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I asked this a year ago but the situation is still ongoing, so I want to hear more opinions.
We took a stray last year, Jack.
We have two 7 year olds - brothers. They initially were meant to keep each other company - they did until they were 2 years. We got them at 9 weeks. Since Tabby kept attacking Snowy and then Snowy fought back and we had to take Tabby to the vet we separated them. We didn’t know about social maturation as other cats we had before were ok. I never had cats before but other people did.
So I now have one cat Snowy in the kitchen /living room - 30 sq meters or so. The other cat Tabby only has a 6 sq m room most of the time but he goes to the other bedroom and 4 sq m corridor a few times a week as well when Jack sleeps or looks out the window in the bathroom.
We plan to move into a bigger place but weren’t able to yet.
My question is how much do the cats feel ok with?
Jack has about 16-20 sq meters but Tabby often has just 6. Is 6 cruel?
We took a stray last year, Jack.
We have two 7 year olds - brothers. They initially were meant to keep each other company - they did until they were 2 years. We got them at 9 weeks. Since Tabby kept attacking Snowy and then Snowy fought back and we had to take Tabby to the vet we separated them. We didn’t know about social maturation as other cats we had before were ok. I never had cats before but other people did.
So I now have one cat Snowy in the kitchen /living room - 30 sq meters or so. The other cat Tabby only has a 6 sq m room most of the time but he goes to the other bedroom and 4 sq m corridor a few times a week as well when Jack sleeps or looks out the window in the bathroom.
We plan to move into a bigger place but weren’t able to yet.
My question is how much do the cats feel ok with?
Jack has about 16-20 sq meters but Tabby often has just 6. Is 6 cruel?