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Hi.
I have 3 cats. the last one we got 5 years ago, so he has lived peacefully with the 9 year old this whole time, as well as our 13 year old female.
anyway, last week the 9 year old attacked the 5 year old. sort of out of the blue, but it appeared that he got spooked when the 5 year old jumped out from behind a large piece of furniture.
this happened once before maybe 3 years ago, one morning, was better by night.
Now it has been 5 days and the 9 year old Bailey is still hissing , growling and freaking out when he sees EITHER of the other cats.
with me or my 3 kids, he is fine, let's us pet him, purring, acting totally normal, sleeping , eating well. (I am not seeing a vet for a medical exam)
I have kept him down in my laundry room overnights and up here during the days where he will stay in my room and maybe once or twice a day, they bump into each other and the growling, hissing and attacking occurs again. i will say it is definetly a little less violent and shorter lasting, but not much.
as far as the laundry room, they sleep down there maybe 1-2 times a week anyway, since there are nights I need good sleep and if they are up here they wake us at 4-5 am, so it's not new or scary to him.
I read to keep them apart for a few weeks then slowly re introduce them. I am not sure what to do.
I tried to feed them all at once, the 9 year old growled through his whole meal making the other 2 leave.
and now the sweetest cat ever, the 13 year old starting pooping once a day in my bathtub! UGH, but only started the day the boys fought so I am assuming that is stress and she doesn't want to go near the aggressive one right now.
any suggestions? I was thinking CBD oil? at this point valium may do! hahah j/k more for me than the cats.
I have 3 cats. the last one we got 5 years ago, so he has lived peacefully with the 9 year old this whole time, as well as our 13 year old female.
anyway, last week the 9 year old attacked the 5 year old. sort of out of the blue, but it appeared that he got spooked when the 5 year old jumped out from behind a large piece of furniture.
this happened once before maybe 3 years ago, one morning, was better by night.
Now it has been 5 days and the 9 year old Bailey is still hissing , growling and freaking out when he sees EITHER of the other cats.
with me or my 3 kids, he is fine, let's us pet him, purring, acting totally normal, sleeping , eating well. (I am not seeing a vet for a medical exam)
I have kept him down in my laundry room overnights and up here during the days where he will stay in my room and maybe once or twice a day, they bump into each other and the growling, hissing and attacking occurs again. i will say it is definetly a little less violent and shorter lasting, but not much.
as far as the laundry room, they sleep down there maybe 1-2 times a week anyway, since there are nights I need good sleep and if they are up here they wake us at 4-5 am, so it's not new or scary to him.
I read to keep them apart for a few weeks then slowly re introduce them. I am not sure what to do.
I tried to feed them all at once, the 9 year old growled through his whole meal making the other 2 leave.
and now the sweetest cat ever, the 13 year old starting pooping once a day in my bathtub! UGH, but only started the day the boys fought so I am assuming that is stress and she doesn't want to go near the aggressive one right now.
any suggestions? I was thinking CBD oil? at this point valium may do! hahah j/k more for me than the cats.