Hi fellow PTers. As you know I don't spend much time in the cat section. But I am pet sitting a neighbor's cats and I was just curious about some things. I have baby-sat her two cats for years, and everything has been fine. But, this spring Pat and I rescued a kitten which we think had been dumped in our neighborhood (we can't figure out where she came from-I think her family moved and just left her). Okay, finally to my question...Do cats have a hierarchy like dogs do? I mean I don't really hear about alpha cats, and they really don't have a social group like dogs do. So do they have hiearchy problems? One of the older girls really seems to "beat up" on the newest cat when she does things like eats first or uses the litter box first, and the new kitten will just roll over and take it. Is this always going to be the case, or is there something that can be done to make them get along better? I feel so bad for both cats (Lucy because she is upset about the new cat, and Belle because she seems to be a target because she is the newby).
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