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My cat's very temperamental and hates/is afraid of other cats, after a couple months of having been dumped outdoors by her previous owner and having gotten into numerous cat fights. A couple times a year we'll have strays coming up to our door, and she'll either scream at them or get really defensive.
We recently had a new neighbor move in who also owns a cat, who seems much less aggressive than mine. Still, we're in very close quarters and our bedrooms are separated by a tiny hallway - you can hear everything that goes on in the neighbor's bedroom, so I'd imagine the cats can smell/hear each other well. There's literally about ten feet or less of space separating our doors.
Will my cat get stressed by the cat next door? She doesn't have a lot of space to roam, and usually spends her time in the bedroom with me and sleeps on me at night. She doesn't have far to go if she wants to get away from the bedroom. I've never owned a cat before her, and in the few years' I've had her (we've lived here the entire time) we haven't had other pets to deal with. I'm kind of nervous that she'll get anxious or feel another cat's invaded "her" space - am I overreacting here?
We recently had a new neighbor move in who also owns a cat, who seems much less aggressive than mine. Still, we're in very close quarters and our bedrooms are separated by a tiny hallway - you can hear everything that goes on in the neighbor's bedroom, so I'd imagine the cats can smell/hear each other well. There's literally about ten feet or less of space separating our doors.
Will my cat get stressed by the cat next door? She doesn't have a lot of space to roam, and usually spends her time in the bedroom with me and sleeps on me at night. She doesn't have far to go if she wants to get away from the bedroom. I've never owned a cat before her, and in the few years' I've had her (we've lived here the entire time) we haven't had other pets to deal with. I'm kind of nervous that she'll get anxious or feel another cat's invaded "her" space - am I overreacting here?