My fiance and I moved in together in December. She has two cats, of around four years in age, who are sisters and have lived together always. They integrate well back into the original litter they came from when we go to visit her parents. All of those cats are declawed. My cat has her claws and is around six. Her first exposure to other cats since I found her at around 3 months of age came this December. We kept my cat in a room with french doors and allowed the cats to see each other/ freak out, but not hurt each other.
Initial introductions went badly with my cat being very scared of them. She was curious for all of about 30 seconds before freaking out. She went back into the room and they engaged for months in very strange fighting against the windows (paw rubbing by one cat who then started doing it against a glass cabinet we have).
After a while we tried longer visits and they fought, but it would get calm after a while. Lately though, my cat has started kicking the day lights out of the other ones and bullying them. Her cats hide under chairs all day and try to swipe at her or just plain hide. If she sees them come out she will chase them down and slash them up. Sometimes she will back them in corners or under things and just sit there and not let them move for hours. She doesn't always freak out at them, and I'm not sure what triggers it. They have separate food dishes and she does not seem to mind them eating from her food dish. Litter boxes are another story.
Yesterday, one of my fiance's cats who hangs out in my laundry hamper decided to pee all over it in front of my fiance; we dont know if it was an im mad at you thing, a territorial thing, or the fact that its difficult to get to one of the litter boxes without getting hurt. I love all of them, but these cats cannot beat my cat.
I have always been against declawing, and it's not an option as I know it will just result in more biting.
How can I resocialize them? How do I stop the fighting? We keep her in the room with the AC that cools the rest of the apartment so locking her up makes the place boiling. We tried diffusers early on, but they weren't really any help and they are expensive. They have spent many days together so I'm not quite sure if doing a slow intro is possible.
I'm at a loss. Please help. I wish there were a reset button.
Initial introductions went badly with my cat being very scared of them. She was curious for all of about 30 seconds before freaking out. She went back into the room and they engaged for months in very strange fighting against the windows (paw rubbing by one cat who then started doing it against a glass cabinet we have).
After a while we tried longer visits and they fought, but it would get calm after a while. Lately though, my cat has started kicking the day lights out of the other ones and bullying them. Her cats hide under chairs all day and try to swipe at her or just plain hide. If she sees them come out she will chase them down and slash them up. Sometimes she will back them in corners or under things and just sit there and not let them move for hours. She doesn't always freak out at them, and I'm not sure what triggers it. They have separate food dishes and she does not seem to mind them eating from her food dish. Litter boxes are another story.
Yesterday, one of my fiance's cats who hangs out in my laundry hamper decided to pee all over it in front of my fiance; we dont know if it was an im mad at you thing, a territorial thing, or the fact that its difficult to get to one of the litter boxes without getting hurt. I love all of them, but these cats cannot beat my cat.
I have always been against declawing, and it's not an option as I know it will just result in more biting.
How can I resocialize them? How do I stop the fighting? We keep her in the room with the AC that cools the rest of the apartment so locking her up makes the place boiling. We tried diffusers early on, but they weren't really any help and they are expensive. They have spent many days together so I'm not quite sure if doing a slow intro is possible.
I'm at a loss. Please help. I wish there were a reset button.










