Rival cats

[Thracian]

I have a male cat since it was sort of abandoned by the neighbors very young, spends most time outside. Now there's this bold insistent small cat (young ones tend to imitate the older, seen them together before), fed a couple of times and it also tried to follow me, now they were fighting noisy on the second floor. Got them inside and having to feed them, especially the young one, noticed the rivalry and also my cat got violent to me (it was common before, even scratched me in the eye and tried jumping at my face a couple of times, but got over it and is a nice cat). Getting them down after it was kinda difficult, the little one obviously was easy to carry but tried coming back, then there was the aggressive cat, finally they continued it outside. What could be done about it, think they could get along? The small one should become even more insistent.

[Sensationalism]

Stop feeding stray cats.

[Uzzaman]

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

I second that, they may have diseases.

[Ragnarokia]

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

Agreed.
Also cats tend to like similarity mine is fine around me and my house as its his property, other cats take their property from them which is why there is rivalry, especially since the cat you had before is seeing you with this other cat its lost some of its care for you especially since this other cat has made you his property.

[Ragnarokia]

At 5/13/10 03:46 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

why?

i would feed an abandoned cat...

If you read the OP, thats why.

[BrainlessDan]

Cats fight, that is just what they do. I have 4 cats all they fight from time to time, it never last long sense i always break it up, but it is instinct for them to fight.

[Thracian]

At 5/13/10 03:46 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

why?

i would feed an abandoned cat...

Yeah, they have a hard life. As adjusted, social and independent my cat is, after a day of absence it's really hungry, not to mention the time it got stuck in the snows for more than a week.

At 5/13/10 04:01 PM, BrainlessDan wrote: Cats fight, that is just what they do. I have 4 cats all they fight from time to time, it never last long sense i always break it up, but it is instinct for them to fight.

I understand that but I wouldn't want that noisy scene repeated like that, I have a neighbor that's not exactly an animal lover.

[Sensationalism]

At 5/13/10 03:52 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:47 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: If you read the OP, thats why.

okay and what do you believe would happen did he not feed them

They would find their own food.

[Sinitech]

At 5/13/10 03:52 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:47 PM, Ragnarokia wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:46 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

why?

i would feed an abandoned cat...

If you read the OP, thats why.

okay and what do you believe would happen did he not feed them

They aren't retarded, they're stray.

I'm sure they're capable of surviving.

[Uzzaman]

At 5/13/10 04:37 PM, Ejit wrote:

and be completely civil with eachother?

Since when are animals civil?

[Ragnarokia]

At 5/13/10 03:52 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:47 PM, Ragnarokia wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:46 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

why?

i would feed an abandoned cat...

If you read the OP, thats why.

okay and what do you believe would happen did he not feed them

They would either get food for themselves or die. The smartest cause of action would be to go to the RSPCA and get them a home there.

[Thracian]

At 5/13/10 04:45 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: The smartest cause of action would be to go to the RSPCA and get them a home there.

Whatever that is, a cat treated like an item has to die inside. For example I know someone who has two morbidly fat gross cats that got completely expired, don't do anything at all while my cat goes around, gets into confrontations, chases and fucks cats.

[NeverHundred]

At 5/14/10 04:22 AM, Thracian wrote:

At 5/13/10 04:45 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: The smartest cause of action would be to go to the RSPCA and get them a home there.

Whatever that is, a cat treated like an item has to die inside. For example I know someone who has two morbidly fat gross cats that got completely expired, don't do anything at all while my cat goes around, gets into confrontations, chases and fucks cats.

So your cat isn't nuetered either? I mean sure nuetered cats will get into occasional fights. And the whole feeding cat thing, cats will fight each other if they're in the same aria whether or not you feed the neighbor cats. Still probably not a great idea to feed strange animals though.

But if your cat isn't nuetered than he's probably going to be even more likely to pick fights.

[Thracian]

Hey, I would never want an useless expired cat and I got to take care of it in the first place because the neighbors that got it were irresponsible. As for this small cat, fed it for the first time when it came trying to eat with the dogs I was feeding, had to give it something separately, it has no hesitation.

[TheSilverSerpent]

, At 5/13/10 03:31 PM, Thracian wrote:

What could be done about it, think they could get along?

I recommend this site , and if that doesn't work just google "Introducing cats kittens" worked pretty well for me

[Megafan2008]

At 5/13/10 03:38 PM, Sensationalism wrote: Stop feeding stray cats.

and let them die? your very cruel

[BrockManson]

Had the same problem with my old cats. We'd had Buster since he was a kitten, and about 2 years later a stray was living in our shed and we kept him.

Buster understandably wasn't happy about another cat on *his* territory, they used to have all manner of fights. Eventually (and we're talking a few years) they became more and more used to eachother. Never got on, but they realised it was a permanent arrangement so didn't bother eachother.

So if you're not prepared to wait, then you'll have to get rid of one of the cats.

[Ericho]

I love cats, but I do not think I will ever get more than one cat. It is partly because of tradition and partly because I am afraid of things like this happening. A lot of cats come over to our house asking for food sometimes, but our cat always hisses and gets mad when we are feeding another cat, because he likes to be the center of attention.

[Lasergates]

Flip a coin and kill one.

[Ragnarokia]

You are going on about not wanting "expired" cats etc and wanting a cat who will go around and fight so you wont neuter him, this is completely wrong domestic cats should be neutered especially abandoned ones you really want to get other families to have to deal with kittens, that is the type of thing that causes cats to be abandoned. Yes you shouldnt feed them yes you should hand them into the RSPCA your job isnt to take in stray cats especially multiple, give them to RSPCA to treat and give them a good life while they find new owners. They will have a much better life there than with you.

[Corpus-Delicti]

Why does the title of this thread make me think of a shitty webcomic?

[Ericho]

In terms of cats, it reminds me of something that happened just last night. My cat, General, was interacting with a cat that was just outside the door and while normally my cat is mean or hisses at other cats, he did not seem to be particularly angry at the other cat and stood around looking at it. What a nice cat.