Hello
I adopted 2 female cats from the same no kill shelter about 3 months ago. Both cats came from the same shelter and were transported together to the place I ended up adopting them from. The no kill was one that all cats were loose in the same room so they knew each other before they came to our home.
I THINK this is playing behavior but I’m not sure.
It has been a bumpy road with the adoption, long story, the older cat Aurora, I was told that she was between 3-4 years old. The younger one Mulan I was told that she was about 1.5 years old and spayed. Well, after the vet seeing them for an exam and contacting the original shelter they came from, I found out that the owner that relinquished Aurora said she was 10 years old and Mulan was NOT spayed. Ugh. Since then Mulan was spayed 1 month ago. I believe Aurora came from a home where she was the only cat but I’m not sure.
Since the girls have been with us, Mulan is very easy going and due to her being a young cat, always wants to play. She will pounce on Aurora’s tail or try to sniff Aurora’s bum and Aurora wants no part of that and will growl and hiss at her. Most times Mulan will back down but at times Mulan will quietly sneek up on Aurora and a chase ensues. Mulan never utters a word. Aurora growls, hisses and slaps but that is it. There is never any high pitch noises or concerning physical contact as far as claws or a true fight.
I have tried the new feliway diffusers for multi cat households, I went thru 2 of them already and really didn’t notice any difference at all so I stopped with those.
They will have these incidents and then 10 minutes later, they are laying less than a foot from each other like everything is fine. Mulan will hear Aurora in the litter box and has tried multiple times to run up to her while she’s in the potty. I don’t understand why she wants to scare or chase Aurora from the litter box or just run up to her wherever she is standing. We have 2 litter boxes in the laundry room, 1 upstairs in my office and 1 in the basement so there are plenty of potty boxes around and I clean every one of them 2x per day so they are clean all the time.
Part of me thinks that if Aurora did come from a home where she was the only cat, that she is not only having to deal with being with another cat, PLUS there is the age difference. I thought they were much closer in age and now that I have found out otherwise, that could make sense that Aurora just doesn’t like her pesty little sister trying to play. I have tried giving Mulan time outs in a separate room when she chases Aurora but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Is this just normal playing or is it something more? I don’t know how to make Mulan stop. I tried the spray water bottle 1x and that didn’t work and I’m not a fan of a spray water bottle anyways. Curious on what your thoughts are on this and what I can do to help. Aurora growls and hisses at Mulan when she comes too close but Mulan doesn’t give up and keeps coming closer and that is when Aurora will slap her and then Aurora will attempt to run away and Mulan is hot on her trail trying to jump on her. Eventually Aurora jumps up high and I’m already involved at that point chasing Mulan away.
I adopted 2 female cats from the same no kill shelter about 3 months ago. Both cats came from the same shelter and were transported together to the place I ended up adopting them from. The no kill was one that all cats were loose in the same room so they knew each other before they came to our home.
I THINK this is playing behavior but I’m not sure.
It has been a bumpy road with the adoption, long story, the older cat Aurora, I was told that she was between 3-4 years old. The younger one Mulan I was told that she was about 1.5 years old and spayed. Well, after the vet seeing them for an exam and contacting the original shelter they came from, I found out that the owner that relinquished Aurora said she was 10 years old and Mulan was NOT spayed. Ugh. Since then Mulan was spayed 1 month ago. I believe Aurora came from a home where she was the only cat but I’m not sure.
Since the girls have been with us, Mulan is very easy going and due to her being a young cat, always wants to play. She will pounce on Aurora’s tail or try to sniff Aurora’s bum and Aurora wants no part of that and will growl and hiss at her. Most times Mulan will back down but at times Mulan will quietly sneek up on Aurora and a chase ensues. Mulan never utters a word. Aurora growls, hisses and slaps but that is it. There is never any high pitch noises or concerning physical contact as far as claws or a true fight.
I have tried the new feliway diffusers for multi cat households, I went thru 2 of them already and really didn’t notice any difference at all so I stopped with those.
They will have these incidents and then 10 minutes later, they are laying less than a foot from each other like everything is fine. Mulan will hear Aurora in the litter box and has tried multiple times to run up to her while she’s in the potty. I don’t understand why she wants to scare or chase Aurora from the litter box or just run up to her wherever she is standing. We have 2 litter boxes in the laundry room, 1 upstairs in my office and 1 in the basement so there are plenty of potty boxes around and I clean every one of them 2x per day so they are clean all the time.
Part of me thinks that if Aurora did come from a home where she was the only cat, that she is not only having to deal with being with another cat, PLUS there is the age difference. I thought they were much closer in age and now that I have found out otherwise, that could make sense that Aurora just doesn’t like her pesty little sister trying to play. I have tried giving Mulan time outs in a separate room when she chases Aurora but it doesn’t seem to help much.
Is this just normal playing or is it something more? I don’t know how to make Mulan stop. I tried the spray water bottle 1x and that didn’t work and I’m not a fan of a spray water bottle anyways. Curious on what your thoughts are on this and what I can do to help. Aurora growls and hisses at Mulan when she comes too close but Mulan doesn’t give up and keeps coming closer and that is when Aurora will slap her and then Aurora will attempt to run away and Mulan is hot on her trail trying to jump on her. Eventually Aurora jumps up high and I’m already involved at that point chasing Mulan away.
