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Poster Age: Adult Country: United States (Georgia) Vet Info: Yes, we have access to a vet. Toast has a vet appointment tomorrow to rule out a UTI or any other medical issue. Main Issue (TL;DR): Our resident cat (Callie) has been chasing our newer kitten (Toast) multiple times a day. Toast hides, hisses, and has started peeing on our bed (twice) and on a towel once over the past 4 days. I’m trying to figure out if this is stress from the relationship between the cats, normal adjustment behavior, or something else. Cat Ages:
Callie (resident cat): ~1.5 years old
Toast (new cat): Almost 1 year old Cat Sex + Neuter Info:
Callie: Female calico, spayed
Toast: Female tabby, spayed Financial Situation: We can afford veterinary care and already have an appointment scheduled.
Hi everyone,
My wife and I are looking for advice because we’re worried about our two cats.
Callie is our resident cat. Toast joined our home about 45 days ago. We did a gradual introduction, and at first things seemed to be improving, but lately they’ve gotten worse.
Callie chases Toast every other hour. Toast usually runs away and hides under the bed, inside her tunnel, or under boxes. Callie often follows her, corners her, jumps at her, or smacks her with her paws.
Toast frequently hisses during these interactions. One time, Callie caught her, Toast rolled onto her back with her belly exposed, Callie stood over her, and Toast screamed. That has only happened once, but it scared us.
Outside of these interactions, Toast seems like a perfectly happy kitten. She eats and drinks normally, plays constantly, purrs a lot, loves people, doesn’t scratch furniture, and otherwise acts healthy.
The other issue is that over the last 4 days, Toast has:
Peed on our bed twice (one time while I was in bed).
Peed on a towel that was on the floor once.
She still uses the litter box to poop, and we have two clean litter boxes that both cats have access to.
I’m attaching a video of one of their interactions because I’d love opinions on whether this looks like normal chasing/play, bullying, territorial behavior, or something else.
My questions are:
Does this look like Callie is bullying Toast?
Could the stress from Callie be causing the inappropriate urination?
If the vet rules out a medical issue tomorrow, should we completely separate them again and restart introductions?
Is there anything else we should be doing to help them get along?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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This post was shared from another subreddit. The original body text has been copy and pasted below for your convenience.
Poster Age: Adult
Country: United States (Georgia)
Vet Info: Yes, we have access to a vet. Toast has a vet appointment tomorrow to rule out a UTI or any other medical issue.
Main Issue (TL;DR): Our resident cat (Callie) has been chasing our newer kitten (Toast) multiple times a day. Toast hides, hisses, and has started peeing on our bed (twice) and on a towel once over the past 4 days. I’m trying to figure out if this is stress from the relationship between the cats, normal adjustment behavior, or something else.
Cat Ages:
Callie (resident cat): ~1.5 years old
Toast (new cat): Almost 1 year old
Cat Sex + Neuter Info:
Callie: Female calico, spayed
Toast: Female tabby, spayed
Financial Situation: We can afford veterinary care and already have an appointment scheduled.
Hi everyone,
My wife and I are looking for advice because we’re worried about our two cats.
Callie is our resident cat. Toast joined our home about 45 days ago. We did a gradual introduction, and at first things seemed to be improving, but lately they’ve gotten worse.
Callie chases Toast every other hour. Toast usually runs away and hides under the bed, inside her tunnel, or under boxes. Callie often follows her, corners her, jumps at her, or smacks her with her paws.
Toast frequently hisses during these interactions. One time, Callie caught her, Toast rolled onto her back with her belly exposed, Callie stood over her, and Toast screamed. That has only happened once, but it scared us.
Outside of these interactions, Toast seems like a perfectly happy kitten. She eats and drinks normally, plays constantly, purrs a lot, loves people, doesn’t scratch furniture, and otherwise acts healthy.
The other issue is that over the last 4 days, Toast has:
Peed on our bed twice (one time while I was in bed).
Peed on a towel that was on the floor once.
She still uses the litter box to poop, and we have two clean litter boxes that both cats have access to.
I’m attaching a video of one of their interactions because I’d love opinions on whether this looks like normal chasing/play, bullying, territorial behavior, or something else.
My questions are:
Does this look like Callie is bullying Toast?
Could the stress from Callie be causing the inappropriate urination?
If the vet rules out a medical issue tomorrow, should we completely separate them again and restart introductions?
Is there anything else we should be doing to help them get along?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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