I have a neighbor that has always had two cats... she just got a new kitten and it's very aggressive towards her 5 year old older cat... to the point the older cat is getting withdrawn and shedding due to stress.

Any advice?

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I have a neighbor that has always had two cats... she just got a new kitten an >it's very aggressive towards her 5 year old older cat... to the point the olde
cat is getting withdrawn and shedding due to stress.

Any advice?

That started happening with some of my kitties.. The four of them were from the same litter and at some point their play wrestling became bitter fights and yes, one of them started to withdraw as well.. I let that one take over the upstairs, and moved her food and litter box upstairs as well. I'd shoo the others back downstairs when they'd try to take over her space.

That helped for a while.. finally, I just started leaving large amounts of catnip around for all of them. That seemed to help the best.

Take care,
Janis

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