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Why is my cat so skittish and introverted?
so my cat Oreo (she's female and 9 years old) won't interact with our other two cats (both younger boys) infact, she hates them. They all shared a food and water dish which was in the laundry room, but we noticed Oreo wouldn't eat or drink in the day time and she would just hide behind things, and it got to the point where we wouldn't see her for about a week straight. We decided to move Oreo (and her litter box, food, ect.) into my room and she suddenly started coming out and she's more friendly as long as she's separated from the other 2 cats, even though I have 2 cages of chinchillas in my room.
how come oreo won't get along with our other cats? She's fixed and they're not neutered, so idk if that's it, but they never fought, she just hid. But even before we got the two boys she always hid and didn't like attention but now that she's separated in a smaller room, she's out a lot more and is actually starting to meow a bit (she never meowed and even now it's only quiet and weakish sounding) is there something wrong with her or are some cats just like that?
1 Answer
- 7 years ago
Some cats are just like that. I have a cat like that in a multiple cat household. She has learned to come out with the other cats. The other cats have learned that she is a "grouch" who doesn't want them to come close to her and they just leave her alone and give her her space.
I would advise you to have your two boys neutered before they reach sexual maturity. Intact tomcat urine is much stronger smelling than the urine of females and altered cats. Also intact adult male cats tend to spray urine to mark their territory, they want to roam and fight other males and look for mates. A neutered tomcat is a whole lot easier to live with than an intact tomcat is!
Pictured is Carina, my "grouch" who the other cats have wisely learned to leave alone!
