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I get the feeling you only make this thread asking this question if you kind of know the answer already. There is a reason this entire thread is in agreement and I can't imagine it is a shock. I saw that you had posted in an older thread about a similar topic. It's worth noting that if you look...

Hi all! I created an account here last month when my 2 bonded cats started fighting. Things are going better (slowly) but I did happen to notice something today. DM - a 7 year old spayed cat with no known health issues - has a really strange patch of fur on the inside of her rear paw. It's a...

Figured I'd add another update but as you can imagine my less frequent posting is good news. They've been steadily improving day to day, there was a setback on Saturday that turned out to be not a huge deal (some door-to-door salespeople knocked on the door and both cats found a way under my...

Update time! Things are going well! It's been very slow but if progress is measured in how hyperfocused I am on the cats then things have definitely been improving. They have proven that I can generally not pay attention to them while they are hanging around and they are going to mostly ignore...

I appreciate that you are always ready to talk me off of the ledge when I am in the moment and feel like things are hopeless. Overall I think yesterday was a very solid day for them. I've been really trying to let the staring happen without distraction because it seems like they are resolving...

Even though we've been able to avoid fighting chase incidents it feels kind of like things are getting worse. They will hang out in a large space together perfectly fine. There will be suspicious staring but otherwise at a distance they tend to be fine. Which is interesting because it's kind of...

Just an update: the did REALLY well yesterday. I generally let them hang out while I worked and I tried real hard to let any staring moments play out. As in I let them stare for a bit and only distracted if I felt it went on too long. Otherwise they generally lost interest in staring. Later in...

I really appreciate that - I think a big factor with the stress is that I don't have options to do a full-on introduction where one gets a saferoom and all that. So I've just been trying to make do with the space I have and I hope it is working. I am definitely doing all of the things you noted...

So there's currently 4 total litterboxes. One is out in the living room and it is covered. There are 3 in the bedroom area where we were sectioned off last night when this happened. The bedroom has a bathroom and a walk-in closet that are next to each other. There's a covered box in each with...

So I've definitely gotten used to the idea that this is going to take time. Even though tonight was a nice reminder that they can coexist peacefully with no other factors I knew in the back of my head that what eventually happened was still always possible. It's just hard to know what is a...

If they have access to other hiding spots and towers is it ok to block access to under the bed? Or block off all but a very limited, reachable portion of under the bed?

I was ready to declare today the best day since this all started and I did not separate them for the night soon enough. They spent the day together and hung out a lot. And napped near each other a bunch. I split them up for a bit while I went to the vet and ate dinner. Then I hung out in my room...

To be honest I might have misheard her a bit on the phone - I don't do well on the phone for things where there are a lot of details so when I go in to get more gabapentin I am going to ask them to repeat the details. She listed off all of the normal lab results (including some of the ones you...

Forgot to address the outside stimuli part. To be honest it's hard to tell if there are any critters out there - I can't see anything but I know that doesn't mean much. I know there was a skunk for a while (it sprayed the dog a few days into this madness - so that was fun). Given what I read...

Yah I am similarly curious as to how the capsule form might be better tasting and I'm not staying too optimistic but we shall see. My approach on the meds is that they are intended to decrease anxiety and so if there is no way to give it to them without adding a ton of anxiety then I will likely...

I am currently dealing with my own cat aggression issues and have therefore read through A LOT of threads on TCS. I see non recognition aggression mentioned often and it seems like the best solution is typically to separate them for a bit and then things get back to normal. Here is an article...

I would like to check that I'm not plateauing at a non-useful stage right now. They share space pretty well - whether its my room or the living room/kitchen area. They are mostly ignoring each other, sleeping in separate perches and looking out separate windows. Which wasn't super uncommon...

So I found a pill on the ground later on so I actually think DM spit out her pill in our struggle. So I failed to give both of them their meds this morning. That being said it was still a pretty solid day. I was working so I decided to just keep my door shut and the two of them lounged in...

I appreciate all the advice - I think I need to experiment with different treats. They both really like temptations but those are too small. To be honest I could cut up the pill, bore out a hole in a few temptations and place the little piece of pill in those. Additionally, even though they...

It's good to know others have had success with this sort of thing. Although I tonight's pilling attempt went less well and I could not get DM to swallow the pill. I did not want to traumatize her so I didn't try again. It feels less worth it because I am still separating them at night. Some time...