Do cats make friends with other cats?

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Another cat has started visiting our 11 month old kitten in our garden. I saw them yesterday interacting with each other. The body language from visiting cat was friendly (I have witnessed some very unfriendly behaviour from an aggressive Siamese visitor).

They had a bit of a sniff and then my kitten followed the other one up the garden. The other older cat kept turning back to check my kitty was following. My DH said they had been ‘playing’ the day before but didn’t expand on what they were doing.

My kitty seemed a little cautious and had her head lowered in a slightly submissive position. However she did seem interested in the visiting cat.

I keep reading about how solitary cats are and just wondered if it is possible for them to socialise with non-litter mates?

My two cats are best pals and aren't littermates. They have lived together for over a year though now which might be why! But they have always gotten on.

Mine socialises occasionally. My neighbour has two unrelated cats who are incredibly close!

Yes some do. Mine isn't keen.

I think they do. My friend's cat has a buddy who calls around for him, then the two of them play out together.

My cat is best of friends with my neighbour's cat. They hang out together in the garden & play chasing games. It's very cute to watch.

We had two unrelated cats from kittens and they were always together, slept so you couldn’t tell one from the other. Unfortunately we lost the boy at seven months and the girl dislikes the new boy we got. However, the NDNs cat calls round for our boy and they play together for hours.

some domestic cats do, I think its "tame" behaviour, not wild behaviour. I also think that with my cats, although they get on mostly fine and sleep next to each other, and play together, that depends pretty much on nobody challenging the pecking order.

I came home the other day to three cats snuggled together asleep on the sofa. I only own two cats seems some can have friends without spitting, hissing & attaching!

I have one that's desperate for a friend, she even follows little dogs as they walk past the drive. Sadly no other cats (or dogs) want to befriend her . I have another older cat that will groom, cuddle and play chase with her, but not as often as she'd like.

Thought about getting another kitten pretty paws?

I came home the other day to three cats snuggled together asleep on the sofa. I only own two cats

Yes, they make friends. Domestic cats can be pretty social. Or hissing, spitting, biting jerks. There's not much in between.

My two cats (not litter mates) don't cuddle each other but they groom each other and play together. So it seems like they are friends.

Sparklingcat hates all other female cats, they are not allowed anywhere near. Two male cats are allowed for some reason. But no other cat is allowed onto the patio or in the house they have to stay on the grass.

She's hard work.

Yes one of mine made friends with a neighbours cat when they were both kittens. They'd always be in the garden playing together. They did seem to drift apart a bit as they got older (maybe 1 and a half/2yrs old) and then we moved house anyway

Op- 11 months isn't really a kitten- she is spayed, isn't she??

I have two male litter mates who have only been outside for a month but they seem to be making friends with the neighbourhood cats. I'm so pleased, I was worried they'd be scrapping.

One of my boys used to hero worship the cat two doors along and followed him around. My other boy started coming into our garden and made "friends" with my cats before deciding to move in. In reality, my cats were a bit overwhelmed by how big he was, and he was so laid back that he didn't seem to notice.

Another small young cat started coming into the garden and he made friends with laid back cat but the others all chased him away.

Cats can make friends but it all depends on their personality.

I ended up with a semi feral cat from a pub who pretty quickly decided to live next door. He had a bromance with my other neighbour's cat and they both moved in with another neighbour together and have lived happily ever after

I had a tom cat, he was very feral. Wouldn't let you stroke him, growled like a dog, never meowed and fought every single cat he came across. My friend who lived down the street bought a kitten and my cat and her new cat made the best of friends. They were both male an used to walk the streets together side by side like an adorable little gay cat couple. Honestly it was the cutest thing ever.

She is spayed @BertrandRussell. She does seem to be the type who would want to socialise.

It’s so nice to hear stories about cats getting on. My girl has had an awful time with another cat who thinks he rules the gardens.

She’s quite a small cat which is probably why I still think of her as a kitten.

Here's Leroy nose-booping his mate 😊.

Mate is the local "stray", inverted commas because although he has nowhere official he lives he's better looked after than a lot of cats that do 🙄.

The one at the window is the little girl from up the road calling for him 😂.

Yes. Our cat when I was a teenager had a best friend called Oscar. They played and slept together. Oscar spent a lot of time at our house. It was really sweet.

Yep, my boys are litter mates and the bestest of friends. They also made friends with NDN male (who is a 'fighter' and regularly at vets with torn ears and abscesses) and the three of them go off together, lie in the sun piled up, etc. Other NDN cat is female and hates them all though.

Our old boy was best mates with the neighbour's cat. He used to call round to get him to come out to play!