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Cats severely fighting

Published on: July 14, 2025 • By: dgp · In Forum: Cats
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dgp
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July 14, 2025 at 05:33pm
I need help with a rescue I’ve had since November separated in another room by a cloth screen door. But he would howl all day and night . Partly because he needed to be neutered which i just had done on thurs . But before he was fixed Whenever I let him out to mix he would mount any cat that would allow it until i broke it up . So now that he’s fixed he’s very protective over me . He follows me everywhere and if we’re sitting in the same room he will attack any cat thats close which then escalates him attacking next closest cat . Bad fights too , I’m afraid he’s gonna do serious damage to one of them . He’s currently in spare room but door is shut , but he’s crying all the time . I have a radio in there playing soft music , I also go in there and spend time with him . But is there anything I can do so they all get along ? I have 9 other cats here and they all get along or keep distance away from others etc. never had a wicked fights like I’m having now with him . I saw there is calming collars or other products for relaxing them . Just wondering if that works and which one to buy , or any suggestions to stop the severe fights going on? 😿😾. Please and thank you in advance 😊
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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July 14, 2025 at 08:12pm
Hello there.  Yes, there are many products - some of which have some good theory and even a little evidence behind them- to help cats feel calmer.  Your vet might point you to a few.  However, lets look at the bigger picture.  Your male cat has been away from home, come back smelling 'foreign' and 'strange,' and having undergone huge hormonal changes.  Cats tend to tolerate each other in a space rather than cooperate and colonies often have a delicate, complex balance.  In a household of 10 cats that's 9 relationships that stand to be renegociated - and ones between the other cats, too.  Maybe an order will restablish itself, territorial disputes will be solved and harmony will return but you can't count on this.  Ten is a lot of cats to share a house.  Resources such as litter trays (the reccommendation is one tray per cat, spread around different territories, with two spares), food and water, access routes to the outside and sometimes human relationships can be prized and therefore act as tension points.  I would suggest that it may be the environment - not the cat - that needs to be changed in this scenario.  So rather than - or perhaps in addition to - giving drugs or modifiers to the protagonist,  it may be worthwhile talking to a vet who knows a lot about behaviour, in order to see whether changes can be made to the environment in order to reduce intercat tensions.  However, it is also a completely valid and reasonable option - and one that often works better - to rehome the cat who doesn't fit into a colony, to an environment that they can cope with more easily.
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dgp
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July 14, 2025 at 08:33pm
I’ve been trying to rehome   3 but no reply’s on line and no open cages at nokill shelters .  I’ll keep try and hopefully I’ll get a hit ?   Thank you
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Harrisoauck
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July 15, 2025 at 04:25pm
Keep posting clear photos and friendly descriptions online like on Petfinder, Adopt-a-Pet, local Facebook groups.
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