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Hi all,
My two cats generally get on very well - they groom each other, play together, sleep next to each other etc.
Nicky is about 1 and we've had her since the beginning of July.
Toby is 5 months and we've had him for about a month.
They are mother and son.
They were introduced in the correct fashion, and as I said do get on very well. There is the occasional hiss from Nicky, but these are increasingly rare, and there is lots of positive behaviour between them.
Today, however, we took Toby out into the garden for the first time in his cat harness. What happened next surprised us.
Nicky was already in the garden, and when she saw him entering the garden she puffed up her fur, made noises, ran at him, and attacked him. We separated them before any damage was done, and they are now inside and back to their usual selves - no aggression between them since they've come back in.
Was this a case of Nicky defending the garden, which she saw as her territory, or something else?
A second question - they both seem to prefer either the covered litter tray by our front door with views up the stairs or along the main passage, or else the one in our back sitting room. They never use the litter tray in the upstairs back room - we feed them in the next room along, but that is all - can anyone think of an explanation?
Thanks.
My two cats generally get on very well - they groom each other, play together, sleep next to each other etc.
Nicky is about 1 and we've had her since the beginning of July.
Toby is 5 months and we've had him for about a month.
They are mother and son.
They were introduced in the correct fashion, and as I said do get on very well. There is the occasional hiss from Nicky, but these are increasingly rare, and there is lots of positive behaviour between them.
Today, however, we took Toby out into the garden for the first time in his cat harness. What happened next surprised us.
Nicky was already in the garden, and when she saw him entering the garden she puffed up her fur, made noises, ran at him, and attacked him. We separated them before any damage was done, and they are now inside and back to their usual selves - no aggression between them since they've come back in.
Was this a case of Nicky defending the garden, which she saw as her territory, or something else?
A second question - they both seem to prefer either the covered litter tray by our front door with views up the stairs or along the main passage, or else the one in our back sitting room. They never use the litter tray in the upstairs back room - we feed them in the next room along, but that is all - can anyone think of an explanation?
Thanks.