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We had 2 established pairs of cats and we added 2 more. Introductions seemed to go well as these cats were adopted from rescue agencies and were use to multiple cats and ours have had visiting cats in and out. After about two weeks one of our cats, not the alpha, took it into his head to go after one of the new kitties everytime he saw her. All kitties are fixed. He literally wants to kill her. She is very small and docile and gets along with everyone else. She has hissed and batted at him, but twice we have had to break them up or he would have hurt her as he was pulling her fur out as fast he could. We have done absolutely everything we can think of and he will not stop. It doesn't seem to phase him that he is isolated by himself, crated, you name it we've done it. Our little girl is very resilient and other than being afraid when he is around, naturally, appears to be a very happy kitty. The only time she is out when he is is if one or two of us are in the room with a water bottle. Most of the time she goes under a chair or up a cat tree, but it never fails that he will stealthily stalk her until we are distracted reading or something and then he goes after her.
Any ideas what is going on or what to do? The vet says we need a litter box and bowl for each cat - that is 6 each and where to do we live? We have 3 bowls and 3 boxes. We have always had just 1 box and 2 bowls before these new kitties.
The other new kitty we got seems obsessed with teasing our old alpha female following her everywhere. I think she wants to challenge her position so we are watching that relationship closely too.
We love our new kitties, but we think we made a huge mistake getting these two kitties we are now bonded with.
I sure hope there is something positive this forum has to suggest!
Beth
Any ideas what is going on or what to do? The vet says we need a litter box and bowl for each cat - that is 6 each and where to do we live? We have 3 bowls and 3 boxes. We have always had just 1 box and 2 bowls before these new kitties.
The other new kitty we got seems obsessed with teasing our old alpha female following her everywhere. I think she wants to challenge her position so we are watching that relationship closely too.
We love our new kitties, but we think we made a huge mistake getting these two kitties we are now bonded with.
I sure hope there is something positive this forum has to suggest!
Beth