So, I have six cats.
They never fight. But I have two male cats (both fixed) Charlie and Milo who try to instigate play with Mia. Mia's a very laid back cat. She doesn't really like to play unless I'm the one playing with her and while she'll snuggle with the cats from time to time/pass and repass with them and the dogs/eat out of the same bowl with them, she's more of a people cat. She's always been timid, but she's gotten better and more open in the years we've had her. Honestly she's an amazing cat and I love her dearly. She's my snuggle buddy.
But she's extremely dramatic. Milo or Charlie will walk passed her and she'll RIGHT away start hissing at them. They haven't done anything, but she'll react like they're about to. They'll start to engage in play with her which results in them racing around the house with her hissing the entire time in anger.
This usually will last unless I get up and clap at Milo or Charlie, then they'll disperse. They're NEVER aggressive with her. They just chase and I think if she didn't hiss at them, they probably wouldn't even notice her half the time.
Just a few notes:
- They never gang up on her. It's usually either one or the other poking at the bear (Cat) when it happens.
- There has never been actual fighting. Just chasing with her hissing.
- She's not aggressive with any other cat, or them, she just hisses.
- The two males ARE very playful and sometimes I think they don't understand why she won't play with them, they try to engage Sammy sometimes too. But they lose interest in him fast cause he either just runs away and jumps up somewhere to ignore the, or never reacts to begin with.
- Rehoming Mia isn't an option. She's Jasper's sister and very obviously bonded with me.
- Rehoming the other two isn't an option either, honestly. I'd never give up on any of them and it isn't as if the situation is dire. No blood is ever drawn or anything like that, it's not an ACTUAL fight I feel like, but I'd like to find a way to get Mia to relax.
- All cats are fixed
- All the cats are extremely playful when they want to play.
- Mia is about 3 years old, Charlie just turned 1 and Milo is 2. Sammy is 9. (wasn't sure if ages matter. Gracie is 1, Jasper is also 3.)
They never fight. But I have two male cats (both fixed) Charlie and Milo who try to instigate play with Mia. Mia's a very laid back cat. She doesn't really like to play unless I'm the one playing with her and while she'll snuggle with the cats from time to time/pass and repass with them and the dogs/eat out of the same bowl with them, she's more of a people cat. She's always been timid, but she's gotten better and more open in the years we've had her. Honestly she's an amazing cat and I love her dearly. She's my snuggle buddy.
But she's extremely dramatic. Milo or Charlie will walk passed her and she'll RIGHT away start hissing at them. They haven't done anything, but she'll react like they're about to. They'll start to engage in play with her which results in them racing around the house with her hissing the entire time in anger.
This usually will last unless I get up and clap at Milo or Charlie, then they'll disperse. They're NEVER aggressive with her. They just chase and I think if she didn't hiss at them, they probably wouldn't even notice her half the time.
Just a few notes:
- They never gang up on her. It's usually either one or the other poking at the bear (Cat) when it happens.
- There has never been actual fighting. Just chasing with her hissing.
- She's not aggressive with any other cat, or them, she just hisses.
- The two males ARE very playful and sometimes I think they don't understand why she won't play with them, they try to engage Sammy sometimes too. But they lose interest in him fast cause he either just runs away and jumps up somewhere to ignore the, or never reacts to begin with.
- Rehoming Mia isn't an option. She's Jasper's sister and very obviously bonded with me.
- Rehoming the other two isn't an option either, honestly. I'd never give up on any of them and it isn't as if the situation is dire. No blood is ever drawn or anything like that, it's not an ACTUAL fight I feel like, but I'd like to find a way to get Mia to relax.
- All cats are fixed
- All the cats are extremely playful when they want to play.
- Mia is about 3 years old, Charlie just turned 1 and Milo is 2. Sammy is 9. (wasn't sure if ages matter. Gracie is 1, Jasper is also 3.)