Around 3 months ago, my family adopted a new cat, and ever since, my first cat has been consistently bullying and fighting with my new cat, while my parents claim they are only playing and leave them be. It’s a mix of biting, scratching, pouncing, and chasing done exclusively by my old cat towards my new cat.
I’m a bit dumbfounded at this point that my parents don’t understand they are fighting, as there are plenty of signs you could watch out for that our vet informed them of directly, which was things like some yelping, claws out, lots of biting/scratching, occasional hair raising (especially on the tail), etc. which has all been happening to some degree. For the past month I’ve even made it a point to walk into a room, look at the behaviour of my new cat and point out to both my parents that I knew exactly when the old cat was sleeping or awake based on how totally stressed out our new cat is, when he is simply near our old cat. The new cat goes quite literally from totally carefree and cuddly, to fully-dilated pupils, hiding under furniture or on chairs, and scratching anyone or anything that moves near him. At this point I just feel so bad for our new cat, as it’s been a solid three months of semi-constant anxiety and fighting.
Admittedly it used to be worse about a month back, which is probably due to the fact that I repeatedly tried to break them up every time I saw a fight. Though this worked only until my old cat realized that I was in fact the problem stopping him from fighting, and therefore he only starts fighting after I leave the room, and the fighting is also heavily escalated at night when I can’t be there to stop him. It’s basically gotten to the point where the moment I leave the room, they start fighting again, and even though it’s slightly less consistent recently, it’s still a regular thing.
Is there anything I can do with the cats myself to allow them to lessen or stop the fighting? Or is there any way I can at least get them to be more comfortable around eachother?
Also, is it possible they will just get more used to eachother as more time passes and stop fighting? Thats what I assumed when it first started, but considering it’s been three months with little improvement, I thought I’d need more “real” help at this point.
Thanks for your time in reading this.
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