Re: Cat sitting question

azterry! · ‎10-21-2011

On 3/4/2014 LipstickDiva said:
On 3/3/2014 azterry! said:
On 3/3/2014 chrystaltree said:
Cruel? They are cats not children. Of course you could let them sort their differences out and nothing horrible will happen. They'll be so hissing and spitting and humped backs but most likely no fighting. One will be the "winner", the dominant one and either they will become friends or they will stay as far away from each other as possible. I wouldn't bother since you are just cat sitting. I'd stick with your plan and keep them in their own spaces.

You must not have a cat, chrystletree.

Dogs will often put on a show and not actually fight, but cats are different. They do fight for territory and they can do some serious damage with their claws and teeth. Cat bite and claw wounds very often need vet treatment as they tend to become infected and abscess quickly.

The declawed cat is at a serious disadvantage as well. It's a bad, bad idea to let them "fight it out".

Dogs fight, believe me. I've had dogs that couldn't look at each other without getting into a fight. And I don't mean a little tussle. I mean required vet trips fights.

Note I said "often". I didn't say never.

I had dogs for years and they were much easier to socialize together than cats.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

On 3/3/2014 LipstickDiva said:
On 3/3/2014 chrystaltree said:
Cruel? They are cats not children. Of course you could let them sort their differences out and nothing horrible will happen. They'll be so hissing and spitting and humped backs but most likely no fighting. One will be the "winner", the dominant one and either they will become friends or they will stay as far away from each other as possible. I wouldn't bother since you are just cat sitting. I'd stick with your plan and keep them in their own spaces.

Are you kidding? I hope you don't have cats or any animals!

My best friend just had an incident at her house involving 2 cats that were always kept apart. One lived outside and isn't really her's but because of the extreme cold, she brought it in. She already has a cat inside her house.

They ended up crossing paths and all you know what broke loose. Her cat got tore up, ended up costing $100.00's of dollars at the vet, she got mauled up trying to separate the cats and now, her own cat absolutely will not come out of an upstairs bedroom and this incident happened over a month ago.

It boggles my mind that people have such disregard for animals.

So, you say. Whatever. All I know is that I'm 54 and I've had a cat or cats for 50 of those years. We've brought in strays and we've provided temporary homes for cats. For short term or for particularly nervous house cats, we keep them apart. Other wise, we let them do their cat thing and learn to adjust. And they do. We've have some normal snarling but no brawls. No injuries. So, I'll go with what I KNOW about cats. They are after all, animals. They aren't our babies.