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· @nikv ·
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Aggressive cats
Cats are solitary by nature and in the wild, they evolved to each occupy a territory which they defend against other cats. Keeping cats together in a household often doesn't work very well once you have more than two. It has been shown that feral cats do live in colonies although these have a strict hierarchy, with the female cats dominant. Once cats have formed a colony and agreed to live more or less in peace with each other, they will work together to keep outsiders away.

When cats are stressed they often become aggressive towards each other, or people in the household or they resort to inappropriate behaviour like spraying or urinating in the house. They also tend to display compulsive behaviour like licking themselves bald, pulling their hair out or getting idiopathic cystitis, which is an inflammation of the bladder lining that makes the cat behave as if it has a bladder infection.

Prevention is better than cure when it comes to  problem behaviour and it is wise not to have too many cats in one household. Beyond 3 is frequently a recipe for disaster but if that's unavoidable, making sure that there are enough resources for each cat will help. Each cat needs to have its own bed, food and water bowls, litterbox and a place where it can retreat to, to avoid others if it feels the need.

![catss.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmckzfn4u5qih7Q45fr1cQp1JbUyKCBEUrp5nPPZyH4oJM/catss.jpg)
*Most days, they agree to disagree. Other days, its WW3*

Sometimes, cats in the household can get along well and then a visiting cat from outside can upset their equilibrium. Once you have fighting, unhappy cats your vet may prescribe human antidepressant medication to solve problem behaviour in the household and this is often very effective. Cat moods, like humans, are strongly controlled by the neurotransmitter serotonin. The main drawback to medicating cats is the difficulty of getting them to take pills. Ear gels have been developed as an alternative but there is fortunately one remedy which cats will eat in their food: L-Tryptophan. This is an amino acid that is a serotonin precursor and has been extensively studied in cats and found to be safe and effective. It is an ingredient of anti-stress diets and many over-the-counter calming treatments.

When I was living at my previous address, there were many cats in the neighbourhood and cat fights were very common. I had to treat many abscesses in the time that I lived there and my cat Yoda, who is aggressive anyway, became impossible. He started living outside, lurking in the bushes and didn't eat much. Antidepressant medication did help but of course, giving him pills was almost impossible. In desperation, I started putting L-Tryptophan in his food and he improved slowly and started coming back inside but remained difficult to handle. He mellowed out further when I moved and there are fewer other cats around to fight with.
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@starlady ·
Cats are always lazy but they are good hunters
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@white.tiger ·
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When we had 25 cats, (well around that number) they did used to spray sometimes. But because a lot of them arrrived in litters of kittens, they always stayed friendly. The ones that arrived as older single cats used to have more of a problem. But you are also right in that our house was large, and we had acreage, so they all had their own little hang out areas. Thats a very cute picture you posted, they seem pretty happy.
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@nikv ·
25 cats! That must have been interesting.
Those were happier times in the photo, we've had issues recently because of outsiders as well :(
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@ludmila.kyriakou ·
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All cats are beautiful - but my favorite gray !!! Sorry :-)))
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@nikv ·
Greys are gorgeous. Black cats are still my favourite, though
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@ludmila.kyriakou ·
:-)
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@curatorcat ·
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We've had up to five, and that went pretty well. The girls (2) pretty much kept to themselves in their own little sleeping spaces; the boys (3) tended to sleep in a clump together. 

As you alluded to, the primary disruption in the balance came when there were outside cats trooping through... we had to resort to temporary "kitty valium" for one of the boys. The outsider moved on, and all was well again. L-Tryptophan is a really good idea... gonna remember that one.

Happy Caturday!
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@nikv ·
Your urinary stress diet contains it. It's good stuff to have around
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@supersoju ·
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>Most days, they agree to disagree. Other days, its WW3

I love this quote, it is hilarious
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@nikv ·
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:-)
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@nature4ster · (edited)
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I finally had to use liquid Fluoxetane which i injected into mushy canned food. Really did not want to give such meds to a cat but had tried everything else and finally decided that it wasn't, in fact, failure. If it helps, it helps.
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@nikv ·
Exactly. I also didn't want to use those kinds of meds but it was helpful to the cats I used it on
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@mother2chicks ·
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I was a little surprised to see 3 cats in the photo. They look happy. Our two have really don’t like each other very much at all. Bodies cat is very territorial. πŸ“πŸ“
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@nikv ·
Actually, there are 4 ;) They have their little moments with each other. Some of the cats I have had have been extremely territorial as well so I know what you mean.
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@vanessapineda7 ·
The aggressive cats are not invited to become a Jazz Cat.
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