Not just play fighting, not just hiss, growl, swat, then walk away fighting, I mean fur and blood fighting.
But it starts off in a.....different way. Fresca is an easily overstimulated Cat and it took her a while to accept Patch and Alana after I brought them home, she would walk up to them and sniff, then puff out her tail, hiss, and growl and either swat them or run away. Lately she's been wanting to play with them and Patch doesn't mind, but whenever Fresca goes up to Alana she will start to hiss and growl and that sets Fresca off. She will then stalk Alana, corner her, and sit there swishing her puffed up tail until Alana either attacks her or runs off, in which case they fight or it continues in the next spot that Alana decides to park herself in.
Neither one cares if the other lays down nearby, they both share my lap on a daily basis and both sleep on or next to me at night. It's just for whatever reason Alana does not want to play with Fresca.
Alana has had drops of blood on her nose once or twice but yesterday Fresca's face looked like this after a particularly loud spat. I'm putting antibiotic ointment on the cut, but I'd much rather prevent things like this from continuing to happen.
My Vet says it's probably because all 4 Cats are female, but it doesn't seem like a territorial or dominance issue like it is with Callie (she is 15 and just wants to be left alone) who will smack the crap out of any of them who get too close to her. They will peacefully coexist until Fresca decides she wants to run and play with Alana so I'm doubtful a reintroduction would solve the problem. Fresca will even occasionally bury her nose in Alana's rear end and clean her and even that doesn't bother her. Alana, Fresca, and Patch are all young Cats, Fresca being 4 and the others not even 3 yet.
But it starts off in a.....different way. Fresca is an easily overstimulated Cat and it took her a while to accept Patch and Alana after I brought them home, she would walk up to them and sniff, then puff out her tail, hiss, and growl and either swat them or run away. Lately she's been wanting to play with them and Patch doesn't mind, but whenever Fresca goes up to Alana she will start to hiss and growl and that sets Fresca off. She will then stalk Alana, corner her, and sit there swishing her puffed up tail until Alana either attacks her or runs off, in which case they fight or it continues in the next spot that Alana decides to park herself in.
Neither one cares if the other lays down nearby, they both share my lap on a daily basis and both sleep on or next to me at night. It's just for whatever reason Alana does not want to play with Fresca.
Alana has had drops of blood on her nose once or twice but yesterday Fresca's face looked like this after a particularly loud spat. I'm putting antibiotic ointment on the cut, but I'd much rather prevent things like this from continuing to happen.
My Vet says it's probably because all 4 Cats are female, but it doesn't seem like a territorial or dominance issue like it is with Callie (she is 15 and just wants to be left alone) who will smack the crap out of any of them who get too close to her. They will peacefully coexist until Fresca decides she wants to run and play with Alana so I'm doubtful a reintroduction would solve the problem. Fresca will even occasionally bury her nose in Alana's rear end and clean her and even that doesn't bother her. Alana, Fresca, and Patch are all young Cats, Fresca being 4 and the others not even 3 yet.
