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**emorbimefed** · 07-29-2012, 08:01 AM

Another thing that may help: "tuna conferences". I added a neutered male cat to a household with another neutered male, and they did the same thing - daily fights, each retreating to a separate room.

So I gave them both regular food, water, and litter box in their "chosen" rooms for two weeks, to stop them having to meet and fight. After they both got comfortable, I offered a really fragrant favorite treat (in this case, both loved canned tuna). Started with the plates literally 10 feet apart in a "neutral" room, and just a light snack's worth on the plate. If anybody growls or hisses, the plates get taken up. That wasn't a problem at 10 feet, but each day I moved the plates about a foot closer together. Within two weeks, they were eating on side-by-side plates. They were never the best of friends, but they tolerated one another after that.

Maybe I was lucky, but it worked for me, and I hope it might help someone else. Granted, we had a sad chuckle several years later after they had both passed away, when we decided not to place their ashes on the same bookcase - they wouldn't like it.

07-29-2012, 08:01 AM	#5
emorbimefed Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	Another thing that may help: "tuna conferences". I added a neutered male cat to a household with another neutered male, and they did the same thing - daily fights, each retreating to a separate room. So I gave them both regular food, water, and litter box in their "chosen" rooms for two weeks, to stop them having to meet and fight. After they both got comfortable, I offered a really fragrant favorite treat (in this case, both loved canned tuna). Started with the plates literally 10 feet apart in a "neutral" room, and just a light snack's worth on the plate. If anybody growls or hisses, the plates get taken up. That wasn't a problem at 10 feet, but each day I moved the plates about a foot closer together. Within two weeks, they were eating on side-by-side plates. They were never the best of friends, but they tolerated one another after that. Maybe I was lucky, but it worked for me, and I hope it might help someone else. Granted, we had a sad chuckle several years later after they had both passed away, when we decided not to place their ashes on the same bookcase - they wouldn't like it.
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