Will two male cats, get on living together in the same house?
by admin ~ December 21st, 2007 . Filed under: Cats .
bullie4me asked:
I already own a 11month old male cat (he has been neutered)
and im looking to get another kitten very soon and i have seen a male kitten that i want, but people have said to me that male cats dont like living together is this true? i dont want to make a big mistake.please help what should i do?
Mohammed Baksi
I already own a 11month old male cat (he has been neutered)
and im looking to get another kitten very soon and i have seen a male kitten that i want, but people have said to me that male cats dont like living together is this true? i dont want to make a big mistake.please help what should i do?
Mohammed Baksi
December 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
male cats will get on just fine, the first thing to do is get the scent of the new cat on to the old one, you can do this by rubbing a towel over the new one then doing the same with the other cat, and vice versa. separate them so that they cant cause any harm to each other and gradually let them see each other, if there is no hissing or spitting allow them to smell each other, if they do hiss, then go back to the towels. It takes about 2 weeks for them to settle
December 25th, 2007 at 10:55 am
I have two male cats. one is 11/2 and the other is 7 months. they get along pretty well. they mostly only fight over food. so you got to get to separate their plates. They like to play a lot. i don’t have no problems with them
December 27th, 2007 at 2:33 am
well yes in most cases they get very protective of their teritory doe’s he get on well with other cats around maybe you have a friend with a cat try seeing how they get on.
December 29th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I have owned two male cats at the same time, and they got along very well. The older one was four at the time, and the younger one was ~5 months - they became best buddies, but would play fight in the evenings. Neutering will definitely help. It also will depend on personality of the two kitties. I have only had one occasion, where two of my cats never got along (they were both female). If you bring home the kitten, watch how the older male reacts to the younger one. Make sure you closely supervise their activities for the first week.
December 31st, 2007 at 9:52 am
The older one will dominate, especially at feeding time, but on the whole they will get along just fine. Keep an eye on them for the 1st couple of weeks until they settle and then you’ll find that they just do their own thing.
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 am
Male cats see their home as their own territory - neutered or not. They might be OK but your present cat might be very hostile to the new family member.
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:40 am
My mother owns to male neutred cats they are now 11 and 12 years old and always have been the best of friends. On the other hand I have a speyed female that does not get on with any other cat regarless of *** so as long as they are intoduced gradually paying more attention to the older cat there should not be a problem. Males are more tolerant.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I have nine cats (six are two weeks old) and they all get along fine. The dad gets along with the babies and the other two females. He gets in the box and plays with the kittens and sleeps with them he just got neutered on Friday so he did all of this as a 3 year old tom. My sister has two male cats and they are fine together always have been one is 6 and the other is 3 and both are neutered but she said she never had any problems. I think it depends on the cats and if you introduce them slow (which I recommend) or just throw them together. I have actually found that queens are far more territorial than males. Good luck if you get the kitten I am sure they will be fine he is young enough it should work out good.
January 5th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Sine the present cat is not really “Old” though it is mature, it will likely tolerate another cat in the house. There will be an adjustment treatment. Under no circumstances should you intervene unless there is a fight - that might happen. Generally, why will aclimate, divide the house into territories or be close pals and be snugly together. There is little you can do because all cats have personalities and there is no telling what they will do when initially confronted with an intruder into what was, their singular territory.
Patience is the watchword here.
January 6th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Hi, yeh i have had three male cats and when they first saw each other they were fighing like anything, but then when they got tired of that they just played for like ages lol
bye
January 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I have 2 males that were litter mates. they are 8 1/2 years old. neutered . They love it when I bring in new siblings for them. we had a female briefly. they loved having her here and mourned her when she passed. Then when they were about 5 I found a little male kitty that had been hit by a car, I brought him in to live with us and all 3 boys are the best of friends, they all cuddle together and play together. new boy is fixed too.. they have been together for almost 4 years now and they are inseparable.
Actually it seems more like females do not like to share their space.
I say go for it.. there may be an adjustment period but eventually they will love being together.
My mother also has males that she got at different times and they also are great buds. But getting them fixed is the key to happiness!!!!
Another thing.. they have no actual ALPHA MALE figure.. they have never even tried to act out for dominance. If there is an alpha they take turns with this role.. but all seem to be on equal terms. It seems weird that none of them ever tried to establish dominance.. maybe cause the older 2 are brothers and have always been together.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am
No…they should get along and become best buds with time, neutering, and your attention.My four males are all tight with each other and tend to tease and “pick on” my two females.Neither of the females bond with anyone except us humans…but all families are different.