PercolatingFish

Hi Les! Any plans to make more Beyond Survival shows? They fascinate me more than I can tell you.

Jackson! My 5 yr old female Nora won't stop bullying our newer 3 yr old male Lancelot. She used to be an only cat before my boyfriend and I moved in together, so I'm sure she feels like her position has been usurped. We've tried feeding them together, feeding them separately, feeding Nora first and making Lance wait, separating them with baby gates so they can get used to each others' scents, playing with them at the same time to distract them from each other, and putting up shelves on the wall for them to jump on to get away from each other. Nora still attacks Lance every time they share a space. We've been living with one upstairs and one downstairs since we got Lance, switching them out a couple times a day.

My next plan is to try pheromone plug ins or a pheromone collar. What do you think of these? Can they be effective? Is there something else we can be trying? I really want them to be able to coexist. Nora is super gentle with all humans, and even with my boyfriend's rats. Just not another cat, apparently. Many many thanks for any help!