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so, I'm moving into my first apartment with my boyfriend and a roommate. Ben (boyfriend) & I have 2 cats. (Boo & Maui) They are OURS, sleep with us every night (at my mom's house) and we love them.
In like September, this poor pathetic little cat (Obie) showed up on my doorstep (literally). He broke my heart, he was so skinny, winter was coming and we took him in. I have pictures on my Instagram of him then and now. he was 5lbs. when I took him in, he is about 11lbs now. Obviously, he was a house cat at some point (he is fixed and his ear isn't clipped) but we took him. We kept him in Ben's room at HIS parent's house.
The problem now is that we have kept Obie separated from my cats all this time. We tried to bring Boo over to let them meet (before just tossing them together in a brand new apartment) & it wasn't pretty. Basically, Boo cowered in a corner and Obie growled and whined at him. We separated them again. Then today, they were on opposite sides of a door and obie wasn't happy when he realized that. He freaked out and started moaning like they do when they're about to fight. I walked over to the door and tried to lead him away, and then he went nuts and bit me. hard. my finger swelled up nicely and it was hard enough for me to splatter blood on the sheets before I could wrap the finger.
I don't think he meant to hurt me, I just made the mistake of getting too close when he was about to strike. I absolutely cannot throw him back onto the streets and I can't give a cat away that acts like this. I feel that my only options are to figure out how to get them to tolerate each other put Obie down. I don't want to do that. I want to keep him and I love him and he came with his own set of issues when I took him in - but they're not his fault. something or someone made him that way and even though my finger is all mushed up from him I just can't hold it against him because his bad life isn't his fault. it isn't.
So, any advice for how to get them to atleast tolerate each other? how to make them feel like I love them all? I'm sorry it was so long but I'm at a desperate point here with them. Thank you!!!
In like September, this poor pathetic little cat (Obie) showed up on my doorstep (literally). He broke my heart, he was so skinny, winter was coming and we took him in. I have pictures on my Instagram of him then and now. he was 5lbs. when I took him in, he is about 11lbs now. Obviously, he was a house cat at some point (he is fixed and his ear isn't clipped) but we took him. We kept him in Ben's room at HIS parent's house.
The problem now is that we have kept Obie separated from my cats all this time. We tried to bring Boo over to let them meet (before just tossing them together in a brand new apartment) & it wasn't pretty. Basically, Boo cowered in a corner and Obie growled and whined at him. We separated them again. Then today, they were on opposite sides of a door and obie wasn't happy when he realized that. He freaked out and started moaning like they do when they're about to fight. I walked over to the door and tried to lead him away, and then he went nuts and bit me. hard. my finger swelled up nicely and it was hard enough for me to splatter blood on the sheets before I could wrap the finger.
I don't think he meant to hurt me, I just made the mistake of getting too close when he was about to strike. I absolutely cannot throw him back onto the streets and I can't give a cat away that acts like this. I feel that my only options are to figure out how to get them to tolerate each other put Obie down. I don't want to do that. I want to keep him and I love him and he came with his own set of issues when I took him in - but they're not his fault. something or someone made him that way and even though my finger is all mushed up from him I just can't hold it against him because his bad life isn't his fault. it isn't.
So, any advice for how to get them to atleast tolerate each other? how to make them feel like I love them all? I'm sorry it was so long but I'm at a desperate point here with them. Thank you!!!