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Hi, I'm new to this forum and I'm in need of some serious help... Apologizing in advance for the novel I am about to write.
So to give you some background, my husband and I have 3 cats. Matza and falafel (they are litter mates, both 3yo) and motorboat (13). Our roommate has one cat named trouble (9). I found matza and falafel when they were 8 weeks old, before I moved in with my then boyfriend- now husband. My husband has had motorboat since birth and
I'm not sure about my roommates cat.
Everyone has always gotten along, they've lived together for about 2 years now. Falafel is definitely the more dominant cat, he has bullied the other cats away from the food bowl and given them a hard time when they tried to go someplace that he wanted to go first, but he has never lashed out at another cat. He does occasionally chase matza and bite her neck like he's trying to mount her, hes not viscious but he's not playing either. It kinda reminds me of a dominance thing, they don't get aggressive with each other after and the two are often caught cuddling and grooming each other.
A week or two ago, I was relaxing with matza when something made her run to the other room and suddenly I heard a cat yell. My husband was in the room and he had a squirt bottle in his hand. He said the Cats were fighting, he wasnt sure who started it. There was fur flying everywhere and the cats were all pretty puffed up. We didn't have any major problems after that until about 2 days ago.
It was 3 am and we woke up because of the cats screaming downstairs. We ran downstairs to find falafel and matza attacking motorboat. My husband grabs falafel by his scruff and they start to calm down. We investigate, trying our best to calm the cats down. We don't know who started it but we have think it may have been falafel, because he's always shown dominance. Matza has always been very gentle and motorboat is very submissive.
As They are calming down we notice matza start inching towards motorboat and try to attack him, motorboat runs away when we stop matza from pursuing and falafel chases him downstairs. We are able to stop it from escalating and decide to bring motorboat in our room until we can figure out what's going on.
It was pretty bad falafel had a minor cut on his nose, matza fractured a nail and is missing a small patch of fur and skin from her paw and motorboat has a nasty cut across his nose and head, I think we are lucky he didn't have his eye scratched.
So the next day we decide to leave motorboat in our room and let things calm down for a few days before reintroducing the cats to each other. As I was coming into my room after work falafel got past me and attacked motorboat, I managed to separate them and threw falafel out. Both cats are okay but motorboat was so shaken up he started peeing.
Last night we woke up, because we heard cats fighting again and walked outside to find falafel attacking matza, both cats were puffed up, my husband took a cup of water and poured it on falafel and that calmed things down for a bit.
This morning I came downstairs to find falafel and matza again puffed up and attempting to corner trouble, who didn't seem to be bothered by it. I used the squirt bottle to stop them from pursuing and spent time with each cat to help them calm down. I also decided to put matza and falafel in our spare bedroom, with some water and a litter box for a few hours to let them calm down. This morning it definitely looked like something was spooking matza she was definitely more nervous than she had been the previous fights.
All of our cats are fixed/
Id also like to add, no cat is being aggresive or lashing out at me or My husband, when we reached down to stop them they didn't swipe or hiss at us. We Recently have had two kitty houseguests we were fostering, a few weeks ago we found them homes. We have a stray kitty we feed outside who has moved into our backyard, he likes I watch up trough the back door. He's been around for about a year now. I am also 6 months pregnant and we have moved several pieces of furniture around. There are definitely things that can be stressing them out going on in our house
. I'm not sure how to deal with these issues, I've never had them before, and id like to stop it before it gets worse. All of our cats are usually very very nice and loving, so this behavior is unusual. Any advice on how I handle this?
So to give you some background, my husband and I have 3 cats. Matza and falafel (they are litter mates, both 3yo) and motorboat (13). Our roommate has one cat named trouble (9). I found matza and falafel when they were 8 weeks old, before I moved in with my then boyfriend- now husband. My husband has had motorboat since birth and
I'm not sure about my roommates cat.
Everyone has always gotten along, they've lived together for about 2 years now. Falafel is definitely the more dominant cat, he has bullied the other cats away from the food bowl and given them a hard time when they tried to go someplace that he wanted to go first, but he has never lashed out at another cat. He does occasionally chase matza and bite her neck like he's trying to mount her, hes not viscious but he's not playing either. It kinda reminds me of a dominance thing, they don't get aggressive with each other after and the two are often caught cuddling and grooming each other.
A week or two ago, I was relaxing with matza when something made her run to the other room and suddenly I heard a cat yell. My husband was in the room and he had a squirt bottle in his hand. He said the Cats were fighting, he wasnt sure who started it. There was fur flying everywhere and the cats were all pretty puffed up. We didn't have any major problems after that until about 2 days ago.
It was 3 am and we woke up because of the cats screaming downstairs. We ran downstairs to find falafel and matza attacking motorboat. My husband grabs falafel by his scruff and they start to calm down. We investigate, trying our best to calm the cats down. We don't know who started it but we have think it may have been falafel, because he's always shown dominance. Matza has always been very gentle and motorboat is very submissive.
As They are calming down we notice matza start inching towards motorboat and try to attack him, motorboat runs away when we stop matza from pursuing and falafel chases him downstairs. We are able to stop it from escalating and decide to bring motorboat in our room until we can figure out what's going on.
It was pretty bad falafel had a minor cut on his nose, matza fractured a nail and is missing a small patch of fur and skin from her paw and motorboat has a nasty cut across his nose and head, I think we are lucky he didn't have his eye scratched.
So the next day we decide to leave motorboat in our room and let things calm down for a few days before reintroducing the cats to each other. As I was coming into my room after work falafel got past me and attacked motorboat, I managed to separate them and threw falafel out. Both cats are okay but motorboat was so shaken up he started peeing.
Last night we woke up, because we heard cats fighting again and walked outside to find falafel attacking matza, both cats were puffed up, my husband took a cup of water and poured it on falafel and that calmed things down for a bit.
This morning I came downstairs to find falafel and matza again puffed up and attempting to corner trouble, who didn't seem to be bothered by it. I used the squirt bottle to stop them from pursuing and spent time with each cat to help them calm down. I also decided to put matza and falafel in our spare bedroom, with some water and a litter box for a few hours to let them calm down. This morning it definitely looked like something was spooking matza she was definitely more nervous than she had been the previous fights.
All of our cats are fixed/
Id also like to add, no cat is being aggresive or lashing out at me or My husband, when we reached down to stop them they didn't swipe or hiss at us. We Recently have had two kitty houseguests we were fostering, a few weeks ago we found them homes. We have a stray kitty we feed outside who has moved into our backyard, he likes I watch up trough the back door. He's been around for about a year now. I am also 6 months pregnant and we have moved several pieces of furniture around. There are definitely things that can be stressing them out going on in our house
. I'm not sure how to deal with these issues, I've never had them before, and id like to stop it before it gets worse. All of our cats are usually very very nice and loving, so this behavior is unusual. Any advice on how I handle this?
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