I desperately need some advice on my fighting cats. I have three cats at home and the fighting is increasing daily and I am now besides myself worrying they will get hurt.
Tipsy - 6 yrs old Male - Neutered
Mushu - 10 mths old Male - Neutered (lost one eye at 5 1/2 mths)
Cleo - 14 mths old Female - Spayed / fixed
Tipsy has been in the family from a tiny kitten and is very attached to me, is
affectionate at times, mostly at night and sleeps in the room with my husband and I, he does not like to be held just stroked, the other two I have just taken over from my daughter who moved and was unable to keep them.They are both extremely affectionate and love to be held, cuddled and loved, played with etc they tend to follow me everywhere I go as they love company. They have been with us just over 3 months.
At first we had a lot of growling, hissing and fighting between Tipsy who is huge and heavy and Cleo who is really tiny but seems to have a dominant nature with her "brother" Mushu. Mushu is very relaxed and laid back, and tries constantly to befriend Tipsy, but ends up getting attacked. To start with we had one or two incidents between Tipsy and Mushu with Tipsy fluffing up and growling but no fights. In the past two to three weeks
Tipsy has got increasingly aggressive and seeks out both the other two cats and is extremely rough and violent with them, cornering them pouncing on top of them and hitting and biting, and in the last week drawing blood with Cleo. He does not let up unless he sees one of us and we try to stop the fighting without shouting at him. As aresult the smaller two are now
extremely nervous,Cleo even messes herself when he attacks her and Mushu seems to be limping since a fight yesterday. I am particularly concerned about him because he has only one eye and often does not see Tipsy coming.
The vet just says it will calm down and that for now I should spray my perfume on all three, rub them all with the same towel / blanket and that should help. I have tried this a couple of times over the past weeks to no avail!
Please advise how to handle this as I am getting really concerned. Any ideas / advice will be greatly appreciated as I am now very attached to all three and would like them to live together peacefully if possible.
Tipsy - 6 yrs old Male - Neutered
Mushu - 10 mths old Male - Neutered (lost one eye at 5 1/2 mths)
Cleo - 14 mths old Female - Spayed / fixed
Tipsy has been in the family from a tiny kitten and is very attached to me, is
affectionate at times, mostly at night and sleeps in the room with my husband and I, he does not like to be held just stroked, the other two I have just taken over from my daughter who moved and was unable to keep them.They are both extremely affectionate and love to be held, cuddled and loved, played with etc they tend to follow me everywhere I go as they love company. They have been with us just over 3 months.
At first we had a lot of growling, hissing and fighting between Tipsy who is huge and heavy and Cleo who is really tiny but seems to have a dominant nature with her "brother" Mushu. Mushu is very relaxed and laid back, and tries constantly to befriend Tipsy, but ends up getting attacked. To start with we had one or two incidents between Tipsy and Mushu with Tipsy fluffing up and growling but no fights. In the past two to three weeks
Tipsy has got increasingly aggressive and seeks out both the other two cats and is extremely rough and violent with them, cornering them pouncing on top of them and hitting and biting, and in the last week drawing blood with Cleo. He does not let up unless he sees one of us and we try to stop the fighting without shouting at him. As aresult the smaller two are now
extremely nervous,Cleo even messes herself when he attacks her and Mushu seems to be limping since a fight yesterday. I am particularly concerned about him because he has only one eye and often does not see Tipsy coming.
The vet just says it will calm down and that for now I should spray my perfume on all three, rub them all with the same towel / blanket and that should help. I have tried this a couple of times over the past weeks to no avail!
Please advise how to handle this as I am getting really concerned. Any ideas / advice will be greatly appreciated as I am now very attached to all three and would like them to live together peacefully if possible.