Despite them being together since kittens, things are not good between Ella and Effie.
It started a few months ago when Effie injured her leg. It was the early hours of a Sunday morning and I has just put some fresh water down for them and then started to stroke them and make a fuss to say goodnight. Then suddenly they both walked to the top of the stars, a bit panicked as they had heard something outside (probably a fox). Ella went downstairs to investigate and Effie came to me a bit nervous. Suddenly Ella came bounding up the stairs and Effie freaked. She ran to the corner, leapt up in the air, hit the handle of the window, as she came down she smacked herself on window sill and hit the litter shacks and the floor. she started limping but was calm. (I was hysterical and Sean was the same when I called for him). Effie started to be very hissy, which at first we though it was because she was injured.
Anyway the next day we took her to the emergency yet, they said she was bruised and gave her some pain relief. That must be six/eight months ago and Effie has never stopped hissing with Ella and can sometimes go for her.
The problem is Ella is the most social cat, she loves the company of other cats - she plays happily with another cat Silver who lives near us. The two of them roll around the garden and ella will sit and wait for Silver to "come out to play". She wants to cuddle up to Effie at night and clean and nuzzle her. Effie is NOT interested in Ella or Silver and will literally growl.
Sometimes Effie will put her chin out to be cleaned, 2 minutes after she attacks Ella. Ella is now nervous when she walks past Effie as she never knows how she will react. I just watched them out in the garden and everywhere Effie goes, Ella follows and then gets attacked. It is so sad as they have been together so long and it is only since Effie was injured
Effie loves human company and will happily go to anyone that is in the room (Ella is less keen on humans and is not a lapcat at all, She hardly notices Sean and only pays attention to me!)
Feliway had no effect whatsoever and Effie is getting worse and I find it upsetting. She obviously hates other cats, whereas Ella is craving another cat to play with. They are such extremes of one another and it is worrying me. I love them both so much!