Hi everyone,
The members on this site have been very helpful with Hurri, my poor cystitis cat who has been through an ordeal with multiple blockages, bladder inflammation and urethral spasms, whom I have moved over to where I live with my parents in a pretty open house with a big garden in hopes of reducing his stress. He is getting comfortable, and has started exploring more.
The problem is that we have two existing cats, one 8 year old female stray, Dobby, and one 13 year old male British shorthair, Boris (my neighbour’s, who sort of lives here now), and after 3 days, Hurri has started venturing to the backyard where Boris usually likes to hang out. All 3 cats have been fixed, but Hurri only got fixed 4 weeks ago. He’s about 1.5 years old (estimated as he’s a rescue).
Boris is a grumpy man in general and very conflict averse, so he was unhappy and just gave Hurri a long death stare. Hurri seemed quite curious and tried to approach while bowing his head in a circle a little bit, and crouching. Boris just stayed where he was and stared. Then Hurri retreated and trotted away. Later on, Hurri began really encroaching on Boris’s corner. He would get very close, and Boris would hiss at him, then Hurri would just sit down slowly and look at him. His tail was bristly and he would sometimes go “mowwww” and then jerk a little bit forward, at which point Boris would hiss and growl. Hurri even walked into Boris’s litter box and took a piss. He’s generally a very mild cat, so I don’t know why he’s invading our old cat’s space.
What should I do? The house is very open and there’s no way to fence them off from each other. I’m worried about a fight, and also that this will cause Hurri’s stress-cystitis to flare up again.
The members on this site have been very helpful with Hurri, my poor cystitis cat who has been through an ordeal with multiple blockages, bladder inflammation and urethral spasms, whom I have moved over to where I live with my parents in a pretty open house with a big garden in hopes of reducing his stress. He is getting comfortable, and has started exploring more.
The problem is that we have two existing cats, one 8 year old female stray, Dobby, and one 13 year old male British shorthair, Boris (my neighbour’s, who sort of lives here now), and after 3 days, Hurri has started venturing to the backyard where Boris usually likes to hang out. All 3 cats have been fixed, but Hurri only got fixed 4 weeks ago. He’s about 1.5 years old (estimated as he’s a rescue).
Boris is a grumpy man in general and very conflict averse, so he was unhappy and just gave Hurri a long death stare. Hurri seemed quite curious and tried to approach while bowing his head in a circle a little bit, and crouching. Boris just stayed where he was and stared. Then Hurri retreated and trotted away. Later on, Hurri began really encroaching on Boris’s corner. He would get very close, and Boris would hiss at him, then Hurri would just sit down slowly and look at him. His tail was bristly and he would sometimes go “mowwww” and then jerk a little bit forward, at which point Boris would hiss and growl. Hurri even walked into Boris’s litter box and took a piss. He’s generally a very mild cat, so I don’t know why he’s invading our old cat’s space.
What should I do? The house is very open and there’s no way to fence them off from each other. I’m worried about a fight, and also that this will cause Hurri’s stress-cystitis to flare up again.