This feline outcast in a multi-cat home needs your help in improving her quality of life. Here’s how.

By Karen Commings

Pariah: a social outcast, an untouchable, a person who is rejected from society or home. Although the term pariah has traditionally been applied to humans, animal behaviorists have also come to use it in certain cases to describe members of other species. “While these definitions are meant for people,” says Terry Curtis, DVM, a board-certified clinical behaviorist at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, “the definition also applies to cats.”

Some cats simply prefer to spend time alone. But if the choice seems to be made based on the aggressive behavior of your other cats, it’s not an ideal situation.

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