I really need some ideas here, I'm hoping someone can suggest something. I am currently mom to 5 cats. My oldest three are all about 9 (2 males, 1 female) years old, then I have a 6 year old girl, and my youngest is a male, about 3 years old. Back in August I had my then oldest cat put down, after a lengthy illness.
My youngest boy has always been overly exuberant, but for the most part the others handled things fine. Since the family went from 6 to 5 cats, however, a problem has developed, and it has become very serious. He is picking on my 9 year old girl almost constantly, to the point where she will not come out of hiding, even to eat, drink or use the litter box. I have taken to locking him up for part of the day, just so that she can get out and do what she needs to do. But I do not believe this is a good solution for either of them.
The boy was originally a stray, and is eager to spend time outside. Since I adopted him, he has been indoor only; except for the times he sneaks out when I'm going in or out. I believe there would not be a problem with transitioning him to an outdoor cat, but I do not want to do that.
As a note, the boy picks on all the other cats, but the rest just give back what they get, and go about their buisness. It's only his relationship with this one girl that has become a problem. His behavior does not appear to be aggressive to me, he just seems to want something to play with.
My youngest boy has always been overly exuberant, but for the most part the others handled things fine. Since the family went from 6 to 5 cats, however, a problem has developed, and it has become very serious. He is picking on my 9 year old girl almost constantly, to the point where she will not come out of hiding, even to eat, drink or use the litter box. I have taken to locking him up for part of the day, just so that she can get out and do what she needs to do. But I do not believe this is a good solution for either of them.
The boy was originally a stray, and is eager to spend time outside. Since I adopted him, he has been indoor only; except for the times he sneaks out when I'm going in or out. I believe there would not be a problem with transitioning him to an outdoor cat, but I do not want to do that.
As a note, the boy picks on all the other cats, but the rest just give back what they get, and go about their buisness. It's only his relationship with this one girl that has become a problem. His behavior does not appear to be aggressive to me, he just seems to want something to play with.
