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I'll try to get a pic at some point. They have a long complicated history. We got the 5 year old when she was just 5 months old - so it's been about 4 years now. She had apparently been abandoned - had a collar, but we spent a couple of months searching for her owner (signs, posts, etc) with...

Hello! We've got 2 female cats, age 5 and age 11. They sometimes fight but mostly ignore each other. After some bad experiences we keep them separated when there is not someone home to monitor their behaviour. The younger one often greets the older one by putting her nose beneath the other's...

Hi - I have 2 cats - one 9 years old, one 2.5 years old.  They don't get along that well, though they are currently tolerating each other. Often the younger cat will come up to the older one, and put her nose to the older one's neck, under her chin.  Then freeze there.  Not biting, just frozen...

Any tips on giving pills?  I am discouraged.  My younger cat was prescribed paxil to address awful aggression toward the older cat (described elsewhere).  It might be helping somewhat.   But giving her this tiny pill every day is making me crazy.  Below is what I've tried.  Nearly everything...

Aislinn, so sorry to hear you are going through the same thing.  I agree that it's very discouraging.  I'd love to hear how it goes for you. We have also plugged in some Feliway in 2 rooms in the house.  The cats had been doing sorta ok with short supervised visits with lots of treats, but we...

Could paxil cause INCREASED anxiety at first?  Today, day 5, she seems totally wigged out - even more than usual.  ???????

Hi all - After many months of trying to resolve redirected aggression between our 2 cats, our vet started our younger cat on Paxil last weekend. She's had 2 days on paxil. Any stories out there of using paxil? So far, one big change is that our little cat is less affectionate. She used to...

Ok, so things still aren't great.  Yes, they can sometimes be in the same room together - but only with lots of constant attention from us, treats, distraction, etc.  Not sustainable.   So Saturday I talked to the vet, and he prescribed Paxil for the little cat.  I still have the big cat on...

I feel stuck again.  They have had some "supervised visits" where the 2 cats spend time in a room and get treats and attention.  That has gone pretty well - sometimes they've seemed jittery and it's been rather short, but one time they both just curled up and went to sleep for about 50 minutes...

Ok, so we kept them separated for weeks while we traveled.  Now we are home.  For the past 10 days, every evening we have opened the door between them with a screen in place, and my daughter and I have fed them treats on either side of the screen.  We've had good days and bad days - no hissing...

Here's a big question.  Are there any NEGATIVE ramifications of keeping them separate for 3+ weeks?  Will that make it worse?  Or give them time to hopefully forget?

And then this morning they both wanted to be in the same room.  I let them.  They were wary, but seemed ok.  Big Cat was lying down; Little Cat was walking about.  (Little Cat had been on the side of the house without people last night and had cried and meowed - she was very excited to have...

So tonight I let them move freely in the house for about an hour or so.  They seemed wary around each other and I sat nearby to offer petting / treat / play.  After about an hour, Little Cat came up like she used to when they would play - crouched, her head low, nose at Big Cat's neck, and froze...

Hi all - I'd love advice!  We have a 9 YO female cat and a 2 YO female cat.  The 2 YO was a stray we adopted about 1.5 years ago.  They have gotten along well enough, though they don't love each other: they sleep near each other though not touching, never groom each other but will groom near...

I'm thrilled to report that Cat is using the upstairs litter box!  Both of them seem to be adjusting well to their half of the house.   I think this might actually work!   Thanks for all the input and advice!