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Hello,
I am new to this forum and I want to know if I am the only one with this issue or how to explain it fully. I have multiple household cats (1 - 4 yo) and some of them have started in the last week focusing on one particular cat (3 yo).
Some more info:
- all cats involved involved in the griefing (for the lack of a better word) are neutered
- one queen gave birth a month ago and was isolated until recently. All older cats kind of hissed the kittens, but they grew closer to them as they started playing and they all get along now
- one male (4 yo) is griefing the cat for no particular reason. It never exhibited tendency of dominance towards any other cat, just some playfulness
- of all cats, the mother of the cat (4 yo), is also griefing the cat, but only growling at the moment
- because of these 2, another 2 females (2 yo both) also start ganging on the poor thing and chase it around the house, but that is the most they do is hissing and avoiding her in general
- one the other female cats (1 yo) recently got neutered several days ago and caused some tension, only hissing probably due to the "vet smell", but it's over now and they get along, but this one is not involved at all with any other cat
- had a similar issue with a more aggressive male in the past (2 yo), but that was solved by giving away the male, but the ones that are left are not aggressive
They were ok a week ago and I don't understand what happened. My only guess is that the mother cat focused on this particular cat when it hissed it's kittens and only on her and since then, the other cats started griefing it as some sort of pack mentality, while the mother cat forgot and is totally on now with her. What can I do ?
I am new to this forum and I want to know if I am the only one with this issue or how to explain it fully. I have multiple household cats (1 - 4 yo) and some of them have started in the last week focusing on one particular cat (3 yo).
Some more info:
- all cats involved involved in the griefing (for the lack of a better word) are neutered
- one queen gave birth a month ago and was isolated until recently. All older cats kind of hissed the kittens, but they grew closer to them as they started playing and they all get along now
- one male (4 yo) is griefing the cat for no particular reason. It never exhibited tendency of dominance towards any other cat, just some playfulness
- of all cats, the mother of the cat (4 yo), is also griefing the cat, but only growling at the moment
- because of these 2, another 2 females (2 yo both) also start ganging on the poor thing and chase it around the house, but that is the most they do is hissing and avoiding her in general
- one the other female cats (1 yo) recently got neutered several days ago and caused some tension, only hissing probably due to the "vet smell", but it's over now and they get along, but this one is not involved at all with any other cat
- had a similar issue with a more aggressive male in the past (2 yo), but that was solved by giving away the male, but the ones that are left are not aggressive
They were ok a week ago and I don't understand what happened. My only guess is that the mother cat focused on this particular cat when it hissed it's kittens and only on her and since then, the other cats started griefing it as some sort of pack mentality, while the mother cat forgot and is totally on now with her. What can I do ?