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I've had Macy for 3 years, she's spayed. I just adopted Mochi 3 weeks ago, she's also spayed. I've had Macy since she was a kitten and I adopted Mochi as an adult. Mochi lived outside with a cat colony but she's a very sweet girl. Both cats are the sweetest ever.
We kept them separated for a while and scent swapped and had them eat meals on either side of the door. There was a lot of hissing from Macy so as hissing lessened we would move on to the next step, like seeing each other and supervised visits and then letting them both roam the apartment but only while we're home, etc.
Things were going good but I'm in such a predicament now. Macy every night before we got Mochi slept through the whole night around my head until 6am. We were keeping Mochi in the living room and had the bedroom door closed. But Mochi would cry and scratch at the door so we gradually let her roam at night. Well now they are fine during the day except for a few hisses, but all night they chase each other and fight and hiss and growl. They don't use any claws or biting but they do stand off and occasionally hit, and sometimes yowl.
During the day they can sleep really close to each other, but at night they chase and fight, like 9pm to 9am. And its constant too. Its the worst from about 4am-7am.
We haven't gotten any sleep in a while because of this, if we lock Mochi out she cries, if we lock Macy out she cries even louder, if we keep the door open they fight very loudly.
Its not one doing all the instigating. They both pick on each other. Mochi is more submissive and Macy is territorial, but Mochi will stand up for herself against Macy, but Mochi does still start things sometimes. Its mostly like one is resting and the other walks by and if they look at each other wrong Macy starts hissing and it may or may not escalate.
I really need help, I'm so tired and I want my babies to get along and I don't want to get a noise complaint either.
We kept them separated for a while and scent swapped and had them eat meals on either side of the door. There was a lot of hissing from Macy so as hissing lessened we would move on to the next step, like seeing each other and supervised visits and then letting them both roam the apartment but only while we're home, etc.
Things were going good but I'm in such a predicament now. Macy every night before we got Mochi slept through the whole night around my head until 6am. We were keeping Mochi in the living room and had the bedroom door closed. But Mochi would cry and scratch at the door so we gradually let her roam at night. Well now they are fine during the day except for a few hisses, but all night they chase each other and fight and hiss and growl. They don't use any claws or biting but they do stand off and occasionally hit, and sometimes yowl.
During the day they can sleep really close to each other, but at night they chase and fight, like 9pm to 9am. And its constant too. Its the worst from about 4am-7am.
We haven't gotten any sleep in a while because of this, if we lock Mochi out she cries, if we lock Macy out she cries even louder, if we keep the door open they fight very loudly.
Its not one doing all the instigating. They both pick on each other. Mochi is more submissive and Macy is territorial, but Mochi will stand up for herself against Macy, but Mochi does still start things sometimes. Its mostly like one is resting and the other walks by and if they look at each other wrong Macy starts hissing and it may or may not escalate.
I really need help, I'm so tired and I want my babies to get along and I don't want to get a noise complaint either.