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CATS HISSING AT EACH OTHER PLUS

How can I tell if my cats are fighting or playing?

If you notice your normally calm cat is showing aggressive behaviours, it’s worth checking in with your vet to see if there may be an underlying medical condition.

spend time with each of your cats – Playing with each of your cats encourages natural behaviour and reduces stress, try using fishing rod toys to get them moving!.use a pheromone diffuser – Products such as Feliway Friends or Optimum release calming cat pheromones that can help your cats feel happy and safe, reducing the chances of conflict.Ensure there is vertical space in narrow areas like hallways where the cats have less opportunity to avoid one another. Consider giving them things like boxes and cat trees to make them feel secure. provide hiding and climbing places – If cats feel threatened, they like to have spots they can hide in or climb up high.keep resources out of communal areas – Try to avoid placing resources in busy areas and too close to other cats, this is particularly important for litter boxes as if your cat doesn’t feel safe, they may have accidents in your home.

CATS HISSING AT EACH OTHER PLUS

make sure there’s plenty to go around – Ideally each of your cats should have their own food and water bowl, a bed, a litter box, and a place to sleep or hide, plus a spare just in case.

There are few things you can do to help your cats live peacefully together: How comfortable your cats are together should not only be decided on if they fight or not as many cats living together can be stressed, without ever engaging in conflict. Cats are territorial and with more than one cat in your home, they might find it stressful to share this territory.Ĭonstant tension between cats can lead to stress related health issues such as cystitis or overgrooming and behavioural problems such as toileting in the house.

If you notice your cats displaying these behaviours towards each other, you can safely assume they are in a shared social group.Įven when cats seem to tolerate each other there can be underlying tension that can be hard for owners to spot. Signs of happy bonded cats include grooming, rubbing against each other, and sleeping touching together. It’s also helpful if they don’t feel they have to compete for resources such as food, water and comfortable places. They can live harmoniously with other cats if they believe themselves to be part of the same social group. Cats like their own space and don’t usually need a companion to be happy.