reintroducing the cats (to each other)

Hi group,

Well, Jake is still beating up, and terrorizing poor Elwood once in
awhile, so I have decided to try reintroducing them again.

I went out and bought 2 better gates than I had in the previous
introductions, so that hopefully will help.

A few questions:
*Is there anything that should be done to wipe the slate clean before
reintroduction? (do they have a reset switch or something?)

*Should I be switching them? If so, how often? (right now, Jake is
locked in my room, and Elwood gets to be free. Should I switch their
litter boxes with them?

*What would be my next step, once they are both eating their food next
to the gates? In the past I let them out for short supervised visits,
is that correct? Should I just try and increase the time of the visits
then, or what do I do??

* Anything else I should do to break Jake's aggressive behavior?
If it helps, I have noticed he will sit there and stare at Elwood
before he attacks. He always wants to clean him too, and Elwood
doesn't like that!

I am positive I am forgetting something, but I can't remember what....

Consider Feliway - might help with the stress and put out some positive
"scents".

On 20 Jul 2005 18:28:49 -0700, "JJ" wrote:

Consider Feliway - might help with the stress and put out some positive
"scents".

I tried Feliway last time, and it didn't seem to help much.
It just seemed to make Elwood all sleepy.