Sasha Y.
Savannah Kitten
Hi everyone!
I've recently adopted a 2 year old F1 from a dear friend whose family could no longer live with him. He was part of a pair of male SVs they bought - one grew a lot bigger while the smaller one developed a habit of marking everywhere. The two SVs got along fine but the smaller one kept marking, became very vocal and was in turn not allowed out of the room they were kept in (the bigger SV was allowed to roam the house every now and again). I'm sure this didn't make things better for the smaller one.
Two months ago my husband and I adopted him and we see the problem. We have 6 other cats who freely roam the house and outdoors. He has his own room, a spacious one with cat trees and three litter boxes but still marks everywhere in the room. I work from home and when I'm doing work, I let him out into the bigger room outside of his but he goes crazy trying to get out and making his displeasure heard - when he's not going around marking everything he can, that is.
I spend a lot of time with him, from playing to sometimes taking him for a walk on a leash (that's also a work in progress). He's no lap cat and not all cats are, I know, but this one is constantly on edge and climbing cupboards and book cases. I give him a lot of affection every chance I can though I have had to take a tetanus shot thanks to his temperamental ways - sometimes, out of nowhere, he lashes out and bites me, hard. His cuts are deep and often take up to a week to heal.
Trying to introduce him to our other cats have been in vain. I've tried feeding them on either sides of the door, he just goes crazy trying to get at them. As the other cats are social, outdoor cats, they don't really pay him any attention unless he comes charging and hissing at them. This has happened a few times when he managed to get the door open without me realizing. But I always catch them in time before a fight breaks.
I've heard that F1s are harder to break so could really use some help - would love to avoid re-homing him again.
I've recently adopted a 2 year old F1 from a dear friend whose family could no longer live with him. He was part of a pair of male SVs they bought - one grew a lot bigger while the smaller one developed a habit of marking everywhere. The two SVs got along fine but the smaller one kept marking, became very vocal and was in turn not allowed out of the room they were kept in (the bigger SV was allowed to roam the house every now and again). I'm sure this didn't make things better for the smaller one.
Two months ago my husband and I adopted him and we see the problem. We have 6 other cats who freely roam the house and outdoors. He has his own room, a spacious one with cat trees and three litter boxes but still marks everywhere in the room. I work from home and when I'm doing work, I let him out into the bigger room outside of his but he goes crazy trying to get out and making his displeasure heard - when he's not going around marking everything he can, that is.
I spend a lot of time with him, from playing to sometimes taking him for a walk on a leash (that's also a work in progress). He's no lap cat and not all cats are, I know, but this one is constantly on edge and climbing cupboards and book cases. I give him a lot of affection every chance I can though I have had to take a tetanus shot thanks to his temperamental ways - sometimes, out of nowhere, he lashes out and bites me, hard. His cuts are deep and often take up to a week to heal.
Trying to introduce him to our other cats have been in vain. I've tried feeding them on either sides of the door, he just goes crazy trying to get at them. As the other cats are social, outdoor cats, they don't really pay him any attention unless he comes charging and hissing at them. This has happened a few times when he managed to get the door open without me realizing. But I always catch them in time before a fight breaks.
I've heard that F1s are harder to break so could really use some help - would love to avoid re-homing him again.
