Hey guys,
I have a 2 year old cat with a bad case of stress-related cystitis whom I brought home to live with me in a house with a garden. It's a long story, but essentially, he seems to need some combination of the freedom to roam, and being in nature, in order to feel relaxed enough so that he doesn't suffer another urethral obstruction. It's been 3 weeks since he's moved here and he's definitely been improving.
The big trouble is that he's been going out and picking fights with all the cats in the area. I already have two cats, one male and one female, and he's already fought with the male (who is now very traumatised and will only stay indoors now), and he keeps chasing the female one, who hasn't been home today to eat. The female and he are sometimes alright, I've seen them sit together at the back yard, but the moment she runs, he chases. I can't tell if he wants to fight her or chase her.
Then there are a few strays that frequent our area, but they normally only hang out at the roadside, outside of our house and garden area, and he keeps going out and picking fights with them! He's already had 3 proper scuffles since coming here, and countless big meowing matches. He's always the one chasing after them, and because he's quite fast, he catches them and they tumble and fight. It's horrible. The house is very open with multiple entry ways and there's basically no way to contain him, and I don't want to confine him either because it seems to cause his cystitis to flare up. I'm really worried about all the fights though, and I really need him to get along with my two other cats. Why does he purposely go out to pick fights? Does anyone here have any advice?
He was neutered about 6 weeks ago.
I have a 2 year old cat with a bad case of stress-related cystitis whom I brought home to live with me in a house with a garden. It's a long story, but essentially, he seems to need some combination of the freedom to roam, and being in nature, in order to feel relaxed enough so that he doesn't suffer another urethral obstruction. It's been 3 weeks since he's moved here and he's definitely been improving.
The big trouble is that he's been going out and picking fights with all the cats in the area. I already have two cats, one male and one female, and he's already fought with the male (who is now very traumatised and will only stay indoors now), and he keeps chasing the female one, who hasn't been home today to eat. The female and he are sometimes alright, I've seen them sit together at the back yard, but the moment she runs, he chases. I can't tell if he wants to fight her or chase her.
Then there are a few strays that frequent our area, but they normally only hang out at the roadside, outside of our house and garden area, and he keeps going out and picking fights with them! He's already had 3 proper scuffles since coming here, and countless big meowing matches. He's always the one chasing after them, and because he's quite fast, he catches them and they tumble and fight. It's horrible. The house is very open with multiple entry ways and there's basically no way to contain him, and I don't want to confine him either because it seems to cause his cystitis to flare up. I'm really worried about all the fights though, and I really need him to get along with my two other cats. Why does he purposely go out to pick fights? Does anyone here have any advice?
He was neutered about 6 weeks ago.