Torpar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Anyone have any experience with two fighting cats in their household? Our two had a massive scrap yesterday, fur flying and a little blood so we kept them separated all day, seems this morning like they were desperate to see each other to make up but after two seconds of rubbing against each other they had another tear up, more fur and blood. Any advice on what to do with them? Keep them separate for a few days at least I guess? One of them is 14 and seems to be a lot more aggressive these days, he has attacked me and my wife recently and I would hate him to hurt our 7 month old daughter. I love the old boy and hate to think we would need to have him put down 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Torpar said: Anyone have any experience with two fighting cats in their household? Our two had a massive scrap yesterday, fur flying and a little blood so we kept them separated all day, seems this morning like they were desperate to see each other to make up but after two seconds of rubbing against each other they had another tear up, more fur and blood. Any advice on what to do with them? Keep them separate for a few days at least I guess? One of them is 14 and seems to be a lot more aggressive these days, he has attacked me and my wife recently and I would hate him to hurt our 7 month old daughter. I love the old boy and hate to think we would need to have him put down Maybe an underlying health problem with the older one? Trip to the vet? 14 is a good age for a cat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Maybe an underlying health problem with the older one? Trip to the vet? 14 is a good age for a cat. For an older cat he can fair get about, jumps a lot higher than the 6 year old, also still loves humping balls of yarn and the dog's stuffed toys! When my wife left her parents and moved to the city she brought him with her and he's never had a vet down here, he's been "off the grid" for years, never needed one, he's usually the easiest boy, happy just to eat his food, sleep a lot and get some attention every now and then. I'm hoping his first visit to a vet in Toronto isn't his last. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) If it's two tomcats you've got - even neutered ones - the odd scrap is par for the course. Our two generally get on well and sleep curled up together at night, but now and then something upsets whatever wee social hierarchy they've got going and you'll get a few days of them giving each other gunfighter stares culminating in one or two rounds of a yowling ball of cats rolling around the floor...from experience there's no point trying to separate them as they'll just go at it again first chance they get. A lot of the time it looks a lot more violent than it actually is although drawing a bit of blood isn't that uncommon, normally from a nick in the head or on an ear. Our biggest concern was the size disparity between our two which led us to believe any fight was bound to be one-sided...we've got a Maine Coon and a wee black shorthair, and you'd think there'd only ever be one winner...turns out the wee one is fast and seemingly made of solid muscle while the big one's slower and surprisingly weakly built for the size of him so when they fight it's much more even than you'd imagine at first glance. Edited March 29, 2021 by Hillonearth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Smudger and the Duke love a square go, never any bloodshed though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 The Brother and Sister we had used to occasionally scrap but the house was big enough to be divided into territories. And the front room fire was declared neutral territory as the furry buggers both used to lie there soaking up all the heat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Roaaaarrrr. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 First tea outside for the year and they made sure they weren’t missing out. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: First tea outside for the year and they made sure they weren’t missing out. The chefs special today is tuna whiskas, with a light sprinkling of dreamies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Our older cat is still hissing away at the younger cat, they are still being kept apart and yesterday after I shouted at the dog for going near his food he gave her a wee bite on the side. Our first thought was he may need to go, I started looking up how to surrender a cat to the local humane society, I did it with tears in my eyes if I'm honest. But after talking about it, we are not prepared to just give up on him yet. So he is now booked in for his first vet appointment in over 10 years tomorrow evening, I'm told he's never been in a cat carrier before, so that might be interesting. Fingers crossed it leads to him getting the help he/we need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Wee man has seen the weather and has moved back into his igloo 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Torpar said: Our older cat is still hissing away at the younger cat, they are still being kept apart and yesterday after I shouted at the dog for going near his food he gave her a wee bite on the side. Our first thought was he may need to go, I started looking up how to surrender a cat to the local humane society, I did it with tears in my eyes if I'm honest. But after talking about it, we are not prepared to just give up on him yet. So he is now booked in for his first vet appointment in over 10 years tomorrow evening, I'm told he's never been in a cat carrier before, so that might be interesting. Fingers crossed it leads to him getting the help he/we need. Well done, the cat could be in pain, maybe lashing out because of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That is a wild looking thing there. Get him down to his gp there may be an infection or something else wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 15 hours ago, Torpar said: Our older cat is still hissing away at the younger cat, they are still being kept apart and yesterday after I shouted at the dog for going near his food he gave her a wee bite on the side. Our first thought was he may need to go, I started looking up how to surrender a cat to the local humane society, I did it with tears in my eyes if I'm honest. But after talking about it, we are not prepared to just give up on him yet. So he is now booked in for his first vet appointment in over 10 years tomorrow evening, I'm told he's never been in a cat carrier before, so that might be interesting. Fingers crossed it leads to him getting the help he/we need. We have wild cats and plenty of experience of new ones joining the group. The dynamics are usually that the kittens are aggressive towards the older ones as they are afraid but I can't remember any case pf the reverse. It might be different with house cats but it may be there is an underlying problem with your cat. He doesn't look happy in that pic but that may be his normal look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Monty joined me for the Scottish Cup game, well briefly. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Holly Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 28/10/2020 at 07:58, Buddie Holly said: when can i go out in the big world? this little kitten has grown into this big girl-the local birds are not happy with her 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 A sunny day here in Paisley. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Took the wee man to the vet last night, first visit in over ten years, vet said there didn't appear to be any health issues but agreed to have his blood sent to the lab, while find out the results tonight. The vet couldn't believe he was nearly 15, said he was in great shape. Now I'm not a graduate of the Royal Dick School, but it would seem to me the cause of the problems recently is the younger cat and I've no problem if he is rehomed tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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