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Not sure what to do here.
We have a stray cat who adopted us back in December and we got him neutered immediately. He is close to a year old now and lives inside at night and goes out during the day to give our inside cats (and us) a break from him. He asks to go out so it's not like we kick him out.
We have two inside cats and two ferals outside we care for and they are all sweet and nice to each other. The new cat refuses to integrate into our cat community. He wants to fight everyone and seems to have no chill around cats, but he loves us and cuddles, purrs, etc. Except sometimes he seems to get over stimulated and has scratched our faces.
We've tried the Jackson Galaxy method of integration, fattening him up, kitty prozac, CBD oil, etc. I feel like we've literally tried everything and I've been scouring the Internet looking for answers. I'm worried we may need to find him a home that is adult only, no cats, and small dogs are okay. Will he ever calm down?
It's been six very stressful months of keeping him separate from the good cats as we can't trust him alone with any of them. My guess is that his behavior is fear-based. He was found in our backyard as a kitten starving and probably had to fend for himself for a while. He instantly attached to us so I assume he was dumped by some crappy humans.
What else can I try?
We have a stray cat who adopted us back in December and we got him neutered immediately. He is close to a year old now and lives inside at night and goes out during the day to give our inside cats (and us) a break from him. He asks to go out so it's not like we kick him out.
We have two inside cats and two ferals outside we care for and they are all sweet and nice to each other. The new cat refuses to integrate into our cat community. He wants to fight everyone and seems to have no chill around cats, but he loves us and cuddles, purrs, etc. Except sometimes he seems to get over stimulated and has scratched our faces.
We've tried the Jackson Galaxy method of integration, fattening him up, kitty prozac, CBD oil, etc. I feel like we've literally tried everything and I've been scouring the Internet looking for answers. I'm worried we may need to find him a home that is adult only, no cats, and small dogs are okay. Will he ever calm down?
It's been six very stressful months of keeping him separate from the good cats as we can't trust him alone with any of them. My guess is that his behavior is fear-based. He was found in our backyard as a kitten starving and probably had to fend for himself for a while. He instantly attached to us so I assume he was dumped by some crappy humans.
What else can I try?