In a multicat household, sometimes one cat is an outcast. Here’s how to cope.

By Wendy Christensen

For millions of years, small felines lived as solitary, territorial predators. Group living, especially at high densities, is not natural to them. But the cats that share our homes have tempered their wilder ways to fit more smoothly into our world.

Intelligent and adaptable, Felis catus has adjusted astonishingly well to life in groups, forming complex, dynamic social structures and peaceably sharing available resources. Unfortunately, feline group life is not always trouble-free. …

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