I had a cat who could open doors so I put a hook on the outside of the door for the timeouts. To make sure I never forgot the cats were in a timeout I also set a 10 minute alarm to remind me - a soft gentle alarm so as not to scare the cats.
Given that your cats do have good moments tells me that things will improve even if there are two who never like each other when awake. If it’s not going to get better, there aren’t those good moments - it all stays bad and only worsens. That’s rare though. In 30 years of having cats I have had that happen just twice and the first time the cat was 100% feral and the second the cat had been badly abused, starved and was put on my front porch in a box. (I’ve found that in a small town, when people see a cat in a window they tend to use your home as a dumping station for animals they don’t want. It is a despicable human behavior - as is the abuse of an animal.)
Ugh, the sleeping situation sounds exactly right. But I will try this time out method, so long as Tangie can't get the door open herself. Thank you!!
I had a cat who could open doors so I put a hook on the outside of the door for the timeouts. To make sure I never forgot the cats were in a timeout I also set a 10 minute alarm to remind me - a soft gentle alarm so as not to scare the cats.
Given that your cats do have good moments tells me that things will improve even if there are two who never like each other when awake. If it’s not going to get better, there aren’t those good moments - it all stays bad and only worsens. That’s rare though. In 30 years of having cats I have had that happen just twice and the first time the cat was 100% feral and the second the cat had been badly abused, starved and was put on my front porch in a box. (I’ve found that in a small town, when people see a cat in a window they tend to use your home as a dumping station for animals they don’t want. It is a despicable human behavior - as is the abuse of an animal.)
I wish you well.