Hello,
in August we took in an old stray spayed tom-cat. About 3 weeks later a young stray unspayed tom-cat came to live with us. In the begining things weren't too bad as the cats more or less tolerated each other. During the last couple of weeks things got worse. The younger cat is bullying the older cat and is often chasing it. The old cat got very nervous and hides in a corner a lot. He also doesn't come to the bedroom anymore, he used to sleep with us but now the young cat seems to have taken over the place.
Usually if they start fighting or the younger one starts chasing the older cats we shout NO or make a loud noise and they stop but of course we are not around all the time.
We wouldn't like to give one of them away as we are very fond of both cats. Is there anything to improve the situation? We are planning on having the young cat spayed very soon.
Thanks!!
in August we took in an old stray spayed tom-cat. About 3 weeks later a young stray unspayed tom-cat came to live with us. In the begining things weren't too bad as the cats more or less tolerated each other. During the last couple of weeks things got worse. The younger cat is bullying the older cat and is often chasing it. The old cat got very nervous and hides in a corner a lot. He also doesn't come to the bedroom anymore, he used to sleep with us but now the young cat seems to have taken over the place.
Usually if they start fighting or the younger one starts chasing the older cats we shout NO or make a loud noise and they stop but of course we are not around all the time.
We wouldn't like to give one of them away as we are very fond of both cats. Is there anything to improve the situation? We are planning on having the young cat spayed very soon.
Thanks!!