So we got a 3rd cat earlier this month (Dec 6th, 2019). His name is Buddy, (6yrs old, neutered, rescued stray cat, very sweet and sociable towards myself and my wife, very playful)
We have 2 other cats. Our first cat, Riley, is a female, spayed, very anxious, does not like to play AT ALL. She is not sociable towards kids and most people. Most of the time she hides in our unfinished basement. She loves wet food to the point every time you go in the kitchen she thinks she will get some wet food. She loves the high spot on the cat tree. She is very friend towards our second cat, Mr. Rogers, and is clearly the dominant cat.
Mr. Rogers, rescued stray cat, very sociable and very sweet towards any one and every one. Very content and loves to play. Literally the perfect cat.
The problem: Some context in our intro process. After bringing Buddy in. We kept in the the foyer room for 1 week. This is an enclosed room from the rest of the house. The door has some glass panels so the other 2 cats can see Buddy. It was cold in this room so we decided to move him into the office. Much warmer, much larger room. No glass panels. Riley sometimes would charge at the door and hiss at Buddy but towards the end of the first week it subsided. Once we moved him into our office.He seemed to really enjoy the larger space. Riley would try to get her self and her paws under the door. At some point in maybe week 2 we let Buddy out. This was the first introduction out in the open. There was a very BIG FIGHT between Riley and Buddy. Leaving tufts of fur and hurt emotions. After this Buddy was not the same. He started hissing at both Buddy and Mr Rogers. Before this Buddy and Mr Rogers seemed fine and calm towards each other. Mr Rogers never/rarely hisses at Buddy. There was 1 time were Mr Rogers chased down Buddy (with Riley in the office), but I think Mr Rogers was trying to play, but Buddy ran off and there was no fight.
Attempted solutions: We bought a dog kennel and sometimes would bring Buddy out of the office in this dog kennel with the other cats out in the open. Buddy would usually hiss if they get too close. But rarely would the other cats hiss back. Mostly calm environment. Other times we would put Riley and Mr Rogers in the office and let Buddy roam and he seems to be pretty comfortable with the house. I found him sleeping on our guest bed upstairs. Just recently we started to stop free feeding the cats. And we are on a scheduled feeding regime. Where we would feed all cats at the same time on opposite sides of the door.
Question: It seems after the big fight with Buddy and Riley, Buddy is now skiddish and anxious. What should we do to restore trust between Buddy and the rest of our cats and to get Riley to get along with Buddy?
We have 2 other cats. Our first cat, Riley, is a female, spayed, very anxious, does not like to play AT ALL. She is not sociable towards kids and most people. Most of the time she hides in our unfinished basement. She loves wet food to the point every time you go in the kitchen she thinks she will get some wet food. She loves the high spot on the cat tree. She is very friend towards our second cat, Mr. Rogers, and is clearly the dominant cat.
Mr. Rogers, rescued stray cat, very sociable and very sweet towards any one and every one. Very content and loves to play. Literally the perfect cat.
The problem: Some context in our intro process. After bringing Buddy in. We kept in the the foyer room for 1 week. This is an enclosed room from the rest of the house. The door has some glass panels so the other 2 cats can see Buddy. It was cold in this room so we decided to move him into the office. Much warmer, much larger room. No glass panels. Riley sometimes would charge at the door and hiss at Buddy but towards the end of the first week it subsided. Once we moved him into our office.He seemed to really enjoy the larger space. Riley would try to get her self and her paws under the door. At some point in maybe week 2 we let Buddy out. This was the first introduction out in the open. There was a very BIG FIGHT between Riley and Buddy. Leaving tufts of fur and hurt emotions. After this Buddy was not the same. He started hissing at both Buddy and Mr Rogers. Before this Buddy and Mr Rogers seemed fine and calm towards each other. Mr Rogers never/rarely hisses at Buddy. There was 1 time were Mr Rogers chased down Buddy (with Riley in the office), but I think Mr Rogers was trying to play, but Buddy ran off and there was no fight.
Attempted solutions: We bought a dog kennel and sometimes would bring Buddy out of the office in this dog kennel with the other cats out in the open. Buddy would usually hiss if they get too close. But rarely would the other cats hiss back. Mostly calm environment. Other times we would put Riley and Mr Rogers in the office and let Buddy roam and he seems to be pretty comfortable with the house. I found him sleeping on our guest bed upstairs. Just recently we started to stop free feeding the cats. And we are on a scheduled feeding regime. Where we would feed all cats at the same time on opposite sides of the door.
Question: It seems after the big fight with Buddy and Riley, Buddy is now skiddish and anxious. What should we do to restore trust between Buddy and the rest of our cats and to get Riley to get along with Buddy?
