How to Make Two Cats Get Along

We brought home a 2 year old cat from the shelter 2 months ago a male. Our residential cat is a female 11 years old. For the first 3 weeks he was sick and we kept them isolated because we didn’t want the other cat to get sick. I think the problem is the younger cat is bigger than the residential cat. However, the older female is in charge and won’t let the new cat downstairs to socialize with us. We have to go upstairs in his room or physically bring him downstairs with us. He is then uncomfortable and goes back upstairs to his room if I bring him downstairs. There is no more hissing or growling but constant chasing. No fights or injuries but the male is scared of the girl. I also think he likes being chased by the female cat. Sometimes he just comes down stairs by himself but never stays long in fear of female cat. I understand cats need to work this out but I really want the male to be comfortable downstairs and around the other cat. I want the other cat to stop intimidating the new cat and chasing them away. How do we do this?

We have had a cat for about 5 years now, she was soo friendly to us when we first met her, and we knew she was coming home with us, but we also found this new cat at the pet shop who was just dropped off there, and we felt sorry for him, and adopted him. like our first cat, he was very friendly. Our first ct did not like him at first but shhe quickly learned to tolerate and like him

Now the only thing they compete over is who gets to cuddle who

I got a new kitten but she growls because the aggressive one bit her

My 2 male cats are siblings, and one day, they just start fighting and wounded each other. It's been almost a year now, and they still don't get along.

Had one cat and ended up getting a second one I think the same age but the cat we already had (cat 1) hissed at the new cat (cat 2) then cat 2 hissed back and cat 1 stopped and cat 2 kept hissing (over time) we got cat 2 in may and they're still fighting a lot cat 1 normally stays upstairs and half of the conservatary and cat 2 stays downstairs (the hall and kitchen being a space they both go through) but cat 2 has started to go up the stairs when we catch her we make sure to just nudge her downstairs but she doesn't give up and ends up going back up later cat 1 has started being scared of cat 2 since cat 2 often leaps at cat 1 and chases cat 1 upstairs cat 1 also has a hiding scale at the top of the stairs under a chair wich cat 2 backs her into a lot (both cats are female and I think they're both around 4 or 5 cat 2 is 5 and cat 1 is probably around 4-6 years idk)

I'm really, really struggling. Im at the end of my tether. I've even watched this over and over and multiple more. My resident cat is so lovely and has been since we started the 1 room rule. But every time we try (we're at 6 weeks now) the R cat (Mabel) turns almost feral and attacks/swipes at everything in sight. But it doesn't seem like aggression, she seems super scared and I'm contenplating a specialist

Oh so we have ten indoor cats. Half are siblings we kept from two different litters and half are rescued ones. They were all lovey until squirrel. The obese long hair cat. He went to the groomer and when he got back home all hell broke loose. Everyone was fighting and going crazy but bit that calmed down over a few weeks. But now dexter my siamese cat always hunts and attacks rita just a plain short hair black cat. He keeps her hiding at all times and a few other of the cats get her too but not like dexter. How would you to about getting them back to the way they were. They used to all sleep in a big ball on the bed. We're so loving and affectionate. But after squirrel went to the groomer it hasn't been the and and poor rita just hides all the time

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I have two cats my first cat Nami and second cat Bat who I adopted after 3-4 months after Nami. Nami was very playful, and that was the reason we got another cat to company her, but since we got the second cat Nami‘s personality completely shut down and now she hides she doesn’t play, and then I saw her fur shedding when I took her to the doctor, she said the cause is stress. Bat really bullies Nami despite being the younger one. He sits on her bowl and eats his food, if we pet Nami he comes and attacks her. Doc said I might think of rehoming one of them because Nami’s condition looked critical. Please I need HELP! I don’t want to give any of my cats away. I love them both very much and I really need to know how I can solve this. Please help! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😢😢😢

Small tip to add on about the two room policy. I’ve never thought of it as a “two room” policy but effectively do the same thing, slightly altered, and I think it adds to the advice in the video.
When first introducing the new cat, rather than designate a room for the new cat, opt to keep any resident cat(s) temporarily shut into a room they are comfortable being in (eg living room), let the new cat out, let it explore as much or as little as it wants so it can learn about its surroundings and the resident cats before meeting, and spreads the new cat’s scent for the resident cat(s) to pick up, again ahead of meeting.
The next part I like to do is let the new cat decide for itself where it wants to hide out. Unless you’ve got yourself a flawlessly socialised new kitty, it’s going to be on edge and full of doubt, so it will almost definitely want to refuge somewhere, it follows logically that if that place of refuge can be somewhere the new cat chooses for itself, that will avoid unnecessarily making it less trustworthy. Being confined to a room even part time for the first week still limits the cats perceived freedom, especially if kept confined to a single room overnight every night for a week, remember cats are basically nocturnal, they are more adventurous and explorative at night than during the day thanks to their extraordinary night vision. If you want to keep new and resident cats apart overnight until they are acquainted, try closing doors to split the house in half, keeping each cat in either half of the house. This doesn’t restrict exploration as harshly as a single room would, regardless of how little time it’s for.
As a general rule, you should never, EVER shut a door to a room knowing a cat/dog is inside, not for an hour, not for 5 minutes

My cat hazel was found in a wall at 4 weeks old

our cats have been fighting for years. we've tried everything.

it's much easier to not get a second cat in the first place

I hop my cat not going get fight to get along ❤😊

i only have one day tho😅

on the 3 rd for me…. I lucked out 😊😊

What I took from this is don't waste your time and just buy a dog

I tried it for a month, still doesn't work. they've been fighting all day when i tried to make their new relationship

I have a maine coon who lived wirh us all her life (8 years) and last year we got a British Shorthair. They still attack eachother, hiss and growl. They only ger near eachother if they both want to sleep with us. Theyve never touched eachother and idk what to do at this point

A little over a month ago a new 4-month-old kitten arrived. Now my 10-year-old cat avoids both me and the little one and after trying everything, I don't know what to do anymore. The older cat spends his time in solitude and only comes near to eat. I am desperate💔

Put them in a room together n they will work it out one way or the other. Like each other or respect each other enough to leave each other the fuck alone lol

I have two kittens right now struggling a little bit to like each other. One 3 month old kitten and an 9 week old kitten. Any advice on how to help them get along. We got the other kitten because our 3 month old seemed lonely and always wanted to play.

I'm not sure where my situation lies here, I'm currently fostering a ~5 year old calico and I had my 3 year old grey tabby first. I've noticed that my tabby will sneak up on the calico scaring her, are they just testing boundaries or is this something else. They can look at each other with little hissing or fighting but the ambushing keeps happening. Any thoughts? BTW both cats are female. And I crate my tabby when I'm at work.