"Beth In Alaska" wrote:


Don't cats fight?

Depends on the cats and the situation.
Contrary to popular opinion, cats are NOT solitary animals. They *hunt*
alone, but given free choice will live in colonies. In my experience, within
a cat social group intact males may fight over females in heat, or you may
get occasional spats over food or comfy sleeping spots, but that's about it.
Resident cats will defend their territory against intruder cats from other
territories, and there can be squabbles over boundaries if you've got
adjacent territories, but solitary cats without a home territory can and do
join existing colonies.

My S.O. inherited a cat colony when his mother died - orginally there were
about 20 of them, males and females both, none fixed. The only time they
ever seriously fought was if a female was in heat. Because they hadn't ever
been given health care, over the last few years all the females have died
off, and the group is currently five or six intact males who live entirely
outdoors, and one altered male who's indoor-outdoor. The intact males are
very chummy and affectionate with each other. (They are, incidentally, all
related AFAIK.)