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@Julesbiscuits I'm so sorry I haven't had a chance to reply sooner. The month of March is the only time during the year when my work schedule completely takes over my life. I wanted to make sure I had time to give you a thoughtful reply. But I just read through your thread and I see you ended...

They’re the Google Nest ones, not cheap but we figured it was worth it. Of course he’s still scared of it and we always set it off when we’re cooking.

We got clickers in hopes of training and/or using them as a distraction with Eko and our previous cat (he was the instigator then) but never ended up using them because the noise was just too abrupt for Eko. My husband always had dogs before we moved in together so he trained Eko the same way...

Thanks! I’ve been testing regular catnip with each of them separately to see if they would mellow out after the initial craziness but their reactions were a bit inconsistent lol. We had a really good play session today, the combo of composure treats, JG stress stopper and the calming music on...

I really appreciate all your help and input, I’m just feeling lost and guilty. I wanted to take the intro super slow so we could potentially avoid these kinds of problems and now it doesn’t seem like it mattered and we could’ve had them together when Oke was smaller and less intimidating. But I...

That’s a good idea, I’m hoping we can end it on a positive more often. Sometimes we do, they don’t fight every time they’re together. We’re definitely watching body language and probably stepping in too often because sometimes Eko is hard to read. But I was thinking about setting a camera up so...

I hope that it’s play, but Eko does not react the same way he does when they’re wrestling. He has acted like this before when a stranger cat came up to the patio door, same noises, ears flat, full puff and he charged the door and smacked it as hard as he could. The only difference then was that...

I sure hope you’re right. He is very aggressive during these times and it’s definitely different than when they’re wrestling and he’s getting annoyed. But Oke hasn’t gotten hurt, at least I haven’t found any marks on him (the first fight he had a small scratch on his face) but it’s all claws and...

Thank you for the suggestions! We’ve been doing the calming music for Eko on days when he’s on edge (we’ve had a lot of storms lately) and had some playing during their interaction yesterday when the fight happened. What volume is best for the music? I keep worrying it’s too loud because their...

I posted about 10 days ago about an issue that happened during the introduction of my new kitten Oke (4.5 mo) and my resident cat Eko (4 yrs). With the help from all of you here (thank you!) it was determined to be redirected aggression, which makes sense except there was no other aggressor at...

My husband and I were both sitting right on the floor with them, neither of us saw any cats. I just went back through the camera footage from outside the door (we bought cameras to monitor what’s happening outside because of Eko’s anxiety) and nothing happened in that moment. There were several...

Thank you for the response. I wondered if it was a form of redirected aggression but I didn’t know it could happen even without the scary trigger happening at that time. It’s been months since a cat has been in the back yard but he obviously remembers. It’s just weird because they’re totally...

I’ll start with a bit of a background but I’ll try to not ramble too much...I have a 4-year-old cat named Eko. We adopted him around 5-6 months old, he showed up one day and we never found his owners. He wasn’t feral but was fully socialized either. He’s great with my husband and I, playful and...