I have 3 cats. two of them are siblings that I got as kittens. They're btoh 2 yrs old now.
In August, we found an injured and starving stray. We took him in, got him fixed up and neutered and decided to keep him. His name is Purgatory.
He's generally a nice cat. However, he has this nasty habit of picking on the other two, especially BeBe. Purg goes out of his way to find BeBe just to beat on him. BeBe doesn't fight, ever. Even when Purg has him cornered, he just lays down until it's over.
I was hoping once things got calm (we kept getting flooded out so we moved the cats around a lot) Purg would calm down. But he hasn't. If anything, he's gotten worse.
The vet can't find anything wrong with him, so I'm convienced it's all behavioral.
Over the weekend, we found a kitten, so we took it in. We put the baby in a large dog crate in a room that we could shut the door so the other 3 couldn't pester him. This REALLY upset Purgatory. The first day he ran around the house, yelling, hissing/spitting, growling...He hit me a couple times even. Sometimes I'm scared of him. I forgot to change my clothes after handling the kitten, and Purg came over to cuddle, well he started to sniff me and got ALL upset. When I tried petting him he hissed and swatted at my hand. So I said "Purg, its okay its just me..." and tried again, but he screamed and ran away.
I don't want to rehome him. we decided to keep him and I want to make this work. Friday I'm going to buy some Feliway and spray it around the house to see if that helps any...
But if you have any suggestions, I'd so appreciate them!
In August, we found an injured and starving stray. We took him in, got him fixed up and neutered and decided to keep him. His name is Purgatory.
He's generally a nice cat. However, he has this nasty habit of picking on the other two, especially BeBe. Purg goes out of his way to find BeBe just to beat on him. BeBe doesn't fight, ever. Even when Purg has him cornered, he just lays down until it's over.
I was hoping once things got calm (we kept getting flooded out so we moved the cats around a lot) Purg would calm down. But he hasn't. If anything, he's gotten worse.
The vet can't find anything wrong with him, so I'm convienced it's all behavioral.
Over the weekend, we found a kitten, so we took it in. We put the baby in a large dog crate in a room that we could shut the door so the other 3 couldn't pester him. This REALLY upset Purgatory. The first day he ran around the house, yelling, hissing/spitting, growling...He hit me a couple times even. Sometimes I'm scared of him. I forgot to change my clothes after handling the kitten, and Purg came over to cuddle, well he started to sniff me and got ALL upset. When I tried petting him he hissed and swatted at my hand. So I said "Purg, its okay its just me..." and tried again, but he screamed and ran away.
I don't want to rehome him. we decided to keep him and I want to make this work. Friday I'm going to buy some Feliway and spray it around the house to see if that helps any...
But if you have any suggestions, I'd so appreciate them!