Cat Fighting in the Home: 7 Ways You Can Stop It

It can be very distressing for owners when their cats are involved in regular fights especially when this is witnessed in the home. Cats are not naturally obedient creatures, unlike dogs, so alternative measures often have to be tried to curb cat fighting in the home.

If you have a problem, try some of these measures:

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1. Try to keep cats apart if they are newly introduced into the home - let them get to know each other gradually and at their own pace

2. Allow each cat freedom of movement - let them choose which part of the house they wish to be in and let them go outside as they please

3. Ensure that the cats are petted and loved - don't show affection for one over and above another

4. Try moving furniture around - cats are territorial and have their own feelings about "their territory" - by moving furniture, you can help to break up their sense of terrirory and allow the older and newer cats to redesignate their territorial spaces

5. Cats smell each other and don't always like what they find - use a towel to rub over both (or more) cats so that the odours are mixed

6. Training cats is not easy but when they are fighting a few drops of cold water will easily break up the scuffle

7. Proprietary cat furniture can be a useful decorative addition to the home and some pieces have nooks and crannies in them that each cat can call "their own"

When all is lost, sometimes you just have to let them slug it out. Cats will often find their own place in the home hierarchy.

Cat Fighting in the Home: 7 Ways You Can Stop It

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