I have a cat which does not get along with the other two cats I have. She is a neutered female, and the boys have been fixed.
I took her in to rescue her from a bad home, and over the years have trained her to be an affectionate but occasionally nippy kitty.
My financial situation has gone rapidly downhill recently, and it's beginning to looks like I can no longer afford my two bed house and will have to downgrade to a flat. I can't keep this one cat living seperately from the others in a flat, inevitably one will be restricted to a single room, which is unkind.
If I have to live in a flat, it's best for the cats if they have free range of the place, rather than being cooped up and segregated. If I have to get rid of a cat, it would be the badly behaved one, as I am less emotionally attatched to her as she can bite occasionally!
But I would rather not go down that road. Ideally, I would have all my cats get along.
Please help. In the past I have kept them together, but I soon realised that the naughty cat, despite seeming like she was doing ok, was peeing in my clothes cupboard, and on the sofa. Being used to the smell, I didn't realise until someone pointed it out - mortifying! Clearly she was unhappy living with the others.
More recently, she has put up with being put with my other cats - until she scratched one of the boys and nearly took his eye out! I now keep them apart all the time.
Please help. How can I make my cats get along?