Two male cats won't stop fighting! What should i do to make them friends?

Question

I adopted 2 male 6 month old cats from a shelter a last November and one of them was sick and ended up dying in Feb. Because of all the medical bills I had to pay for the one, I never got the other one neutered. We recently adopted another 6 month old cat and got them both neutered a week ago. We have been keeping them apart but the older one continues to attack the younger one. Their fights are very loud with fur flying. The younger one just hisses and is scared. Should I keep them apart for a longer period of time? I was told that that one week would work but they are really are not acting any differently than before they were neutered. I just started to spray them with water which has helped a little. We have a crate that we keep them in during the day so they can be around eachother but can't fight. Does anyone have any other advice to help me help them get along? Thank you!

Answer 1

If they are house cats get older one declawed if that doesn't work I don't know what you can do it might give the younger one a better chance but you might just declaw both of them  

Answer 2

they will probably not get along since they are both males and the older one seems to be more dominate, you can try time outs put them in seperate crates for 10 mins and tell them no, be nice! try some new toys maybe they will be interested in new things other than beating each other up..it will take patients and a bit longer than a week. The worse thing is that they will never be friends. but dont give up hope.

Answer 3

Well maybe you should either separate them for a while

OR just let them be together BUT monitor them and when they start fighting say no and squirt them with the water

the problem you have is they are both males

so dominance is a main factor

Answer 4

Some cats are just more naturally aggressive. I have a 3 legged, neutered cat that attacks certain cats, for unknown reasons. He's pretty sweet--just gets set off sometimes.

Do they both have their claws? Maybe you could try softpaws--just for awhile--so they cannot kill each other. Eventually, they'll learn to live peacefully, with a bit of a scuffle now and then.

Answer 5

get the other one neutered, they will stop fighting i promise

Answer 6

Sometimes a little catnip will mellow them out But cats have a need to have dominance. Perhaps after one accepts being the inferior, the fighting will lessen.  

Answer 7

Some cats are just naturally antagonistic towards other cats, especially if they were strays. Neutering doesn't necessarily change this, though often it decreases the likelihood of this by making them less territorial. At the humane society, we have to separate these cats and put them in their own isolated cages because they are unable to be around the other animals. Though I'm not sure if this is a problem that can be solved without giving them their own areas of the house to roam separately, you're doing the right thing by training them with the water spray training. Hopefully, if you continue this long enough, the cats will learn to avoid each other, even if they don't become friends.