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An idea on reducing litter tray odour in multi-cat households and saving money

One of the big problems in multi-cat homes is keeping down litter tray odours. Ideally you need one litter tray per cat plus one (Jackson Galaxy). Depending on the number of cats it can be quite a lot of work keeping the odours down. It might even be impossible, which is why my neighbours home …

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A subordinate cat waits while a higher ranking cat eats

Understanding the natural social organisation within cat colonies

With more multi-cat, full-time indoor cat arrangements, it’s important that people understand the natural social organisation of cats. And perhaps the greatest problem for a cat caregiver when looking after cats in a multi-cat home is adding a cat to the “colony”. In effect a multi-cat home is a managed colony of cats. They behave …

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Does a multi-cat lifestyle lead to more negative human-cat interactions?

The question in the title asked whether cats living in multi-cat homes tend to have more negative interactions with their owner compared to single cats living in the home with their owner. I can rely on the results of a study for the answer but I can’t really add a lot of detail as I …

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Multi-cat home problems

24 facts on problems with multi-cat households and some solutions

People make the mistake that two cats will automatically be company for each other. They might sometimes but often they don’t become friends. In the worst-case scenario, it may be necessary to rehome one of them. When siblings grow up, they may be no more friendly with each other than unrelated cats. They become independent-minded. …

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Tail positions can keep the peace in multi-cat homes

Cats in multi-cat homes ‘time share’ and use tail positions to keep the peace

A study described the use of space and patterns of interaction among a group of 14 unrelated domestic cats living in a single-story house. Although I am referring to a scientific study, cat owners should not be put off by that because the findings are interesting. Cats are very intelligent in finding ways to live …

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The multi-cat home. These ones look okay

Cats more likely to have behavioural problems when they live with other cats

A survey carried out by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) asked 520 veterinarians what they thought were the most important and pressing health and welfare issues suffered by cats who attended their clinics. And perhaps unsurprisingly, 41% of the veterinarians said that stress-related behavioural problems linked to cats living in multi-cat homes was the most …

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Multicat home increases the chances of spraying urine

If you have six cats there is an 80% chance of urine spraying

Domestic cats spraying urine in the home is obviously highly unpleasant but is entirely normal behaviour for a domestic cat under certain circumstances. I was surprised to read some rather shocking statistics in Dr Bruce Fogle’s book Complete Cat Care. He correctly says that cats spray urine for two completely different reasons, (1) a cat …

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Home buyers put off by smell of cats. Does this mean the smell of ammonia?

“Stink and smell of cats” puts off a homebuyer

The Sun newspaper provides us with some insights, from the online lettings portal Mashroom, on the subject of how to present your home to a potential tenant or purchaser. There were 2,000 participants in their survey. Shockingly, they concluded that half of British citizens have described property viewing as “disgusting”. The reason for this harsh …

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