Cat behaving badly over lockdown!

Elegran

I wonder whether she is getting frail and isn't really well, and the sisters are taking advantage of this to bully her.? Animals know when another is weak and at their mercy.

I think that’s exactly it, when we had two cats ( one a good deal younger) he did the same to the older one, always getting into the other’s bed! It happened as time went on and the older cat became more frail.
We moved them apart ( the beds) and it stopped.

If the younger cats attack, or rather when, tell them off and put them out into the garden for a while.

Watever the reason for this behaviour, it is a pity for the old cat. Can you leave her bed where it always has been and stop the other cats going in?

It could be the end is appproaching for the old girl and that the two sisters are chivvying for place as top cat, but that doesn't make it any nicer to watch or endure for the cat that is getting this rough treatment.

Yes agreed with others, I too wonder if she is poorly, and they have sensed it. Poor old girl, she should certainly not be driven out in this weather.

She needs a safe, tucked away, room with her usual bed, and own litter tray possibly, where the others can be kept away. If you could go and sit with her regularly and have a coffee and a fuss, I'm sure she would settle.

I wonder whether she is getting frail and isn't really well, and the sisters are taking advantage of this to bully her.? Animals know when another is weak and at their mercy.

Yes, I agree with GagaJo - try and give her some space of her own.

I have had cats all my life and haven't come across your problem, Craftycat. Have you tried to glean any behavioural ideas from googling?

Can you move her bed to a room and give her a tray of her own, and shut the others out?

I feel bad for the poor old girl. I used to have an old matriarch and 3 boys. Eventually, the old girl went to live with my mum and she was much happer.