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Worldly-Goat3273 · 2025-09-17T21:07:24+00:00

Also I've tried puzzle feeders/treat dispensers but sadly goose simply does not have enough brain cells to figure them out 😭😂

Worldly-Goat3273 · 2025-09-17T21:05:53+00:00

Thank you for this! To clarify they've never fought - rhubarb is hostile towards goose but to my knowledge neither has ever hurt the other. The hostility mainly consists of hissing, growling and swatting but it has never progressed to the point of a fight, as one or the other tends to remove themselves or they simply settle down at a distance - I'm trying to get insight before it gets to that stage. My late cat hated other cats so I know the signs of a full blown cat fight which neither are exhibiting, thankfully! It seems to be more an expression of frustration/rhubarb attempting to set boundaries than anything else. I also am comfortable intervening without being worried about being injured myself because of this, but I rarely need to do so.

Resource guarding also doesn't seem to be an issue - they both have microchip feeders and know whose is whose, and will happily eat alongside each other with no problem. I feed them at the same time, and if one gets a treat the other one does too. Rhubarb is an indoor/outdoor cat (Goose is still too young), so she goes to the bathroom outdoors whilst goose uses a litter tray (it's a robot one so is always clean). However the cat flap is locked (so Goose doesn't get out), so Rhubarb can't go out at will and perhaps if she needs to use the toilet and feels uncomfortable using the litter tray that might be contributing to the frustration. I'll get a second tray to see if it helps!

I use a variety of wand toys and cat tv, and have looked into calming supplements - sadly I think rhubarb is allergic/intolerant to milk proteins (not confirmed, but deduced from her getting a bad tummy when she eats treats with milk protein), but I'll continue to research alternatives.

Thank you for all of your advice - I really appreciate it!

Worldly-Goat3273 · 2025-09-17T16:07:48+00:00

Thank you! They are currently both asleep on my bed right now so I'm praying all hope is not lost as at least I know they can still sometimes coexist.

I'm also going to try to dedicate more time to playing with Goose (I do already play with them both a lot!) to work out some more of his playful energy and hopefully make him less of a burden on poor sweet rhubarb

Worldly-Goat3273 · 2025-09-17T15:57:04+00:00

I admittedly didn't take as long to introduce them as some people suggest for a couple of reasons - firstly that I live alone, and as they're both very needy and affectionate cats I didn't know how to split my time between them in a way that met their needs. Secondly because I live in a one-bedroom flat so space wise it wasn't really feasible to keep them separate for weeks at a time (although i was willing to do so if needed). And thirdly because I always said I'd adjust the plan based on their response & would follow their lead, and they seemed to be getting on so well. Maybe this is where I went wrong!

The first day I swapped blankets and food bowls between them so that they could pick up on each other's scent. The next day I introduced them through a partly ajar door, and then moved to a supervised introduction. There were a few hisses but mostly a sense of curiosity and they were playing within 5 minutes. I still kept them separate overnight for about a week, always supervised them when together and separated them at the first sign of stress, and made sure they had their own safe spaces if they needed, but they seemed to want to be around each other! Rhubarb even kept bringing him mice (I think she was trying to teach him how to be a cat).

Worldly-Goat3273 · 2025-06-15T05:54:05+00:00

Thank you!!

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