Hi there,
I am new here and so happy to have found this forum.
We have 3 cats, all females, all rescued this year. Our first cat, Brie, is 3. Our second cat, Annie, is 2.5 yrs., and our newest addition, Vivian, is 4. We got Brie in January, Annie in late February, and Vivian a week and a half ago.
Brie accepted Annie right away. She did the normal hissing/growling and Annie would just walk away. They became very close and of course Brie quit hissing/growling at Annie and all is good between them.
Brie and Annie came from the same cat rescue group but the owner said they had never met before.
We rescued Vivian from a different place, more like a pound verses a rescue...I don't know any other way to put it and I mean NO disrespect towards the place. They are wonderful people trying to help cats and dogs find homes.
Anyway...we have a big problem. Our newest cat Vivian was attacking both of our cats! She is the most kind, loving cat to US, but so mean to our other two cats! Our first two cats did the normal hissing/growling but instead of walking away from them Vivian would pounce, chase, and scratch Brie and Annie. Well the first time this happened Brie lost her bladder contents she got so scared! When Vivian went after either cat they got so scared and they would run away. Both have completely changed their routines now and they are nervous wrecks, which makes us all nervous in our home.
I had considered taking Vivian back to the shelter as I felt so sorry for our two resident cats being attacked. After a few sleepless nights, lots of research, plenty of tears, and discussing the situation with the shelter, we decided to put Vivian in our guest bedroom and keep all the cats separated and start over with the intros, slowly, even if this takes many weeks/months. We are very attached to Vivian, and our other two cats, and just love them all to death!
Vivian had been abused terribly in her little life - her jaw sits funny and the area above her nose is puffed out and she has two old marks on her one ear. The shelter said they don't know what all happened to her but they received her from a foreclosed home where she was left to die...starved and dehydrated and they brought her back. Prior to her other owners abandoning her she must have been beat up since she still has the scars bless her heart.
I look forward to meeting everyone and chatting about our cats! I will be around a lot as I want to learn and do right by Vivian and my other two cats as far as the intros go and such.
We also have three small dogs and we are still working on getting them and the cats used to each other and have taken it slowly from the start and so far so good! The cats found their way around the dogs, lol, and the dogs want to play with the cats but they are a bit cautious with them. Our dogs hang out on our main floor and we keep a baby gate up to keep them from coming upstairs and our cats hang out upstairs but they do go downstairs when they want to. We hadn't introduced Vivian to the dogs yet so that is something else we will need to do in the future.
Take care,
Vivvie
I am new here and so happy to have found this forum.
We have 3 cats, all females, all rescued this year. Our first cat, Brie, is 3. Our second cat, Annie, is 2.5 yrs., and our newest addition, Vivian, is 4. We got Brie in January, Annie in late February, and Vivian a week and a half ago.
Brie accepted Annie right away. She did the normal hissing/growling and Annie would just walk away. They became very close and of course Brie quit hissing/growling at Annie and all is good between them.
Brie and Annie came from the same cat rescue group but the owner said they had never met before.
We rescued Vivian from a different place, more like a pound verses a rescue...I don't know any other way to put it and I mean NO disrespect towards the place. They are wonderful people trying to help cats and dogs find homes.
Anyway...we have a big problem. Our newest cat Vivian was attacking both of our cats! She is the most kind, loving cat to US, but so mean to our other two cats! Our first two cats did the normal hissing/growling but instead of walking away from them Vivian would pounce, chase, and scratch Brie and Annie. Well the first time this happened Brie lost her bladder contents she got so scared! When Vivian went after either cat they got so scared and they would run away. Both have completely changed their routines now and they are nervous wrecks, which makes us all nervous in our home.
I had considered taking Vivian back to the shelter as I felt so sorry for our two resident cats being attacked. After a few sleepless nights, lots of research, plenty of tears, and discussing the situation with the shelter, we decided to put Vivian in our guest bedroom and keep all the cats separated and start over with the intros, slowly, even if this takes many weeks/months. We are very attached to Vivian, and our other two cats, and just love them all to death!
Vivian had been abused terribly in her little life - her jaw sits funny and the area above her nose is puffed out and she has two old marks on her one ear. The shelter said they don't know what all happened to her but they received her from a foreclosed home where she was left to die...starved and dehydrated and they brought her back. Prior to her other owners abandoning her she must have been beat up since she still has the scars bless her heart.
I look forward to meeting everyone and chatting about our cats! I will be around a lot as I want to learn and do right by Vivian and my other two cats as far as the intros go and such.
We also have three small dogs and we are still working on getting them and the cats used to each other and have taken it slowly from the start and so far so good! The cats found their way around the dogs, lol, and the dogs want to play with the cats but they are a bit cautious with them. Our dogs hang out on our main floor and we keep a baby gate up to keep them from coming upstairs and our cats hang out upstairs but they do go downstairs when they want to. We hadn't introduced Vivian to the dogs yet so that is something else we will need to do in the future.
Take care,
Vivvie
