Fighting cats
By cbar86
@cbar86 (80)
United States
August 12, 2010 11:22am CST
I have two cats, a male and a female, both of which are about 5-6 years old now. I found the male first, abandoned in an alley in the city, and rescued the female from a "last resort" shelter. They have been living together for almost 4 years now, and still bicker and fight eachother. There has only been blood spilled once or twice, and only from scratches. I just wish that my cats could love eachother as much as I love them. Is there anyone here on MyLot that has any helpful advice as to how to bring these two together?
3 responses
@savypat (20216)
• United States
12 Aug 10
In my experience cats either like each other or they don't. I have neer been able to change this even though several of my cats lived together for years. All would be quite and then out of no where a cat fight would evolve. Usually these were loud but didn't do much damage. However we were always quick to examine for scratches and bites since they easily become infected. I think it's just one of the things that comes with living with cats.
@jugsjugs (12967)
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12 Aug 10
Cats are abit like us,we either like someone or we dont,if we do not want anything todo with a person then we will avoid people.I find that my cats will tolerate each other no matter what,there is also what i call the boss of the house,which is one of my older cats.I am sorry to say that you can not make them be friends.
@ElicBxn (63595)
• United States
12 Aug 10
I've had blood drawn from cat's playing rough - I wouldn't worry too much about it, some cats are just alphas and they can barely stand to live with another alpha cat
I have a load of cats and, needless to say, I have more than one alpha cat, they sometimes go after another alpha, but on the whole they just do their best to ignore each other
