Katy
Savannah Kitten
Guys, i could really use some advice please.
I posted in another thread yesterday about Bob's behaviour towards our other cat - she's 12, neutered, and very self confident, but presently she's the only one to go outside as we've not yet successfully managed to teach him about the catflap.
Bob's been with us a few months now and in almost all respects he's a fabulous cat - we've done well with his socialisation, he's much less skittish and is really coming out of his shell. However that seems to be coming at a price. Whenever Piglet (our other cat) is in the house, or he hears her come in, he starts yowling and yelling, and has started to "rush" at her. (as a bit of background, we originally had 4 cats (an Abyssinian, and three mogs), and Piglet is the last remaining mog.) We rescued Bob because we thought she might be a bit lonely, but it seems to be backfiring.
As the older, existing female, we expected her to assert her dominance, but she never did - she really doesn't seem to care one way or another about him most of the time. But this yowling and aggression is seeing her coming into the house less and less, and I'm starting to get a bit concerned. She's always been an outdoorsy-type cat - a proper farm mog - so i'm probably reading more into her being outside than I should, but does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can manage this?
I've managed to have them eating treats less than a foot apart, with no bother - he seems to be "treat driven" - but as soon as that is over, he goes back to yelling.
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks!
Katy
I posted in another thread yesterday about Bob's behaviour towards our other cat - she's 12, neutered, and very self confident, but presently she's the only one to go outside as we've not yet successfully managed to teach him about the catflap.
Bob's been with us a few months now and in almost all respects he's a fabulous cat - we've done well with his socialisation, he's much less skittish and is really coming out of his shell. However that seems to be coming at a price. Whenever Piglet (our other cat) is in the house, or he hears her come in, he starts yowling and yelling, and has started to "rush" at her. (as a bit of background, we originally had 4 cats (an Abyssinian, and three mogs), and Piglet is the last remaining mog.) We rescued Bob because we thought she might be a bit lonely, but it seems to be backfiring.
As the older, existing female, we expected her to assert her dominance, but she never did - she really doesn't seem to care one way or another about him most of the time. But this yowling and aggression is seeing her coming into the house less and less, and I'm starting to get a bit concerned. She's always been an outdoorsy-type cat - a proper farm mog - so i'm probably reading more into her being outside than I should, but does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can manage this?
I've managed to have them eating treats less than a foot apart, with no bother - he seems to be "treat driven" - but as soon as that is over, he goes back to yelling.
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks!
Katy