Cats just can't get along?

Question

We've had one cat at the house for a long time, a neutered male who is quite fat and content. A new roommate moved in and brought her cat, also a neutered and declawed male, and now they fight.. daily. this has been going on for about six months, and without fail, they fight. No real reason, no food issues. The original cat is doing the classic dominance "im not going to cover my p**p" thing. When they fight, we've tried spraying them with water, loud noises, and seperating. When seperated one cries. This is all happening at night of course.

Anybody have any experience? The more professional the better. At this point i'd like to hear from some cat trainers, vets or vet techs. No guesses please! real answers.. PLEASE!!

Answer 1

I take it that you have two, or more, litter trays that are emptied on a daily basis?

Have you asked this question at:

http://www.catcare.com

Answer 2

The new cat is on your cat's turf. He has been used to just being the only cat. The other cat is fighting your for dominance. I would ask the roommate to find her cat another home or move. It is not fair to your cat to have to fight this cat all the time to live in his own home.

If you love your cat and don't want to lose him to a personality change the other cat would go or both roommate and their cat would go.

Vivian J

Answer 3

we had two males fight for about eight months before the one cat decided to let the older cat be the dominant male, we would seperate them if they started to fight to bad and gave them seperate food bowls,  litter boxes, and gave them some space to work it out, hopefully they will work it out and if there both declawed they can't do alot of damage to each other but just watch them and make sure they don't get to serious and let them sorta fight it out, if they can't get along you may have to find a home for one of them but give it a few more months, good luck

Answer 4

Well, these things take time. We have the same problem with my big cat and a new boy kitten being brought into the family. They fought too at frist but in the end they learned to live with eachother and get along. I would say to get the cats doing things together. Feed them near one another and give them both treats when they are ncie to eachother.

Hope that helps!  

Answer 5

i had the same problem when i brought my cats into my parents house with their 2 cats.  you are past the point of introducing them, which should have been done in a particular way.  

our cats never got along and we had to separate them.  luckily i now moved out with my cats.  We were told by someone who fosters cats that if after a few months they don't get along they won't.  there isn't anything you can do.  

at least they are declawed.

Answer 6

I have two cats, and two cats before them, In my experience the younger ones fight because its there way of playing with the big kitty, because the big kitty is like a big kid to them, The males fight for different reasons, Sometimes just for fun. All I can tell you is if the cat(s) are young they will grow out of it and to always make sure to give your cat plenty of attention he may just be fighting over you!  If they are both rather old there is a problem that they are having because older cats just tend to growl unless there is a real problem that your not solving.