They're both spayed girls.
I've had Kitty (older one) for 4 years, and she's always been nervous and shy with everyone but me. She only gets aggressive with strangers who bother her. I rescued her feral colony from an empty boat lot that was going to be torn down when she was just a kitten. When I took her to the shelter for adoption, she reached her paws around my neck and wouldn't let the shelter worker take her - I was the only human she liked. I just had to keep her after that.
I got Kallie (younger one) about a year ago. She was just a little kitten too, and had been abandoned at the empty house next door to mine. I took her in, and she's a very sweet, loving, social cat.
Kitty was really good with Kallie when I first brought her in the house (and got all her shots, etc.). However, about a month afterward Kitty started getting aggressive with Kallie.
Kitty attacks her all the time now, and it's gotten to the point that Kallie is starting to get stressed out because she has to worry about being attacked. Kallie has some minor scratches on her back, but I'm worried that Kitty might hurt her worse when I'm at work. I asked my vet what to do, and he told me that "cat's just fight."
This isn't fighting though - it's Kitty beating up Kallie. Kallie becomes completely submissive and waits for one of us to come pull Kitty away.
Kitty isn't a vicious animal, but she needs to stop picking on her little sister! Do you guys have any advice for us?
I've had Kitty (older one) for 4 years, and she's always been nervous and shy with everyone but me. She only gets aggressive with strangers who bother her. I rescued her feral colony from an empty boat lot that was going to be torn down when she was just a kitten. When I took her to the shelter for adoption, she reached her paws around my neck and wouldn't let the shelter worker take her - I was the only human she liked. I just had to keep her after that.
I got Kallie (younger one) about a year ago. She was just a little kitten too, and had been abandoned at the empty house next door to mine. I took her in, and she's a very sweet, loving, social cat.
Kitty was really good with Kallie when I first brought her in the house (and got all her shots, etc.). However, about a month afterward Kitty started getting aggressive with Kallie.
Kitty attacks her all the time now, and it's gotten to the point that Kallie is starting to get stressed out because she has to worry about being attacked. Kallie has some minor scratches on her back, but I'm worried that Kitty might hurt her worse when I'm at work. I asked my vet what to do, and he told me that "cat's just fight."
This isn't fighting though - it's Kitty beating up Kallie. Kallie becomes completely submissive and waits for one of us to come pull Kitty away.
Kitty isn't a vicious animal, but she needs to stop picking on her little sister! Do you guys have any advice for us?