Hi
I've come looking for help as I don't know what to do now.
My cat, Logan, is a six year old neutered male. I've had him since 10 weeks in the same home. He's always been friendly and soft, likes being stroked, comes to greet me home, rolls onto his back etc. Although he is quite a loner, having been used to me working long hours so he often chooses to sit on his own somewhere too, coming for affection when he wants it.
Anyway a month ago I moved into my boyfriend's. BF has a cat too, neutered male, about two years old. (Jack). He is the friendliest softest cat in the world, who loves playing.
We read lots of advice about how to introduce and followed it. Logan was kept in his own room, we fed other side of door etc etc. anyway we got to the point of them co-existing. They live in the conservatory, where the cat flap is. We shut them in together at night but the door to the living room is open when we're there. They have separate feeding dishes/areas. They both go to the toilet outside.
Logan is very different to how he used to be. I understand it's been a lot of stress for him and he's been improving all the time. But he's still acting really strangely. When I come home he'll be excited , let me stroke him, pick up up, which was always our routine. But then he'll get really touchy and run away, tail flicking. It's hit and miss now wherever he'll want to be stroked at any time or whether he'll go for you. He's never clawed or bitten me, more a warning gesture. He's never been aggressive to me before. I always go to him first, give him more attention than I give Jack so he knows he's top priority to me. He often stays sat in the conservatory tho while Jack comes kn and sits with us, despite all our encouragement.
Jack and Logan aren't getting on that well. There was ignoring at first, then a few bats and gentle hisses from Logan and a bit of them both chasing each other, then Logan has got a little more aggressive, just now took a swipe and more aggressive hiss, and has shown some signs of bullying, blocking doorways.
So there's two parts to this, although probably intertwined. How do I get Logan back to normal, affectionate, friendly and wanting to be with us?
How do we get the two cats to get along better. I understand they may never be total friends tho.
I've come looking for help as I don't know what to do now.
My cat, Logan, is a six year old neutered male. I've had him since 10 weeks in the same home. He's always been friendly and soft, likes being stroked, comes to greet me home, rolls onto his back etc. Although he is quite a loner, having been used to me working long hours so he often chooses to sit on his own somewhere too, coming for affection when he wants it.
Anyway a month ago I moved into my boyfriend's. BF has a cat too, neutered male, about two years old. (Jack). He is the friendliest softest cat in the world, who loves playing.
We read lots of advice about how to introduce and followed it. Logan was kept in his own room, we fed other side of door etc etc. anyway we got to the point of them co-existing. They live in the conservatory, where the cat flap is. We shut them in together at night but the door to the living room is open when we're there. They have separate feeding dishes/areas. They both go to the toilet outside.
Logan is very different to how he used to be. I understand it's been a lot of stress for him and he's been improving all the time. But he's still acting really strangely. When I come home he'll be excited , let me stroke him, pick up up, which was always our routine. But then he'll get really touchy and run away, tail flicking. It's hit and miss now wherever he'll want to be stroked at any time or whether he'll go for you. He's never clawed or bitten me, more a warning gesture. He's never been aggressive to me before. I always go to him first, give him more attention than I give Jack so he knows he's top priority to me. He often stays sat in the conservatory tho while Jack comes kn and sits with us, despite all our encouragement.
Jack and Logan aren't getting on that well. There was ignoring at first, then a few bats and gentle hisses from Logan and a bit of them both chasing each other, then Logan has got a little more aggressive, just now took a swipe and more aggressive hiss, and has shown some signs of bullying, blocking doorways.
So there's two parts to this, although probably intertwined. How do I get Logan back to normal, affectionate, friendly and wanting to be with us?
How do we get the two cats to get along better. I understand they may never be total friends tho.