Me and my partner adopted 2 cats about a month ago. They are very cute and friendly most of the time and we love them very much. And it seems like they like it here too. But sometimes they tend to fight out of what seems like jealousy. Like if they both want to be pet at the same time, I try to do that. But often one of them hits the other one in these situations so they go away. I would like to show my cats that they don't have to fight each other for attention, but I don't know how to do that. Anyone have any tips for that?

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[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago

Best cat-rearing advice I ever received: Cats are gonna cat.

You can try to fight their instinctive behavior all you want, but you’ll lose every time. What you’re describing is common dominance behavior between cats and not at all pathological. Just stop doling out attention when they beef, and throw them a treat if they’re hanging out amicably for a while.

You can channel a river, but you can’t dam it entirely and expect to win forever.