Feline Feud and I Need To Leave Town

Hi all:

You may remember my recent post about my two cats (both spayed females from
the same litter, 1.5 yrs old) who recently started feuding. Feuding may not
be the best word because it's more a matter of the one sister having decided
she wants nothing to do with the other and growling and hisssing whenever
they meet up. I still don't know what has caused this or how to fix it, but
the fact that they are both able to pretty much go outside whenever they
want is probably a good thing since the agressor cat seems to spend most of
her time outside.

Now I have a new dilemna. I need to leave town over Thanksgiving. I can't
decide whether to leave them in my house with an occasional visit by someone
I choose to look in on them or have them boarded somewhere. The thing about
leaving them in the house is that I doubt I can find someone to live at my
place and allow the cats to go outside, so they would have to be cooped up
together the whole time. If I have them boarded everything will be foreign
to them so it hardly seems like a better option. I would only consider
because of the ability to separate them and constantly monitor their
behaviour.

Any thoughts?

Hi there,

That is a dilemma. I think keeping them together inside would be too
risky, unless someone is there 24 hours a day. If you can't get someone
to stay, or the person staying is gone a good part of the day, could you
put them in different parts of the house? Have a barrier that you are
positive they can't get past -- like a closed door?

Otherwise, maybe you could board one at least one of the cats.

I would think that having one or both of them in a foreign place for a
few days is better than having the possibility of wounds and blood.

Good luck!

Rhonda



Shrubman wrote:

Hi all:

You may remember my recent post about my two cats (both spayed females from
the same litter, 1.5 yrs old) who recently started feuding. Feuding may not
be the best word because it's more a matter of the one sister having decided
she wants nothing to do with the other and growling and hisssing whenever
they meet up. I still don't know what has caused this or how to fix it, but
the fact that they are both able to pretty much go outside whenever they
want is probably a good thing since the agressor cat seems to spend most of
her time outside.

Now I have a new dilemna. I need to leave town over Thanksgiving. I can't
decide whether to leave them in my house with an occasional visit by someone
I choose to look in on them or have them boarded somewhere. The thing about
leaving them in the house is that I doubt I can find someone to live at my
place and allow the cats to go outside, so they would have to be cooped up
together the whole time. If I have them boarded everything will be foreign
to them so it hardly seems like a better option. I would only consider
because of the ability to separate them and constantly monitor their
behaviour.

Any thoughts?

Hi there,

That is a dilemma. I think keeping them together inside would be too
risky, unless someone is there 24 hours a day. If you can't get someone
to stay, or the person staying is gone a good part of the day, could you
put them in different parts of the house? Have a barrier that you are
positive they can't get past -- like a closed door?

Otherwise, maybe you could board one at least one of the cats.

I would think that having one or both of them in a foreign place for a
few days is better than having the possibility of wounds and blood.

Good luck!

Rhonda



Shrubman wrote:

Hi all:

You may remember my recent post about my two cats (both spayed females from
the same litter, 1.5 yrs old) who recently started feuding. Feuding may not
be the best word because it's more a matter of the one sister having decided
she wants nothing to do with the other and growling and hisssing whenever
they meet up. I still don't know what has caused this or how to fix it, but
the fact that they are both able to pretty much go outside whenever they
want is probably a good thing since the agressor cat seems to spend most of
her time outside.

Now I have a new dilemna. I need to leave town over Thanksgiving. I can't
decide whether to leave them in my house with an occasional visit by someone
I choose to look in on them or have them boarded somewhere. The thing about
leaving them in the house is that I doubt I can find someone to live at my
place and allow the cats to go outside, so they would have to be cooped up
together the whole time. If I have them boarded everything will be foreign
to them so it hardly seems like a better option. I would only consider
because of the ability to separate them and constantly monitor their
behaviour.

Any thoughts?

"Shrubman" wrote in message ...
Hi all:

You may remember my recent post about my two cats (both spayed females from
the same litter, 1.5 yrs old) who recently started feuding.
snippage

Now I have a new dilemna. I need to leave town over Thanksgiving. I can't
decide whether to leave them in my house with an occasional visit by someone
I choose to look in on them or have them boarded somewhere. The thing about
leaving them in the house is that I doubt I can find someone to live at my
place and allow the cats to go outside, so they would have to be cooped up
together the whole time. If I have them boarded everything will be foreign
to them so it hardly seems like a better option. I would only consider
because of the ability to separate them and constantly monitor their
behaviour.

Any thoughts?

Strange as it may seem, boarding them out might actually help their
social problem. If they are both living on "neutral territory" for a
while (and especially in the same cat pen), while boarding they may
actually get on a lot better. We run a boarding cattery and at high
season we may have cats from 2 households in a single (large) run.
They almost always get on fine. So it might even help. On the other
hand maybe trying something like Feliway at home might help with their
feuding.

Just a thought,
Cheers,
Catherine

"Shrubman" wrote in message ...
Hi all:

You may remember my recent post about my two cats (both spayed females from
the same litter, 1.5 yrs old) who recently started feuding.
snippage

Now I have a new dilemna. I need to leave town over Thanksgiving. I can't
decide whether to leave them in my house with an occasional visit by someone
I choose to look in on them or have them boarded somewhere. The thing about
leaving them in the house is that I doubt I can find someone to live at my
place and allow the cats to go outside, so they would have to be cooped up
together the whole time. If I have them boarded everything will be foreign
to them so it hardly seems like a better option. I would only consider
because of the ability to separate them and constantly monitor their
behaviour.

Any thoughts?

Strange as it may seem, boarding them out might actually help their
social problem. If they are both living on "neutral territory" for a
while (and especially in the same cat pen), while boarding they may
actually get on a lot better. We run a boarding cattery and at high
season we may have cats from 2 households in a single (large) run.
They almost always get on fine. So it might even help. On the other
hand maybe trying something like Feliway at home might help with their
feuding.

Just a thought,
Cheers,
Catherine