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I've come upon a situation where I am adopting someones pet cats but the cats need to stay outdoors. I have plenty of shelter and plenty of food for them all, my biggest issue is how to have my stray/feral colony accept these cats so they wont be chased out of my yard continuously.
Right now the pet cats will follow me a few houses down to my house eagerly, which is great, but as soon as any of my strays see them, they are chased off and there is growling and screaming and hissing my strays start the fight. The pet cats try to ignore them and walk around them which is amazing but then when chased off they run away. Even the youngest strays who are only 2 and quite small never fought anybody are going after these cats its horrible for me to see. Every cat (stray and pet are fixed by the way)
I must have the pet cats stay in my yard (or at least be able to come in my yard to eat and sleep when they want) otherwise they will not have access to any food or shelter. There is no way I can keep them in my yard without them being able to run away and escape its impossible, and they go back to the house they used to live when they are chased away and I cant have them go back there because then they are too afraid to come back unless I walk down the block, and I cant keep doing this.
I have tried bringing items with my cats and the pets cats scent into each others yard to smell and they smell it, I think they have run into eachother before, its just that up until now they had there own places to eat far away from eachother and never had to stay near each other.
What can I do?
Right now the pet cats will follow me a few houses down to my house eagerly, which is great, but as soon as any of my strays see them, they are chased off and there is growling and screaming and hissing my strays start the fight. The pet cats try to ignore them and walk around them which is amazing but then when chased off they run away. Even the youngest strays who are only 2 and quite small never fought anybody are going after these cats its horrible for me to see. Every cat (stray and pet are fixed by the way)
I must have the pet cats stay in my yard (or at least be able to come in my yard to eat and sleep when they want) otherwise they will not have access to any food or shelter. There is no way I can keep them in my yard without them being able to run away and escape its impossible, and they go back to the house they used to live when they are chased away and I cant have them go back there because then they are too afraid to come back unless I walk down the block, and I cant keep doing this.
I have tried bringing items with my cats and the pets cats scent into each others yard to smell and they smell it, I think they have run into eachother before, its just that up until now they had there own places to eat far away from eachother and never had to stay near each other.
What can I do?
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