nicest car in the neighborhood, work in a cash business, and don't pay taxes, you're either a preacher or a drug dealer...

Grampa

Quote from: herm on December 04, 2008, 07:04:39 AM
get a dog
there is solidarity in fear and oppression

so ...... register them as Democrats..... brilliant [clap]

[laugh]
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell

Popeye the Sailor

Thunderdome....for cats!

Two cats enter. One cat leaves.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Fresh Pants

Quote from: Court-Jester on December 04, 2008, 06:57:25 AM
burlap sack.


"Two cats enter...... one cat leaves....... or voltron is formed."

[laugh]

Voltron. Hee hee.
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