I have a 13 year old male, Charlie, who was neutered before he was a year old. He was adopted into a household where I already had 3 female cats. Everyone got along fine. About 5 years later I brought in a much older female cat and everyone got along fine. Then one of the older females died and I adopted a 4 month old kitten, Chloe. Charlie seems to "hate" Chloe--he attacks her every chance he gets. I don't mean a "friendly playing attack," he is extremely mean and nasty. Chloe is terrified of him. Charlie has been to the vet to check his health. We tried sedating him, which did not work out well at all and will not be tried again. We tried giving him female hormones which did not work at all. I finally gave up and have just kept them as separate as I can.
Now I'm trying to introduce another female cat that is about 4 years old and Charlie is doing it again! This attack was the most vicious I've ever seen him do! Now, of course, the other cat is terrified and doesn't want to come out of hiding--and I don't blame her.
Any suggestions what to do with Charlie? I'm getting to a point where I'm going to banish him somewhere!! He's making it impossible to have a somewhat peaceful household!!
Now I'm trying to introduce another female cat that is about 4 years old and Charlie is doing it again! This attack was the most vicious I've ever seen him do! Now, of course, the other cat is terrified and doesn't want to come out of hiding--and I don't blame her.
Any suggestions what to do with Charlie? I'm getting to a point where I'm going to banish him somewhere!! He's making it impossible to have a somewhat peaceful household!!