i have 2 cats: booty (female- age 3) and a CH kitty named downsy (male- 10 months). they get along great...but we recently took in a friends cat named olivia. she is 8 years old. they dont get along at all. i'll try to make this short as possible. olivia basically hides under a platform in my room that the tv sits on top of. she never comes out because my cats harrass her and guard the little entrance on the platform 24/7. olivia hisses when they come near her and my cats attack her if she tries to come out. i've tried all the introduction processes and its just not working.... olivia has been here for almost 2 months now and still refuses to come out from under the platform....i've had to resort to feeding her and providing a litterbox under there for her because she was pooping and peeing in there since she couldn't get to the litterbox without a full on battle against my cats. well booty is the main problem since downsy is a CH kitty. he's not very threatening to olivia. how do i stop my cats from guarding the platform 24/7? i work all day so i don't exactly know what goes on when i'm gone.
the only way she comes out is if i lock my other 2 cats out of the room... and that doesn't go over very well with my cats either. i feel bad because my cats keep her prisoner under the platform.
background on this situation: i recently took in my friends cat after he was evicted from his apt. currently he is in a hotel that doesn't allow pets. i'm keeping his cat at my place "temporarily" until he moves into a hotel or apt. that allows pets. now i know how this sounds and i'm aware that this might become my new cat. but that can't happen since she doesn't seem to like other cats. i told him he has until the end of june to move into a place that allows cats or to at least make other arrangements elsewhere for his cat...otherwise i will give her to the spca (she was adopted from there originally) she would easily get adopted...she is the sweetest friendliest cat. i've already had his cat for 2 months...so i think that giving him another month til the end of june is a reasonable amount of time for someone to move into a differnet (s.r.o.) hotel or make arrangements for his cat if he really wants to keep her. am i being unreasonable?
the only way she comes out is if i lock my other 2 cats out of the room... and that doesn't go over very well with my cats either. i feel bad because my cats keep her prisoner under the platform.
background on this situation: i recently took in my friends cat after he was evicted from his apt. currently he is in a hotel that doesn't allow pets. i'm keeping his cat at my place "temporarily" until he moves into a hotel or apt. that allows pets. now i know how this sounds and i'm aware that this might become my new cat. but that can't happen since she doesn't seem to like other cats. i told him he has until the end of june to move into a place that allows cats or to at least make other arrangements elsewhere for his cat...otherwise i will give her to the spca (she was adopted from there originally) she would easily get adopted...she is the sweetest friendliest cat. i've already had his cat for 2 months...so i think that giving him another month til the end of june is a reasonable amount of time for someone to move into a differnet (s.r.o.) hotel or make arrangements for his cat if he really wants to keep her. am i being unreasonable?
