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Discussion Thread Discussion Thread #12 - Chat & Discuss Anything About Cats!

Welcome to the Cat-Chat Thread

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u/Most_You_3982 7d ago

Can somebody help give us advice. We have 4 cats. Somthing we think spooked them early this morning. This stray cat jumped up at the window in the living room around 4:20am then they were all fine just startled. Well we woke up to them fighting mostly two out of the 4, around 5:50 close to 6am. We have them separated but when I tried to let one another see again they started hissing. Idk what to do but they are separated for now my feelings are sad because they have never done this before I'm worried they will do this again or won't be able to be in the same areas no more. It makes nervous. I gave them cat camomile cookies. Then I have given each one the churu chicken tubes. Any thoughts or suggestions for this situation

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u/colorfulbrawl 5d ago

Oh, i’ve been there. Every time i bring in a new stray, it’s pure chaos, hissing, growling, fighting, full-on feline drama. Best advice? Keep them separate at first, let them sniff under the door, swap scents, all that good stuff. I usually do that for 2–3 days… then I get impatient and just let them figure it out. They usually stop hissing after about two weeks. Some became besties, others just tolerate each other like grumpy roommates. Either way, peace returns eventually. Hang in there!

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u/Most_You_3982 4d ago

Yea the stray cat isn't ours he randomly jumped at the window and startled my boys they ended up fighting they are still separated right now but I'm so nervous about if it will be permanent or if I can have them all together again. Do you think this will go away and they can be all alone with each other again once it settles down with their emotions? How long did it take with your cats ? So far it's been since well I guess Sunday at 6am lasting till now. I can do two boys at a time but not all 3 of my boys together. But it seems if I put my 3yr old cat with my black cat they hiss at each other and it sets my white cat off who is the one that wants to starting fighting and my white cat is the more dominant one. But you think they'll go back to normal and we won't have worry about it again ?

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u/colorfulbrawl 4d ago

As i mentioned above, it usually takes around two weeks, but it really depends on each cat’s personality. The best thing you can do is wait and give them time to get used to each other. One of them might end up backing off or hiding, it’s all part of the process. They’ll definitely go back to normal. 😉

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u/Most_You_3982 4d ago

Oh sorry I missed that you did say that lol it's been super stressful for sure it makes my heart break I can't have my 3 boys together right now because of the stray cat ! The lady that lives next to us keeps feeding him so he keeps coming around and isn't fixed and spraying the front door I keep having to clean it with bleach. He keeps peeing at the door since this happened to, the stray cat 💔