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I'm babysitting a wonderful adult tabby male cat for a friend who is on vacation for 2 weeks. The owner no longer wants the cat so I'd be willing to take him in permanently but he's not getting along with my adult resident females. I really want to make this work because the owner is not a cat person, keeps the poor boy locked up in a room all day!
I let the cats meet on the second day he was here, face to face. They were tolerating each other normally until out of the blue when my resident dominent female let her guard down and he attacked her. She ran, he caught her and attacked, she ran and was caught two more times until she crammed herself under a dresser he could not fit under. It's been a week since the attack and I've since been rotating rooms with them.
I allow peeking through the door crack with my younger female which was tolerated well by both.
Tonight I put the male cat on a leash and let him go through the house. He found my young girl cat and just sat and starred at each other until she got scared and started to run away. He tried to chase her. In the mean time my dominent female heard him comming and hid behind the curtains never seeing him. She looked so scared
It just seems like the male is very aggressive. So much so that I don't think this is going to ever work. If it does not work the poor cat will end up sitting in a room with no toys, affection or stimulation for hours on end with his owner.
What can I do to make this work? Does anyone have a similiar experience with adult male vs. adult female cats? I know I need to give it more time but what else can I do?
I let the cats meet on the second day he was here, face to face. They were tolerating each other normally until out of the blue when my resident dominent female let her guard down and he attacked her. She ran, he caught her and attacked, she ran and was caught two more times until she crammed herself under a dresser he could not fit under. It's been a week since the attack and I've since been rotating rooms with them.
I allow peeking through the door crack with my younger female which was tolerated well by both.
Tonight I put the male cat on a leash and let him go through the house. He found my young girl cat and just sat and starred at each other until she got scared and started to run away. He tried to chase her. In the mean time my dominent female heard him comming and hid behind the curtains never seeing him. She looked so scared
It just seems like the male is very aggressive. So much so that I don't think this is going to ever work. If it does not work the poor cat will end up sitting in a room with no toys, affection or stimulation for hours on end with his owner.
What can I do to make this work? Does anyone have a similiar experience with adult male vs. adult female cats? I know I need to give it more time but what else can I do?
