Hello all,
I have a couple of problems that I hope someone can help me with.
After almost 6 years of living in my house I've finally discovered that what I really like is contemporary design and I've been buying a lot of new things and moving around a lot of what I already have. I know cats don't really like new stuff. I just got a new microfiber sofa bed yesterday and today I noticed that it has been sprayed. I'm sure it was my boy, Pumpkin, because my other cat is a girl that I have never seen spray. I don't think it will be too bad because this microfiber stuff seems to really hold up to a lot. In fact, it kinda looked like it didn't penetrate but beaded on the surface. Some of what he sprayed even seemed to crystallize which I thought was kinda weird.
I'm a bit obsessed with decorating so stopping is not really an option. I really haven't liked my house for the almost 6 years I've lived here and didn't realize it was because I was decorating it all wrong until about a month ago. Now, after a lot of painting, editing, moving things around and buying new pieces I absolutely love it. This has positively affected my state-of-mind, so I really don't to stop, but I don't want to spend my hard earned money on things only to have Pumpkin spray it.
And, since I know someone will want to know, he is neutered. I got him when he was probably around 8-12 months old so he didn't get neutered really early, so maybe this behavior was already there. I also got Aspen, my almost 3 yo female, in June and they have gotten in a couple of fights and seem to avoid each other much of the time, so maybe this is all just too much stress for him.
That brings me to my second problem which is the fighting between Pumpkin and Aspen. It's only really happened twice about a month ago, but at that time he ended up with a scratch. During one of the fights he appeared to be the aggressor although I didn't see how the fight started. The second time I didn't see what happened at all. I just had to take him to the vet 2 days ago because he was limping but this happened when he was outside so I'm not sure if Aspen is responsible for this. When I first noticed he was limping, she was standing very close to him and they didn't appear to have any tension between them so I'm hoping it wasn't her that he got into it with.
With all that said, I don't want them to keep fighting and I don't want him getting injured. I also don't like it when they avoid each other (for instance, if one of them is laying on the couch or bed with me and the other jumps up there, the one coming second with jump back down once they see the other most of the time).
When I first got Aspen and they had a little rough start, I considered giving her back, but now I'm quite attached to her so that's really not an option. She's a great cat although she's a little bossy. They seemed to do fine after the first few days until the fights a month ago, so I'm not sure what's happening. I just want them to get along.
I have a couple of problems that I hope someone can help me with.
After almost 6 years of living in my house I've finally discovered that what I really like is contemporary design and I've been buying a lot of new things and moving around a lot of what I already have. I know cats don't really like new stuff. I just got a new microfiber sofa bed yesterday and today I noticed that it has been sprayed. I'm sure it was my boy, Pumpkin, because my other cat is a girl that I have never seen spray. I don't think it will be too bad because this microfiber stuff seems to really hold up to a lot. In fact, it kinda looked like it didn't penetrate but beaded on the surface. Some of what he sprayed even seemed to crystallize which I thought was kinda weird.
I'm a bit obsessed with decorating so stopping is not really an option. I really haven't liked my house for the almost 6 years I've lived here and didn't realize it was because I was decorating it all wrong until about a month ago. Now, after a lot of painting, editing, moving things around and buying new pieces I absolutely love it. This has positively affected my state-of-mind, so I really don't to stop, but I don't want to spend my hard earned money on things only to have Pumpkin spray it.
And, since I know someone will want to know, he is neutered. I got him when he was probably around 8-12 months old so he didn't get neutered really early, so maybe this behavior was already there. I also got Aspen, my almost 3 yo female, in June and they have gotten in a couple of fights and seem to avoid each other much of the time, so maybe this is all just too much stress for him.
That brings me to my second problem which is the fighting between Pumpkin and Aspen. It's only really happened twice about a month ago, but at that time he ended up with a scratch. During one of the fights he appeared to be the aggressor although I didn't see how the fight started. The second time I didn't see what happened at all. I just had to take him to the vet 2 days ago because he was limping but this happened when he was outside so I'm not sure if Aspen is responsible for this. When I first noticed he was limping, she was standing very close to him and they didn't appear to have any tension between them so I'm hoping it wasn't her that he got into it with.
With all that said, I don't want them to keep fighting and I don't want him getting injured. I also don't like it when they avoid each other (for instance, if one of them is laying on the couch or bed with me and the other jumps up there, the one coming second with jump back down once they see the other most of the time).
When I first got Aspen and they had a little rough start, I considered giving her back, but now I'm quite attached to her so that's really not an option. She's a great cat although she's a little bossy. They seemed to do fine after the first few days until the fights a month ago, so I'm not sure what's happening. I just want them to get along.