I've
only ever owned two cats, Carl and Love. They've never met so I'm not
sure how they would have gotten along (one was at the office the other
was at home). If they ever did meet though my sneaking suspicion tells
me Love would have been annoyed with Carl. Love seems more of the
"don't bother me and I won't bother you" camp. Carl is more of the
"please be my best friend, for the love of god please like me" type.
Whenever Carl sees cats walking in front of our window he has as
pathetic desperate sounding meow as if to say "are you my new play
buddy?". Love on the other hand see's a cat walking by and would either
completely ignore them or defend her territory. What about your cats?
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Ms Can Opener I had an interloper come up on the deck this summer, and my three hissed and flung themselves at him/her. I'm not sure what they would have done if the glass hadn't been there. Maybe some of that was bravado.
Shingalana We have 7 "indoor-outdoor" cats and they all get along fairly well. A couple of them have a dislike for each other but we never have brawls because of it or anything, just a little growl warning to back off every now and then. :) I submitted a photo awhile back that my 14 year old daughter took of me sleeping in bed with 6 of the cats curled up in various spots all around me.
cuddlecat My big orange boy doesn't want any interlopers in HIS yard! He runs from window to window, growling & making a scene. He gets along OK with his sis, though.
Ohlookachicken Aww Mario! Get Carl a brother or sister! Poor baby. I adopted my Smudge and Twinkie on the same day. They had never met before but I think the shock of being introduced to a new environment together bonded them; otherwise I think Smudge would have been happy as an only kitty. I added Fleury recently and Twinkie accepted the baby readily while Smudge has offered a much cooler reception. They are working on establishing their pecking order and so far so good. No rough fighting, only a bit of wrestling between Twink and Fleury, and no scratches or bloodshed. Hooray! Smudge mostly stands back and observes but they all seem to enjoy a good race about the house in the mornings.
catena Meg & Joe came as dual-littermates, so they've always gotten along fine; occasional play fighting...never a complaint between them. They're coming up on 9 now. We recently adopted a 2(?)-year old male kitty (Lincoln) from a shelter. He was apparently a barn tom (he's spayed now)...and definitely used to being top cat, and (we found out later) only cat. We did all the things you're supposed to do during integration, and it was going well. But betwen agressive play, and dominance fights (mostly one-sided), he hasn't settled in yet. I have heard it can be a long process. Most of the time they're just fine - they all spent last night in the bedroom with no problems - but then Lincoln will go postal on one of them. Haven't had any blood, but we have found tufts of fur. We still feel we have to separate them when we're not around. So it can be a slow process. It's funny, because Lincoln is such a little love bug with us. I think it's slowly (very slowly!) getting better, though.
lesleymullin Madame gets along with anything that is nice to her. She gets along fantastically with our dog, Steve. She also loves to play with our grandparents' miniature shnauzer. We took in a cat that was always hanging around our apartment and she looked hungry so we brought her in to have some food. Madame reacted negatively at first, but then was just curious. The new cat (who we called Cow, because of her black spots), wanted nothing but some food, water and a warm place to sleep. So it seems to me that as long as the other party is willing, Madame always wants new playmates.
Beth covered in cat hair Two of my four "tolerate" one another, but in actuality none of them get along and two of them I've had for 11 years and they still don't like one another. In fact if all four of them are on my bed with me they sleep as far away from one another as possible. Hissing is a normal sound in my house.
Colonel Too Tall Oh my gosh. I have so many story about cats and getting along. My Griffey used to pick on the others unmercifully. He was the king and all should bow to him. But really the best was one cat I introduced to the cluster, I had 6 others at the time. She just peed on everything, shoes, blankets, sleeping pillows, guitar case, cd's all belonging to my husband.... She hated him I think more that the other cats.
Colonel Too Tall Oh my gosh. I have so many story about cats and getting along. My Griffey used to pick on the others unmercifully. He was the king and all should bow to him. But really the best was one cat I introduced to the cluster, I had 6 others at the time. She just peed on everything, shoes, blankets, sleeping pillows, guitar case, cd's all belonging to my husband.... She hated him I think more that the other cats.
va_cat_mom Nikki and Peach Pie are 2 year old littermates so they get along great. However, the two geriatric cats I already had (they were mother and son) were not amused with 3 month old kittens. They never bonded with the kittens alothough the kittens REALLY wanted to be friends. I used to refer to the two sets of cats as the "Seniors" and the "Junior Varsity". But, the "Junior Varsity" was specifically brought into the household to help me with the loss of the "Seniors" which, at that time, was rapidly approaching.
MsCatmattress Jordan came from a house with 2 other cats, but he was only 10 months old... and he was "middle cat" there, getting beaten up by the bigger cat but routinely smacking the baby cat around. He's only been face-to-face with another cat once since then - a female Siamese - and although it started off calm, it escalated rapidly to yowls and growls and hissing from the female Siamese. Then she peed on my bookcase! Poor Jordan didn't really know what to make of her, he just wanted to hang out. He's king of the house, and although I sometimes get the "I want another cat" urge, I don't want to rock his world. He's 13 now, so I'll just let him retain his crown in peace in his golden years.
Lindalu More stories Colonel! More!
*sniff* just like old times :)
Canuck Cat I have three cats. The 2 sisters, Penny & Casey, I've had for nearly 5 years. Last January I took in my mom's cat, Cleo. She pretty much lives in my bedroom and won't come out unless I carry her out. She freaks if the other two cats get too close to her. I've tried medication to calm her down - waste of money, and pheremone (?) sprays - more money wasted. Just lately Penny & Casey have jumped on the bed when Cleo is there (she never leaves it!) and she doesn't get too upset - unless they come near her. If somebody had told me this would be going on for 10 months I wouldn't have believed it!
Nellie My babay is a only child and boy he just does not like other kities at all near his home that is. He will play with the girl kitty up the roed and that is about that the rtest of the time he defends his castle. My neigbour has a girl kitty as well but he doesn't like her being way to close to home....hence his nickname now "king of my castle" LOL
mjlovelace Murray is my parents' indoor only child, I mean cat. He is extremely spoiled and territorial. When my parents feed the outdoor stray, Murray gets extremely angry, hissing at the other cat and my parents both. This is especially bad if he sees my mom take the container of chow outside. Murray does not play well with others.
Bustophers mum Bus and Layla get on really well most of the time. He sometimes likes to remind her that he is top cat, but she just waits him out. She is open to other cats that walk past the window, but he defends his territory.
kitty alone Sunshine swipes and snarls at everyone, Phobe hisses at purry and any one else who bothers her. penelope is clueless, just narrows eyes and backs off from Snip. Snip is a mommas boy when it comes to Millie, She still washes him and he is already 5 years old! Millie is jealous of the newest cat Gilbert A. Sullivan. She moans her best Holloween yowl and Gilbert freezes and looks away. First day at my house Gilbert touched noses with all my cats. ( He came from a big cat room at the local shelter,) Willoow still hisses at the boys who play to rough, then jumps to the highest spot and wathes nervosly. Daisy just watches, but sometimes purry jumps on her and she screams bloody murder. Smokey likes to be alone, but occationally likes to ambush the others. Stella is still wild and stays alone, or slinks into a kithen cabinet.
StinkyFuzzyTaters We had our first cat Stinky for a year before the other two came along. And when she realised they were there to stay, she didn't like it at all. Over the past 4 years they have grown to like each other. Stinky gets along better with Taters, I'm guessing because she's a female and lower on the pecking order. She tolerates Fuzzy (Taters' brother) who is twice Stinky's size. I have a feeling she'd like him better if he didn't try and oust her from her throne at least once a day. Fuzzy and Taders get along great. They clean each other and nap together, however they never drape themselves over each other or huddle super close like alot of siblings do.
RCC Nico: Until he was about 10, Nico would beat up all adult males that came in his yard. He is nice to kittens, and sniffs lady-kitties' bee-hinds. Now he has arthritis and just gets a fuzzy tail when adult males intrude. Oddly enough, most of the cats in the neighborhood just stay out of his yard. He just walks out there and they leave. Princess Girlfriend was his BFF.
RCC Fang: Well, this is the cat that chased a huge raccoon off the porch... She doesn't tolerate other animals, period. She tolerates Nico (somewhat), but does not want to be his friend; she has, however, made a good bit of progress over the last 22 months. For all of you who are integrating a new cat, just be patient. She didn't even want to come out of her room for the first 6 months or so; it took about a year for her to feel safe to roam the house freely when I was away from home or asleep. She still growls at Nico, but that continues to decrease in frequency. (And sometimes he provokes it - he just has to aggravate her...)
RCC Mario, Carl might need company; some cats do. Nico was very lonely after Princess Girlfriend died. He really perked up after I got Fang, even though she hated him and wouldn't be in the same room with him! :-D Just not being Home Alone really brought him out of his funk. Except for his arthritis, it's like he's a younger cat with her around.
sparky1987 Sparky has been an only, and indoor, cat all 21 years of her life - she doesn't know from animals, so I think she considers herself a shorter, furrier version of us humans. On the couple of occasions she has crossed paths with another cat, she whooped em good! One of these occurred at my parents' house - and the neighbor cat came back the next day and peed on their porch, as if to say, "So there!"
Ann How does Mia feel about other cats? Hmmm... let's see... what word would could I use to describe her utter and complete hatred, distrust, and disgust of other felines? It escapes me. Anyhoo, when Mia sees other cats, she becomes something from "The Exorcist" - she is possessed with rage and probably would puke pea soup at them if she could. Nah, she's not a big fan of other cats. Maybe I should get her a kitten? (kidding...)
caesarsmom Caesar is an only child but he likes his stepbrother who we visit at my mom's house. He hates most other cats and will yowl at the window or fight if he is outside. When he goes to my mom's he and his stepbrother terrorize any cat that comes near their property together.
2kittygal I adopted Shelby in March of 07. She was 7 at the time. Took a little time to adjust. Just 1 month ago a adopted a 6 month old feral kitten, Lucy. At first, Shelby hissed constantly. Now when Shelby bops Lucy, she is too dopey to realize Shelby is trying to bully her. They do actually play now so I think all is going to be OK.
Tater Tater does not like other cats. We got a second cat for a little while, and it did NOT WORK. Tater is obese and declawed, but acts SOOO touch. Mikko was a sweetie, but young and lean with claws. There was only so much he could take before Tater got put in her place.
Hbomb Oliver is an only cat. He seems to like other cats and trys to befriend his cousin cats when we visit my parents. He wants so badly to play, but they are too concerned with deciding who is Top cat on these visits. Oliver does not, however like a neighborhood cat who comes to our house sometimes; we call him The Nemesis.
Though he has shown signs of liking other cats, I've not considered getting another because he does not like competition for my affection. He only seems to tolerate other cats when it's clear they do not belong to me.
melba My late Karma tolerated dogs (loved her dog half-sister but only because the dog was there first), ignored birds (I bird-sat a hand raised love bird that walked around the apartment and Karma just watched her, bored) but if I brought another cat in the house, she went insane! I once heard a kitten crying in the hallway of my apt in university. It was 4am and the kitten had obviously slipped out of it's new home. I brought it into my apt (not about to knock on doors at that time) and Karma screamed as if I was murdering her, hissed, spat and then lunged at me. She had never done anything like that before! I sat in the hallway with the kitten until about 8am when I could knock on doors and find its home. When I went to go back into my apt to drop into bed, Karma would not let me in. She screamed at me, hissed and whenever I tried to step forward she jumped at me! I was shocked (and terrified) so I just ran past her into my room and stayed there. When I woke up several hours later, she still wasn't speaking to me and growled if I came too close but by the next morning she was purring in my lap again... So I never tried to bring a cat home again.
Ms Can Opener Data that matters, data you can trust....Mario, I love these research pieces. Also, I think Carl needs a buddy. Does he get to visit with Belinda's kitties?
Meohmy Cat communities can be very complex. I have four cats, all of different ages and none related.
When I introduce new members to my family I keep the new one quaratined for a period of time, then introduce gradually.
I am the alpha cat here and my gang know that I will not tolerate fighting. They learn to get along and at least learn to live with one another, if not like one another.
GeocachingOdder I have 2 separate and autonomous herds of cats. The Inside and the Outside. Both are harmonious within themselves but when the two mix there is a royal rumble.
lesliecat I have 3 cats, Jaasmine, Isabelle and Pumkin. Jasmine and Isabelle were together before Pumkin came, they get along fine. Pumkin and Jasmine chase each all oveer the house and at times, smack each other standing on their feet. Pumkin justs want to play, however, isabelle has no patience for him. Isabelle used to go over to my neighbor's house, who has 3 cats and 2 dogs, but she pretty much ignores the animals. She would rather eat the plants.
geraldine Dj is Junior's dad and they do go mad with each other. Moofie is an older cat who adopted me and Dj tends to try and play with him but comes across as a bit of bullying. But most cats get on as they have normally such a nice comfortable life and we get so much from them.
lar5957 Together, my fiance and I have six, yes six, cats. They all get along amazingly well. Usually when we bring in a new cat only my original cat, Bristol, is rather annoyed. He'll hiss for the first week, but after that he's fine. He just wants to make sure he is till mommy's favorite. Our three youngest (Bartleby, Loki and Pandora) are all over each other. Life is just one big cuddle/bathfest for them.
We also have 7 month old all black German Shepherd who is very......energetic. The cats are not pleased to have 75 pounds of pure puppy bounding after them.
All Hail Kittehs My two kitties only barely tolerate each other, let alone any passers-by! They seemed to have bonded recently though since I brought a foster kitty into the home.They can't wait till he gets a home; I think they've already packed his bags. Once he gets a forever home, my two will probably return to the state of mutual disdain...
All Hail Kittehs PS. The foster kitty would likely hiss at first, but then be all love to any other kitties. He seems pretty good-natured.
merrymishaps Littermates Jeter and Posey were three years old when baby brother Joey came along. The boys get along fine, but Posey would have nothing to do with Joey -- she'd always hiss and run away. Of course, he'd chase her into a corner and there'd be terrible fighting to break up. We have to keep them separated. Joey lives in the basement by day, when we're at work and on weekends we let him out and close Posey in our bedroom (where she'd be sleeping, anyway). She will still hiss at his paw under the door. It's been over seven years!
SmushMommy Our Smush does not like other cats after she's been chased by all the boys in two foster homes. Now she's queen of her castle. However, her foster mom told me she loves dogs, and anytime we come home from being around dogs, she sniffs us up and down.
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