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I’ve posted before about the tension between my Poppy (about 26 months, spayed , adopted first) and Gus (about 15 months, neutered, adopted about six months after Poppy, when he was a couple of months old and she just a year).
They were gradually introduced and got along ok, the initial issue being he didn’t know when to stop playing and she’d have to tell him fairly aggressively...but I also didn’t leave them alone together for a long time because he was so tiny.
Since getting bigger than her, the issue is different...
They play together a little bit, mostly chasing, but sometimes this results in her hissing continually while running away from him. She also goes through periods where she grumbles and hisses when he comes near her or as she goes past him (sometimes deliberately, more than once...testing him? Challenging?). I think this is sometimes because she’s afraid of him based on the sexual aggression thing I’ll describe next. At the moment she does this several times a day.
Gus seems to be doing a pouncing, neck biting, faux mating thing - which makes her scream and sends fur flying. It’s super upsetting and I’m sad if she is feeling scared or stressed. ..
I just read this article :What You Need to Know About Sexual Aggression In Neutered Cats - Veterinary Practice News
And am wondering if anyone has tried the pheromone thing? If so, how did you go about it? Where do you find the right stuff?
Gus also, sometimes just attacks and it seems more predatory maybe? Or, again, like he doesn’t know how to play properly?
I don’t have a video of his mounting behaviour but do have one of him just attacking, from yesterday, that I can share... and then I have video from the same day of them licking tuna juice off each other (my attempt to make them friendly) , and photos of them cuddling ...which they do a couple times per week.
i just want them to have a peaceful home Any more advice out there?
I’ve posted before about the tension between my Poppy (about 26 months, spayed , adopted first) and Gus (about 15 months, neutered, adopted about six months after Poppy, when he was a couple of months old and she just a year).
They were gradually introduced and got along ok, the initial issue being he didn’t know when to stop playing and she’d have to tell him fairly aggressively...but I also didn’t leave them alone together for a long time because he was so tiny.
Since getting bigger than her, the issue is different...
They play together a little bit, mostly chasing, but sometimes this results in her hissing continually while running away from him. She also goes through periods where she grumbles and hisses when he comes near her or as she goes past him (sometimes deliberately, more than once...testing him? Challenging?). I think this is sometimes because she’s afraid of him based on the sexual aggression thing I’ll describe next. At the moment she does this several times a day.
Gus seems to be doing a pouncing, neck biting, faux mating thing - which makes her scream and sends fur flying. It’s super upsetting and I’m sad if she is feeling scared or stressed. ..
I just read this article :What You Need to Know About Sexual Aggression In Neutered Cats - Veterinary Practice News
And am wondering if anyone has tried the pheromone thing? If so, how did you go about it? Where do you find the right stuff?
Gus also, sometimes just attacks and it seems more predatory maybe? Or, again, like he doesn’t know how to play properly?
I don’t have a video of his mounting behaviour but do have one of him just attacking, from yesterday, that I can share... and then I have video from the same day of them licking tuna juice off each other (my attempt to make them friendly) , and photos of them cuddling ...which they do a couple times per week.
i just want them to have a peaceful home Any more advice out there?