What should I do about my cats fighting?

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I have two female cats. Once in awhile I would let them outside for about 5-10 minutes and go out with them. However, over time, they would get aggressive when I would bring them back in. Not only would they not like me bringing them back in, but one of my cats would get angry and be aggressive towards me and the other cat for the rest of the night. Later on it would be fine however. I believe it had to do with me and the other cat smelling like outside, but I'm not sure. For those reasons I have since stopped letting them outside.

Nevertheless, my sister or someone accidentally let it outside. It was out there for a couple hours and I finally caught it and brought it back in. When I did, it got scared when I opened the door, jumped out of my arms, and ran out of the kitchen. The other cat saw it and chased it. They started to fight like crazy and run around the house. Besides little things, they have never fought before, it has always been play-fighting. They did this a couple more times. Now my cat (the one that got outside) is terrified and just sits in a corner. When I picked it up once it was even shivering. The other cat will sneak up to it, and they will snap at each other, but I separate them. I locked the one that got outside up with food, water, and a litter box, but it kept trying to get out of the door so I just let it out.

How should I get them to stop fighting? It's consistently scared of the other cat, it keeps peaking out of the room to see if it's there. Like I said, this is the first time this has happened, they've always been fine with each other.

PR · Accepted Answer

Get a towel and rub their scents back and forth, between them. There must be something out there such as another cat or wild animal, that they are afraid of. If they are not spayed, have them both spayed, because they will be more frightened of outside things, and will more likely to pick fights with one another for no noticable reason if unspayed.

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sounds like a bad drunk---- so to speak. There are many herbs that effect cats and some cats like some people cant handle it.  I have one cat that gets happy by himself (chasing his tail and leaves ect) but more or less attacks people when he is on wild catnip. He is ok with the dried stuff it is not as strong. Also the living cat nip has oils that can get into their hair and last for hours not to mention allergies in people. then there is cat mint and also spearmint has effects on cats. I have a cat that loves basil (WHO KNEW).i don't know why it does what it does but cats do get affected by plants and i would start there. other then that spray bottle for the aggresser and make sure you have enough litterboxes and food and water. good luck. Maybe try giving them both a bath(no Fun)  Good luck and i hope i gave you some ideas

What should I do about my cats fighting?

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