I have 4 cats; three 6-year-olds (P, Z and F) adopted in quick succession in 2015 (two of these being brother and sister) and a 10-month-old (T), which had been hanging around outside my house since about 8 weeks old. She was found licking our BBQ grill and rummaging through our recycling, with no parents in sight. After 2 months of feeding her and eventually earning her trust, I brought her inside in October.
I kept T separated from P, Z and F for 8 days so that T would have time to adjust and the other 3 could get their vaccines UTD. T was so well behaved, cuddly and very appreciative of the fact that she had a warm home. Once I introduced her to the others... she became a different cat. Playful, I think, but aggressive. I hoped that age and time would straighten things out but 6 months later and she still instigates swatting battles and chases/jumps on the others any chance she gets. I keep T locked in my room at night (with food, water, litter box and toys) because I can't trust her around the others unsupervised for that long. What I thought was a 2-week experiment doesn't look like it will end.
I'm losing hope that she'll ever be a good fit, and feeling immense guilt for the original 3 as I've changed their lives for the worse. They used to all get along so well; now P and Z attack each other every day. My thoughts became even more frequent after F required a trip to the vet after an eye injury - I can't prove that T was the cause, but it's not unlikely (luckily it was very superficial).
Giving T up would wreck me. Keeping her may be a detriment to the others. I don't know what to do.
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