I became the offical owners of these cats a week and a half ago. The gray one is Nova and the pointed one is Luna. They were littermates and they're both spayed. They're 4 months old.
We've always known that Nova had dominant tendencies ever sence she was about 6 weeks old. It has never been a big problem. Now that they are in my home, it's starting to be an issue for me! Nova is just pretty mean about the whole thing. She'll attack Luna in her sleep and bite her tail/butt/neck and make her scream. Nova will get jealous of Luna receiving attention and attack her. Sometimes it's play, but most of the time it's not. It really bothers me to see Luna bullied like this, especially because when Nova is not in the room, I see a different personality from her. I'm also finding that watchig this happen everyday is making me just not like Nova as much. I just really pity Luna. Is there anything I can do to curb their behavior? I have broken up some of their spats, but I don't think that's going to curb it.
Also, Nova will also do something to me. She pokes me with her nose and then she'll bite. Sometimes hard. I've been calling them 'love bites' but I'm beganing to wonder if it's also part of her dominant behavior.
Any advise on this would be much appreciated!
We've always known that Nova had dominant tendencies ever sence she was about 6 weeks old. It has never been a big problem. Now that they are in my home, it's starting to be an issue for me! Nova is just pretty mean about the whole thing. She'll attack Luna in her sleep and bite her tail/butt/neck and make her scream. Nova will get jealous of Luna receiving attention and attack her. Sometimes it's play, but most of the time it's not. It really bothers me to see Luna bullied like this, especially because when Nova is not in the room, I see a different personality from her. I'm also finding that watchig this happen everyday is making me just not like Nova as much. I just really pity Luna. Is there anything I can do to curb their behavior? I have broken up some of their spats, but I don't think that's going to curb it.
Also, Nova will also do something to me. She pokes me with her nose and then she'll bite. Sometimes hard. I've been calling them 'love bites' but I'm beganing to wonder if it's also part of her dominant behavior.
Any advise on this would be much appreciated!