I will try and provide as much history to our cats as I can:
I have a Tabby cat named Paul, about 3yr old male. My roommate has a black Tom cat (very long and thin) named Julien, roughly the same age, male. Julien has been my roommate's only owner. I am Paul's 3rd owner.
I received Paul because of a situation in which my friend in Minneapolis could not take care of him anymore. I drove him to Madison, WI, and eventually Cincinnati OH. I mention this because it's a stressful journey. Paul and I had the apartment to ourselves for a couple days until my new roommate moved in with her cat from Indianapolis. Julien lived with other cats in Indianapolis for several months.
Julien's initial reaction was hissing at Paul when he entered the apartment. Paul was intrigued. The cat's history: Julien traditionally doesn't hiss at other cats, and is the intrigued aggressor. Paul traditionally runs away from other cats and doesn't like them. Well the more Julien hissed at Paul overtime, the more Paul wanted to see Julien. Now the tables have turned, and Paul will tend to try and get to Julien to fight him. This requires us to separate the two of them all the time. Mostly they will try to get into the other's bedroom to explore, but otherwise it will be Julien getting to higher ground and Paul approaching him with issues resulting.
When one is locked in the room. the other will stand outside the bedroom door, and they both know they are there. Paul is more likely to do this, and he whines about it all the time in this case. But if they get too close, eventually they fight.
When Paul sees Julien, he gets low to the ground, and the whole tail wags a lot. Julien will slowly and pink panther like walk, rarely taking his eyes off of Julien. This is odd as the two could be sitting on opposite sides of the door for hours, and then they change moods when they see each other face to face. Paul will usually follow Julien, and after some time (5 min to 60 min) they fight.
Both of these cats are sweet hearts. Paul is much more excitable and runs. Julien is just as playful and funky in his personality. Essentially, these are good cats with really intriguing personalities. But this thing where we have to lock one in a room all day while we are out is annoying. Suggestions?
*I should note, there is never really bad agression with the two of them. Usually its very subtle walking around each other with one (usually Paul) making a move. Sometimes its Paul biting Julien's tale, and sometimes its the two of them smelling each other for several minutes before wrestling and screaming. Its been nearly 2 months with the two of them now.*
I have a Tabby cat named Paul, about 3yr old male. My roommate has a black Tom cat (very long and thin) named Julien, roughly the same age, male. Julien has been my roommate's only owner. I am Paul's 3rd owner.
I received Paul because of a situation in which my friend in Minneapolis could not take care of him anymore. I drove him to Madison, WI, and eventually Cincinnati OH. I mention this because it's a stressful journey. Paul and I had the apartment to ourselves for a couple days until my new roommate moved in with her cat from Indianapolis. Julien lived with other cats in Indianapolis for several months.
Julien's initial reaction was hissing at Paul when he entered the apartment. Paul was intrigued. The cat's history: Julien traditionally doesn't hiss at other cats, and is the intrigued aggressor. Paul traditionally runs away from other cats and doesn't like them. Well the more Julien hissed at Paul overtime, the more Paul wanted to see Julien. Now the tables have turned, and Paul will tend to try and get to Julien to fight him. This requires us to separate the two of them all the time. Mostly they will try to get into the other's bedroom to explore, but otherwise it will be Julien getting to higher ground and Paul approaching him with issues resulting.
When one is locked in the room. the other will stand outside the bedroom door, and they both know they are there. Paul is more likely to do this, and he whines about it all the time in this case. But if they get too close, eventually they fight.
When Paul sees Julien, he gets low to the ground, and the whole tail wags a lot. Julien will slowly and pink panther like walk, rarely taking his eyes off of Julien. This is odd as the two could be sitting on opposite sides of the door for hours, and then they change moods when they see each other face to face. Paul will usually follow Julien, and after some time (5 min to 60 min) they fight.
Both of these cats are sweet hearts. Paul is much more excitable and runs. Julien is just as playful and funky in his personality. Essentially, these are good cats with really intriguing personalities. But this thing where we have to lock one in a room all day while we are out is annoying. Suggestions?
*I should note, there is never really bad agression with the two of them. Usually its very subtle walking around each other with one (usually Paul) making a move. Sometimes its Paul biting Julien's tale, and sometimes its the two of them smelling each other for several minutes before wrestling and screaming. Its been nearly 2 months with the two of them now.*