When I was 21 i was attacked by my own cat. It was an unprovoked attack, he had ran away from home and I found him and cuddled him all the way home to step on the driveway and have him lunge at my face and cause enough damage that I needed 11 stiches (upper eye lid, under eye and both sides of my face).
Since then I am very careful with cats. I am friendly but if the cats initial reaction is to hiss... I'm outta there!
8 months ago I moved in with my cat owner/lover boyfriend. I get along great with his cat Buddy and he is very calm, purrs alot, very placid and affectionate, everything was great until the decision to have his ex's cat Sam come live with us.
His ex called one day and asked if we could keep the cat because the kids are very attached to him and she can't have him anymore cause her current boyfriends dog doesn't get a long with him.
Sam came for a visit last Wednesday and he is still here. Sam is a nice cat, he is only 1 year old compared to Buddys 10 years. We introduced them by bringing sam in the carrier and just letting them smell eachother through the carrier. No hissing - great! We waited a while and let Sam out. Buddy was intimidated by this new guy coming in to his territory and as my boyfriends daughter would say... meowls at Sam. Meh- we weren't expecting a miracle.
Sam is very affectionate, BUT he tries to hard to be Bud's friend and follows him everywhere. They do fight, and Bud meowls at him all the time as a warning not to get close. Sam on the other hand forces himself on Bud and tries to play pounce on Bud when he isn't looking, which results in a cat fight.
Bud is also used to sleeping with us and has a problem with sharing the bed, which Sam always invites himself up on.
Bud doesn't sleep cause he doesn't like sam to close to him, Sam doesn't sleep cause he is trying to force Bud into liking him, I don't sleep cause I know there will be a fight and from past experience and fright I don't wanna get caught in the middle.
I cover myself with a thick blanket and spend most of the night awake in order to ensure that I'm completely covered from head to toe in case the fight on the bed. When they do fight at night (which has been every night) the meowls and growling doesn't stop. 5am this morning I decided to seperate Sam into the living room and shut Bud in the room with us and bud and I were albe to get a good hours sleep.
If they fight to close to me I panic and freaked out two times just cause I'm scared that one will jump me while fighting.
What do I do? How do we get these normally two very likeable creatures to co-habitate?
Any help is appreciated... thanks
Since then I am very careful with cats. I am friendly but if the cats initial reaction is to hiss... I'm outta there!
8 months ago I moved in with my cat owner/lover boyfriend. I get along great with his cat Buddy and he is very calm, purrs alot, very placid and affectionate, everything was great until the decision to have his ex's cat Sam come live with us.
His ex called one day and asked if we could keep the cat because the kids are very attached to him and she can't have him anymore cause her current boyfriends dog doesn't get a long with him.
Sam came for a visit last Wednesday and he is still here. Sam is a nice cat, he is only 1 year old compared to Buddys 10 years. We introduced them by bringing sam in the carrier and just letting them smell eachother through the carrier. No hissing - great! We waited a while and let Sam out. Buddy was intimidated by this new guy coming in to his territory and as my boyfriends daughter would say... meowls at Sam. Meh- we weren't expecting a miracle.
Sam is very affectionate, BUT he tries to hard to be Bud's friend and follows him everywhere. They do fight, and Bud meowls at him all the time as a warning not to get close. Sam on the other hand forces himself on Bud and tries to play pounce on Bud when he isn't looking, which results in a cat fight.
Bud is also used to sleeping with us and has a problem with sharing the bed, which Sam always invites himself up on.
Bud doesn't sleep cause he doesn't like sam to close to him, Sam doesn't sleep cause he is trying to force Bud into liking him, I don't sleep cause I know there will be a fight and from past experience and fright I don't wanna get caught in the middle.
I cover myself with a thick blanket and spend most of the night awake in order to ensure that I'm completely covered from head to toe in case the fight on the bed. When they do fight at night (which has been every night) the meowls and growling doesn't stop. 5am this morning I decided to seperate Sam into the living room and shut Bud in the room with us and bud and I were albe to get a good hours sleep.
If they fight to close to me I panic and freaked out two times just cause I'm scared that one will jump me while fighting.
What do I do? How do we get these normally two very likeable creatures to co-habitate?
Any help is appreciated... thanks
