My cats fight all the time.
I was wondering if any multiple cat households deal with fighting and aggression. I have 2 male cats. They are both fixed males and are 7 & 5. I've had them since they have been kittens. They fight almost every day. Sometimes it's just horseplay and innocent as far as it goes with them but other times it's fierce. Lot's of hissing and aggression. They are both clawed and I'm so scared of one of them catching an eye. I don't feel comfortable getting them declawed in case they ever get outside. I talked to the vet about it and I don't want to drug them and give them kitty prozac. She gave me some natural drops to dose their water with. I tried this and didn't notice any difference. So my SO thinks I should get a female cat. Maybe the one cat who is always bothering the older one for attention can bother someone else. Maybe they will all fall in love and be happy. I don't really want another cat because my allergies are already OUT OF CONTROL with the two but I really hate the fighting. It makes me sad they can't be brothers and love each other... lol Maybe they will fight more over another cat. Do you think male cats even give a shit about a female since they have been altered? So any suggestions or tips would be appreciated!
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If they haven't hurt each other already they probably won't. So while it might still be annoying and upsetting, maybe you can worry less about injury. Cats that were properly raised with humans and/or other cats like it sounds like you did are very good at playing rough without going over the line. My kitties fight a lot - although they are younger and it sounds a little less mean than yours - but I don't sweat it.
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Yeah. My two female cats do it all the time. Dominance or something. Or cranky cause the other one stole her catfood. Or something.
It's like kittyPMS in this house 24/7.
I just stopped worrying about it.
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Also, kitty prozac makes things worse because it's a pregnancy hormone to make cats feel happier and/or mated.
eccept then they get really territorial as they try to make room for babies n stuff.
Only good for a single cat household, really.
DO NOT get the female cat. You think they're territorial NOW.
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I have brother / sister kitties who fight all the time.
*shrug*
They never hurt each other even when it sounds like it's bad it's nothing.
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I foster cats and they are all diff. My own cat hates all other cats but she's all talk, the otehr one is well she can freak you out with her hiss and the other one looks around like "I want no part of this" but they will hit each other and so on but have never cause damage to the point of needing medical attention. Animals are strange but unless they are actually hurting each other this is the way they will be.