Comments on: Do cats get jealous?

By: astromuffy

astromuffy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:08:32 +0000

My older cat is jealous, but not aggressive about it. For awhile it got to the point where he would not tolerate my other younger cat coming near me. To compensate, he would give her all sorts of attention and affection in the hopes that it would be enough to keep her away from me. She’s pretty independent and doesn’t need me nearly as much as he does. So when she does need me, I want to be there.

It got to the point where he started urinating in objection to any time I spent with her. I got really angry, and barred him from coming into the living room. She and I spent a couple of hours together on the couch.

The next day, I relented and let him in.

Now, when she comes over for a hug and a stroke, he obligingly leaves my side and gives her about 15 minutes with me. But then he’s back, which means she leaves.

That arrangement seems to be working. Cat number three wants nothing to do with me. He’s all in love with older cat number one.

By: Cliff Warren

Cliff Warren — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:03:53 +0000

Well, folks, if you have time for a long story, I can tell you the measure of success I’ve had in this particular field so far, although it’s still a work in progress. Long story short, we have an existing kitty, Pancho, we’ve had since he was a kitten of 10 weeks old. And recently we’ve decided to rescue a pair of strays that have been hanging around our house and being intimidated and beaten by two Toms that live nearby. Both are safely in our house now and slowly adjusting. Pancho, however, is having some measure of anxiety where the whole matter is concerned as he’s been an “only child” since he came into our house a little over a year ago. And since ONE of these two is almost identical to him (a small, black male), it only compounds the problem. Pancho, I have found, is a very jealous little kitty. He’s always been my buddy and he knows it and doesn’t understand that love is infinite…toys and territory seem to be a lot more secondary to him than access to “Daddy” is. I love Pancho to death and he will ALWAYS be my buddy. But these two need a good, solid, loving home and hopefully with all of the research I’ve done, I can provide a loving household for all three cats.

Pancho will always be my baby, so to speak. But these two have grown to be no less important to me as they have been deprived of a good home. One of them, for sure, obviously had a home and has been rejected for whatever reason and craves human attention…and that’s where the fun with Pancho began. As he sleeps next to me now, I can see I’m going to need to keep you all appraised of what things I’ve so far found to be successful in trying to bring a peaceful and loving solution to these two new introductions into our house, how they came here and then you can all take away from what I provide what bits of advice as might work for you all and a better understanding of why I took on the insane task of trying to introduce not one but TWO cats to our one cat home…

By: allen d

allen d — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:57:24 +0000

Hope this works!she’s jealous of a girl that has been visiting me!

By: How to fix the jealous cat

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By: zaira

zaira — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:19:58 +0000

I recently got a new kitten about 5 weeks old (Oreo) and my 2 year old cat (shakira) that ive had since she was little. She Extremely jealous and hisses and tries to bite me and scatch me and only me, not my mom not anyone else, just me. When she sees me her pupils get really big like she has the strongest hate for me.. . will all of this info. still help?

By: Jada

Jada — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:42:07 +0000

If the aggression occurs when I am not paying attention to the cat the jealous cat has issues with should I start paying attention to the cat that is the target of the aggression and ignore the other cat or is isolation a better approach?

By: Simone

Simone — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:57:53 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I have a 1yr old cat named Buddy. His mother didn’t pay much attention to him so I started playing with and taking care of him. He now follows me everywhere. His mother had another litter of kittens but she died a few weeks ago, so I am looking after and tame her 3 feral kittens, but it is a bit difficult with Buddy pushing them out of the way every chance he gets, following me around even more than ever, pushing himself between me and my bf and wouldn’t give me a moment for myself. Is there anything I can do about this? I’m a bit worried about Buddy.

By: monisha

monisha — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:14:54 +0000

I have two 4 year old cats Glitch and Draven. They are sisters and have been together all of there lives. Glitch has been acting very odd the past few days. I took Draven to the vet. When we returned Glitch started to hiss and growl at Draven. I figured Draven smelled like the vet and medicine so Glitch did not like it. Well it has been two days and she has not stopped hissing and growling not only at Draven but people as well. Is Glitch jealous I left her at home?

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:01:25 +0000

Looked over your advice & found it helpful, WereBear. Thank you. I’ve recently adopted a 5 month old kitten who’s partially blind. Literally found this kitten on the side of the road trying to cross it. He’s extremely playful, loving & gentle with me. However, he hates my girlfriend! Every time she comes over, he will sulk until she leaves. Now he’s hissing at her whenever she picks him up. Taking your advice on this one.