Hi, this is not a very nice first post but we're desperate for help.
We have 2 cats that we adopted from a rescue centre about 3 years ago. They're mother and kitten and have always got on fine. They have the occasional playfight but nothing aggressive until last night.
At about half 3 they were making the most awful racket, really fighting, hissing and making other nasty noises. They stopped when we put the lights on and followed them but then this morning it has carried on. It's the kitten (well she's 4 but you get the idea) who's got all the agression and attacked and chased the mother out of the room again and down the stairs.
We've ended up shutting the kitten in one room and letting the mother have the run of the house but this morning my partner went to stroke the mother's head and found a claw stuck in it.
We've rung the shelter where we got them from and apparently they don't re-home mothers and kittens together anymore because of this problem, but that doesn't really help us as we've had them for nearly 3 years and are very attached!
Has anyone ever worked through this problem?
We have 2 cats that we adopted from a rescue centre about 3 years ago. They're mother and kitten and have always got on fine. They have the occasional playfight but nothing aggressive until last night.
At about half 3 they were making the most awful racket, really fighting, hissing and making other nasty noises. They stopped when we put the lights on and followed them but then this morning it has carried on. It's the kitten (well she's 4 but you get the idea) who's got all the agression and attacked and chased the mother out of the room again and down the stairs.
We've ended up shutting the kitten in one room and letting the mother have the run of the house but this morning my partner went to stroke the mother's head and found a claw stuck in it.
We've rung the shelter where we got them from and apparently they don't re-home mothers and kittens together anymore because of this problem, but that doesn't really help us as we've had them for nearly 3 years and are very attached!
Has anyone ever worked through this problem?