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i have 3 cats a 12 year old girl ziggy, her son taz age 10 and another boy huey age 6. all cats are neutered, although the girl was originally a breeding queen until she was 7 and the young boy was a stud but never quite got the hang of it so was neutered at age 3. The girl and the stud never got on she would hiss at him whenever she saw him, if he answered back taz and boo (littermate of taz who passed last year) would see him off.
we moved at the start of the year and hope with a new environment the 3 remaining would all settle together, but no joy. ziggy still hissed as huey, taz either ignored them or broke it up, but gots on fine with both cats.
Things have got much worse since the summer.
Ziggy had a tumour removed from her right armpit, the vet believes from the type/size/behavior of the tumour the cancer has entered her lymph system and will return, being fatal in 6-24 months. Whilst recoving from her surgery she spent 3 weeks isolated from the others.
I now have huey fighting with ziggy, stalking and chasing her both in the house and garden.
ziggy has taken to messing in the most inaccessable parts of the house (behind the tv or sofa, under dinning chairs).
Huey has taken to clawing the top and bottom step and will not use the scratch posts though uses plenty of trees and stakes in the garden.
In the last couple of weeks Taz has also had a couple of pops at Ziggy (this has never happened before) so now she hisses at him too.
Ziggy has taken to sitting on my sons bed staring at the radiator nearly all day and has stopped cleaning herself properly (looking a bit grubby and oily down her back).
I am at my wits end trying to settle them all down. My husband is also losing patience, especially as we have just recarpeted. He is suggesting converting the shed putting in a catflap and banning them all. I do not think this will work if they cannot share a house, why would they share a shed. someone will sit all day in they cold. I have thought of rehoming one but which one, evan if i picked the kids would hate me. Maybe Taz recent dislikes means something more sinister is going on, can he smell a change a can't yet see?, does this mean the one way trip?
we moved at the start of the year and hope with a new environment the 3 remaining would all settle together, but no joy. ziggy still hissed as huey, taz either ignored them or broke it up, but gots on fine with both cats.
Things have got much worse since the summer.
Ziggy had a tumour removed from her right armpit, the vet believes from the type/size/behavior of the tumour the cancer has entered her lymph system and will return, being fatal in 6-24 months. Whilst recoving from her surgery she spent 3 weeks isolated from the others.
I now have huey fighting with ziggy, stalking and chasing her both in the house and garden.
ziggy has taken to messing in the most inaccessable parts of the house (behind the tv or sofa, under dinning chairs).
Huey has taken to clawing the top and bottom step and will not use the scratch posts though uses plenty of trees and stakes in the garden.
In the last couple of weeks Taz has also had a couple of pops at Ziggy (this has never happened before) so now she hisses at him too.
Ziggy has taken to sitting on my sons bed staring at the radiator nearly all day and has stopped cleaning herself properly (looking a bit grubby and oily down her back).
I am at my wits end trying to settle them all down. My husband is also losing patience, especially as we have just recarpeted. He is suggesting converting the shed putting in a catflap and banning them all. I do not think this will work if they cannot share a house, why would they share a shed. someone will sit all day in they cold. I have thought of rehoming one but which one, evan if i picked the kids would hate me. Maybe Taz recent dislikes means something more sinister is going on, can he smell a change a can't yet see?, does this mean the one way trip?