Hi please could someone help me.
I have a 9 year old bengal neutered male cat called tom, 4 months ago i took in a one year old spayed female cat called mimi from an animal shelter, they got on great and bonded so beautifully, always playing together and their were never any problems. One month ago i took in another 4 year old female spayed cat from the same animal shelter called tasha, and i am having many problems. I kept tasha in a room seperated from tom and mimi for a week, then started to let tasha out to wonder around the house when tom and mimi were out to spread her scent. Then i introduced them all slowly a little each day, tom went into major spraying mode all over the house, and mimi kept hissing at tasha, tasha seemed quiet and as though she wanted to make friends with both of them, curious, and interested, we were told that tasha had lived with two other male cats previously. on first introductions tom went weird and started to transfer his aggression and frustrations about the new cat, out on mimi, attacking her nastily, both mimi and tom both seeming very unhappy that another cat was in their territory, so we had a few weeks of having to seperate them and watch them, things finally settled down with tom and mimi, so that they could be trusted together again, however, now that tasha has started to settle and find her feet ie wandering around the house, and starting to go outside, she has started to stalk tom, really charging at him aggressively, and attacking him hissing and clawking at him initiating a fight, tom just runs, and is now very nervous and edgy, but tasha is relentless and she charges after him, i tell her she is a naughty girl in a firm voice, and put her back in her room for the day, then try again the next day to reintroduce them, but things have just gotten worse, now every time she sees tom she is charging at him in full attack mode she appears to hate him, its as though she dosent want him in the house or garden, she dosent do it at mimi, although mimi is a happy little soul who just stays out of her way. after the attacks tom takes it out on mimi, and its just becoming one major nightmare. Tasha is very strong willed and hates being picked up, and i myself have received a few painful claw swipes and hisses trying to put her away in the room after she has attacked tom. I am at a loss at what to do, as i love all the cats very dearly, tasha is so loving to me when its just me and her, and cuddles on my knee. Will i ever be able to get them to be friends? and if so how? as its kind of been a nightmare this last week, today alone she attacked tom twice, and he was so upset he was literally quaking.
someone please help, i dont want to part with tasha, but i dont want my lovely tom who ive had for 9 years living a miserble existence either, and poor mimi getting the brunt of it all.
I have a 9 year old bengal neutered male cat called tom, 4 months ago i took in a one year old spayed female cat called mimi from an animal shelter, they got on great and bonded so beautifully, always playing together and their were never any problems. One month ago i took in another 4 year old female spayed cat from the same animal shelter called tasha, and i am having many problems. I kept tasha in a room seperated from tom and mimi for a week, then started to let tasha out to wonder around the house when tom and mimi were out to spread her scent. Then i introduced them all slowly a little each day, tom went into major spraying mode all over the house, and mimi kept hissing at tasha, tasha seemed quiet and as though she wanted to make friends with both of them, curious, and interested, we were told that tasha had lived with two other male cats previously. on first introductions tom went weird and started to transfer his aggression and frustrations about the new cat, out on mimi, attacking her nastily, both mimi and tom both seeming very unhappy that another cat was in their territory, so we had a few weeks of having to seperate them and watch them, things finally settled down with tom and mimi, so that they could be trusted together again, however, now that tasha has started to settle and find her feet ie wandering around the house, and starting to go outside, she has started to stalk tom, really charging at him aggressively, and attacking him hissing and clawking at him initiating a fight, tom just runs, and is now very nervous and edgy, but tasha is relentless and she charges after him, i tell her she is a naughty girl in a firm voice, and put her back in her room for the day, then try again the next day to reintroduce them, but things have just gotten worse, now every time she sees tom she is charging at him in full attack mode she appears to hate him, its as though she dosent want him in the house or garden, she dosent do it at mimi, although mimi is a happy little soul who just stays out of her way. after the attacks tom takes it out on mimi, and its just becoming one major nightmare. Tasha is very strong willed and hates being picked up, and i myself have received a few painful claw swipes and hisses trying to put her away in the room after she has attacked tom. I am at a loss at what to do, as i love all the cats very dearly, tasha is so loving to me when its just me and her, and cuddles on my knee. Will i ever be able to get them to be friends? and if so how? as its kind of been a nightmare this last week, today alone she attacked tom twice, and he was so upset he was literally quaking.
someone please help, i dont want to part with tasha, but i dont want my lovely tom who ive had for 9 years living a miserble existence either, and poor mimi getting the brunt of it all.









BTW this does not mean you could never adopt another cat again. It just has to be the right personalities and usually it is the norm for the cats to accept eachother in time. Best wishes to you today and the days to come as I know how hard this decision will be.
