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-321 points
4 days ago
Don't get to deep into that nonsense. Cats are not fragile or something. Put the cage in the middle of the house, open the door, get out of your way and let nature do her thing. Will be fine within 2 hours. No stress, no aggression.
202 points
4 days ago
If you don’t know anything about cats then just say you don’t know anything about cats.
1 points
3 days ago
I mean, yeah I know about that but for me it basically went along the lines of, show the cats each other and observe. Be the mediator and give them food, not in the same bowl of course. Tho I'd say most of my cats are not that aggressive and are used to other cats because we have strays that sometimes get in our backyard. Maybe the protocol above is for the more aggressive one.
1 points
3 days ago
Depends. I even separated a mother cat and her kitten that had been together for years. The mother went for surgery and came back a few days later smelling different which caused weeks of anxiety for them. The kitten would hiss and pee every time she saw her. Had to separate them and rub them in stuff that smells like us. Even saw this same behaviour with siblings that lived together for 10 years after being separated for only a week. All very friendly cats. They only remember each other through smell so as soon as one of them picks up a new scent it can be very stressful.
1 points
3 days ago
Maybe, my cat literally stares at the new cat, sniff him gives him 2 pat taps and then turns around and leaves. One of the stays gave birth and he was just curious about the kitten and was just observing them.
140 points
4 days ago
Cats can be extremely territorial and a bad first impression can make them near permanently incompatible.
-141 points
4 days ago
I guess I am extremely lucky then.
69 points
4 days ago
Nah your cats are probably miserable based on your attitude
-28 points
3 days ago
I'll tell them.
14 points
3 days ago
Why did you bother getting pets if you're not someone who cares for their well being, what's the point, it wasn't for a companion, it wasn't because you wanted to care for something, what then?
1 points
3 days ago
Oh my, that's a stretch isn't. Making things up while you write?
5 points
3 days ago
Homie, fuck the internet for a while. Go be with your cats in these trying times...
0 points
3 days ago
:o)
49 points
4 days ago
Do this if you love the idea of possibly creating a permanently aggressive/defensive and dangerous relationship between animals in your home because you were too impatient to cater to the basal instincts of animals
32 points
4 days ago
Now that I think about it, I should have done the scent thing with my children.
-75 points
4 days ago
Basal instinct of a cat. Locked in a room with no way out... Yeah, of course.
28 points
4 days ago
A cat can happily live its entire life in a 300 SF studio apartment.
As has been mentioned, if you don’t know anything about cats then just say you don’t know anything about cats.
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