The MultiCatBehaviour Framework: Your Path to Peace
Navigate your multi-cat challenge using our systematic approach. Each hub below contains step-by-step protocols, based on our core philosophy, to solve specific conflicts and build a harmonious, peaceful home.
Understand the Hidden Causes
Before tackling individual conflicts, it helps to understand why cats fight in the first place. Our new guide, Why Cats Fight: The 7 Hidden Triggers Most Owners Miss, explains the hidden stressors, resource pressures, and social mismatches that fuel aggression, bullying, and household tension.
The Aggression & Bullying Hub
Stop fights, manage bullies, and restore peace.
Learn to differentiate between play and real aggression, implement the “Peace Treaty” protocol after a fight, and address chronic bullying with structured interventions.
The Litter Box & Territory Conflicts Hub
Solve inappropriate elimination and create secure territory.
Fix peeing outside the box, blocking, and marking by applying the N+1 rule and strategic environmental design. Make the litter box a safe, conflict-free zone.
The Food & Resource Guarding Hub
End mealtime anxiety and competition over resources.
Stop food bowl guarding, toy possessiveness, and conflicts over sleeping spots by engineering abundance and using positive reinforcement training.
Introducing & Integrating Cats Hub
The definitive guide to social mergers.
Add a new cat or repair a broken relationship using our staged, scent-first introduction protocol. Prevent years of conflict with a proper foundation.
The Stress & System Dynamics Hub
Diagnose the hidden climate of your home.
Identify chronic stress, the invisible force that fuels fighting, guarding, and elimination issues. Learn to lower the household’s “stress floor” for lasting peace.
How to Use This Framework
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Identify your most urgent symptom (e.g., fighting, litter box issues).
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Go to that hub for the specific step-by-step solution.
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Check the Stress & System Dynamics Hub to understand the underlying cause and prevent recurrence.
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Explore our Core Philosophy to understand the principles behind every protocol.
Return to the MultiCatBehaviour.com Homepage or our Hubs page to explore our complete system for peaceful multi-cat life.