Cats

[Sahara]

We are hard core cat people, rescued 17 last year. Currently have four at home but as cat rescue people our house and my shop have a revolving door…
They will ultimately get along. Basically, cats don’t like change. Your old cats lives have changed and they don’t like it.
You need at least one cat box for every two cats, plus one, separated as far apart as you can put them. Place the cat box’s in places where one cat can’t cut off access to the box, forcing the others to pee on the floor. Cats are total ******** and will do this. Same with food dishes, place food dishes as far apart as possible, in separate rooms if possible.
It will take about a week for them to cohabitate, and they may never be friends but they will eventually get along.

 

[Sam69sat]

We are hard core cat people, rescued 17 last year. Currently have four at home but as cat rescue people our house and my shop have a revolving door…
They will ultimately get along. Basically, cats don’t like change. Your old cats lives have changed and they don’t like it.
You need at least one cat box for every two cats, plus one, separated as far apart as you can put them. Place the cat box’s in places where one cat can’t cut off access to the box, forcing the others to pee on the floor. Cats are total ******** and will do this. Same with food dishes, place food dishes as far apart as possible, in separate rooms if possible.
It will take about a week for them to cohabitate, and they may never be friends but they will eventually get along.

^^^ Good advice ^^^ I have a herd of them and everytime a new outsider gets introduced they don't like it but they'll get used to it after a week or two.

 

[64BEL]

We got these two guys from the local shelter in 2008. They lived inside. I think neutered male cats are easy to get along with and are pretty sociable.

Eddie was the gray one. I had a bond with him because we both liked to eat and had a weight problem. He used to wake me up every morning for his breakfast. He passed 4 years ago.


Andy is still with us at 17 years old. He's pretty mellow and very clingy. He's in good shape.

 

[QuickBpBp]

Ours was laying on the couch by the fireplace today as it rained most of the day….

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Zeus and his football cat toy.

 

[YY1]

The litter box formula is really N+1 where N is the number of cats.
That can be a LOT but some cats just won't use a box if another specific cat (or cats) have used it.
After a while, if you observe (and it's hard) shared usage, you might be able to remove a box or two.
Agree about better placement being areas accessible from different paths, but that's not always easy to do.

Sometimes they just don't like each other.

Agree "change" is not something they like.

Best to keep the little ones in their own room.
They will likely share a box just fine, which may become permanent (or not).
...and let the big ones smell them under the door and vice versa.
Ideally, swapping the big cats into the room, and letting the little ones out to explore and smell (while also leaving their smell).

We've found calming spray to be more effective and much more cost effective than the diffusers.
You can directly spray their coat, or spray areas of likely unfriendly encounters.
I've also sprayed the ceiling fan to get a longer term, wider distribution.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I have 10 cats in a colony by my garage,wet food once a day and dry as much as needed for grazing. I had them all fixed.

 

[64BEL]

I have 10 cats in a colony by my garage,wet food once a day and dry as much as needed for grazing. I had them all fixed.

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This one looks a lot like our Eddie, Al. Even the pouch.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I call this guy Spooky, he’s getting kind of fat. When he first showed up a few months ago he was skinny with dry rough fur, now it’s pretty soft and he has some weight. He usually shows up in the evening and gets a can all to himself as well as maybe leftovers from the other cats.