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There definitely seems to be a split opinion in the reviews for it. I'm willing to try anything, though. If you have any others that you recommend, please let me know and I'll try them next.

Thank you for your response. Where is the spraying happening? Is it by outside walls, windows, doors to the outside? Is it next to litter boxes? Or places where they fight or walk carefully by? The spraying happens wherever they're fighting (though last night, after the fight, my other cat...

I tried a relaxing herbal drop before, and I thought that worked a little, but it didn't work in the fighting sense. I just ordered some Feliway today.

Hi, just following up here. Went to the vet a few weeks ago. He gave us a new food to try that's supposed to lower stress and help with the spraying. Nothing has really changed though. The cats still hate each other. feeling super discouraged.

This has been so helpful. I've stepped up the play. Fed them by the door. Tried to do more brushing and quality time together (one HATES brushing though--he actually hates most touching and bites after a little bit of petting). I've really tried to be confident and calm, doing a nice voice and...

Doing this today. Going good so far! I tried the yelling and stomping at the door. It worked! Thank you!!!

We haven't really seen the neighbor's cat around anymore. Maybe the cold weather has scared him off. As for the vet, we haven't taken them in because they've been acting normal otherwise. But maybe that's just me overlooking things. Thank you for the links! I've been working with the enzymes...

Sorry to be MIA for a while. The saga continues. But I feel like we're making progress. I just got the baby gates in the mail and am doing some visual introduction today. It's been going well. Paws through the gate, but no hissing or howling. I'm feeling positive.

i like the idea of cat shelving. Might be the best bet to give some height. one of the cats really likes heights. their relationship before was fine. They tolerated each other, played with each other (would sometimes get too rough and get hissed at—but never any spraying. A few light scratches...

Here's a frustrating update from this morning: Didn't do the vanilla last night because I didn't think they were ready. They responded well to the sock with the other cat's scent (i even put treats on top of the sock so they'd associate the scent with a nice feeling inside). This morning...

Thank you! This is great. I like trying to help them feel as confident as possible. I need to figure out some height for the cats--any alternatives to the trees? One problem we had before with play was that our first cat, who loved chasing mice on strings and feathers, totally stopped with the...

Thank you for the perspective. It makes more sense when looking at it that way. It feels like the end of the world while you're in the midst of it, so it's good to get this outside perspective and talk through it. We're on the scent swap stage right now and just trying to avoid any more...

I'll try the vanilla today. Thanks so much for your response. These are great articles. I'm reading some for the first time and re-reading the others.

Thank you so much for the advice and articles. Do you think they'll ever be the same? It feels like they're on a mission to seriously harm each other.

Sorry, I don't know how to edit the post, but the male is neutered and the female is spayed. We got the male from a shelter when he was about 8 months old. We got the female from a friend who had kitties at around 8 weeks.