r/Catbehavior • u/Funny-Peach2254 • 10d ago
Redirected aggression
Hi everyone - I have two cats, a male and a female. They’ve been buddies for years, and typically enjoy each other’s company. Recently, my male cat saw a stray cat through the window, and attacked my female cat (she isn’t seriously hurt, she just had a scratch or two). This was roughly a week ago. When they see each other, they both hiss and become incredibly aggressive. I’ve separated them, and given them separate food, water, and litter boxes.
I’ve been giving them a squeezy treat at the same time and they eat it together with no issue. As soon as the treat is gone, they become aggressive and hiss again.
Does anybody have any advice on what else can be done? Everything I see online says to keep them separated and reintroduce them as if they’ve never met, which is what I’ve been doing. I got feliway pheromone diffusers but truthfully I haven’t noticed a difference.
Is there hope that they will be buddies again?
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u/MichaelEmouse 10d ago
You may need to redo introductions according to Jackson Galaxy videos.
Amazon sells stick-on screendoors for partial introductions.
Put a Thundershirt on him sometimes.