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My male cat's personality has change since i brought home another male cat.
Hey, i hope there is someone who can help me and give good advice about my cat Flea.
Flea was a stray kitten and was in very bad shape when we found him on the street. He hardly had any hair and was such a little scruff ball, that's why we named him Flea. Shortly after we took him in he became this playfull, cute little friendly kitten who loved playing hide and seek, and would basically play with anything we gave him. He grew a beautiful coat of pitch black fur and became shiny and fluffy.
Then about 1½ years later we took in another kitten who we though was a female, because that's what we were told, and were none the wiser.
Flea and Joker were fine with eachother almost instantly, but then as time went by, Flea started to become very unfriendly towards Joker.
Joker is extremely playful and very lovable, and just wants to play with Flea all the time, but Flea keeps attacking him.
Flea has changed towards us as well and won't even come near us anymore. When we try to give him attention and play with him he hisses at us and runs away. He spends most of his time under the couch or outside.
This has seriously broken my heart, because i love him so much and i really don't know what to do to get him back to normal again.
Can anyone please help???
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Well it is probably hard for him to understand that another male has entered his territory and he is unhappy. Espically if tehy are both not nutered this can be a bit of trouble because they can start to spray everywhere marking their territory and it is unplesant in the house. you have to teach him and show him that you still love him.
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It sounds like maybe he is feeling left out or unloved(even though it isn't true). You need to try to spend some one on one time with Flea to let him know that no one has/is goin to replace him. He needs alot of T.L.C.. Also spend one on one time with Joker to insure he doesn't feel left out. It may take a little time but in the end it will hopefully be worth it. Good luck with your kitties.
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It sounds like flea is jealous. I would suggest locking joker in a room while you spend a little time with flea. try taking some tuna to him while he is under the couch he will eventually learn to trust you again and hopfully he wont feel as left out since he is getting 1 on 1 attention and joker isnt. and then go to the room joker is in and quitly give joker some attention so he doent feel left out
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maybe now that both of the cats are older and more mature, flea feels like his authority is being threatened. he used to be the only male cat, and male animals tend to be very picky on their turf. he was the alpha male, and then you brought in this cute little kitten that everything seems to enjoy so much.
he liked the feeling of being the one in charge of the household (metaphorically) and now that joker is there, he thinks his place is fixing to be taken by another cat.
i wouldnt know how to handle this situation, i just think i know whats going on, (what i typed above) you might want to talk to an animal theropist (if there is such a thing ^.^) and if there isnt, then just go to the vet and see if theres anything you can do.
hope i helped!
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Are both your cats neutered?
If not, consider it. It will calm them both down and help to prevent there being more poor little stray kittens in this world.
If they are, take Flea to a vet. First and foremost you need to make sure there is nothing physically wrong that it making Flea unhappy and uncomfortable. If the vet says Flea is physically fine, talk about the behavioral problems and ask your vet for suggestions and ideas. You'll be paying for the check-up anyways, and they are the experts.
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