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For now I want to keep going but with reduced free roam time. They've never had an actual cat fight, and at most they just do a one sided or mutual smack. Sometimes they don't even land their smacks. It makes me feel like they don't really want to fight, and NC is being overly cautious trying to be dominant while RC sometimes just reacts to the momentary aggression from NC. I also consulted a cat behaviorist with a very shortened summary of their time so far and she seemed like she was shocked and told me to reintroduce... But I just don't think it's a good choice as they don't care about anything other than just face to face sight seeing, and it's only one sided from NC.I love the above video.
I was following your other thread in behaviour. You got some great advice there.
Will you be 're-starting the cat intros...from the beginning' again? With all the steps involved?
Or are you doing a different type of cat intro?
Can you post the videos from March 7, and March 9th....in this thread, too?
i don't know if its the reason but she is calm more often after it reduced her roam time. I also figured out a way to prevent her from jumping over the gate so she can hang out and see us but can not come out.
She did something kind of strange today which just makes me feel like I don't need reintroduction but just more time and positive association. I know smell is a big thing for cat introduction but I really feel like they are beyond that point. Earlier today, RC was sleeping in his carrier, and we let NC free roam a bit. She was hanging around us smelling and then walking around the living area. She started being interested in smelling the carrier (RC was sleeping with his butt outward). She did not act like hunting or stalking but more just sniffing curiously and calmly. Of course she smelled him close enough that he perked his head up, at which point when NC saw his face, she hissed a little and did a small smack before running off. RC just looked at me with a bewildered face hahaha.... But it just makes me feel like smell really isn't the thing that I need to reintroduce. After a minute RC came out of his carrier and went to follow my GF, so it doesn't seem like that incident made him scared.
As requested I will share the videos from the previous few days as well