Aggressive cat terrorizing a very calm one (need advice please!)
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:51 am
We introduced our cats about nine months ago and are having some issues. One of the cats is respectful of boundaries, calm, but anxious in the face of aggression. She’ll hiss at most when she’s cornered but otherwise is very non aggressive and content to just exist around the other cat.
The other cat is definitely more aggressive, actively pursuing the first cat when she leaves rooms, when she can hear her in one of the separate litter boxes, etc.
We’ve tried many things including slowly introducing them through closed doors, encouragement with treats, etc, and while we’ve gotten to to point where the aggressive cat no longer attacks the first cat on sight, she’ll still follow her, get angry, and is altogether still pretty aggressive, with the first cat continuing to generally leave her alone and mind her own business.
The first cat doesn’t seem afraid of the second cat, although gives her consideration and a wide berth most of the time.
Most advice I’ve seen regarding this is that the aggressive cat has too much energy and to play with her. Except the aggressive cat is almost 15 years old, spends her whole day sleeping, and genuinely has zero interest in toys, regardless of the sort we try with her.
Does anyone have any advice as to what we should do in this situation? We don’t need them to be best friends or anything, but we’d like to at least have some level of tolerance from our aggressive cat.
The other cat is definitely more aggressive, actively pursuing the first cat when she leaves rooms, when she can hear her in one of the separate litter boxes, etc.
We’ve tried many things including slowly introducing them through closed doors, encouragement with treats, etc, and while we’ve gotten to to point where the aggressive cat no longer attacks the first cat on sight, she’ll still follow her, get angry, and is altogether still pretty aggressive, with the first cat continuing to generally leave her alone and mind her own business.
The first cat doesn’t seem afraid of the second cat, although gives her consideration and a wide berth most of the time.
Most advice I’ve seen regarding this is that the aggressive cat has too much energy and to play with her. Except the aggressive cat is almost 15 years old, spends her whole day sleeping, and genuinely has zero interest in toys, regardless of the sort we try with her.
Does anyone have any advice as to what we should do in this situation? We don’t need them to be best friends or anything, but we’d like to at least have some level of tolerance from our aggressive cat.