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<big>'''Treatment: Indoor Marking'''</big>
<big>'''Treatment summary: Indoor Marking'''</big>
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| style="width: 20%; background-color: white;"|'''General Changes
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| '''External Threat
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* Install one or more coded electronic cat flap to prevent entry by nonresident cats. Transparent cat doors should be sprayed with a solid coloured paint so that they are completely opaque, otherwise nonresident cats may threaten residents through it.
* Install one or more coded electronic cat flaps to prevent entry by non-resident cats. Transparent cat doors should be coated with a solid coloured paint or film so that they are completely opaque, otherwise non-resident cats may threaten residents through it.
* Use glass etch spray to prevent outside cats from seeing into the home through windows close to where the resident cats have sprayed, or which overlook resources.
* Use a film or spray coating to prevent outside cats from seeing into the home through windows close to where the resident cats have sprayed, or which overlook resources. These sprays and coatings are commonly sold as obscure glass coatings for bathroom windows.
* Install scratching posts, vantage points and latrines in the garden so that territorial control is shifted from inside to outside.
* Install scratching posts, vantage points and latrines in the garden so that territorial control is shifted from inside to outside.
* If a stray entire male cat has moved into the area it should be trapped, neutered and homed away from the area.
* If a stray entire male cat has moved into the area it should be trapped, neutered and homed away from the area.
| '''Internal Conflict
| '''Internal Conflict
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* Follow general advise on resource distribution, giving each faction its own feeding stations and other resources. Consider providing an additional cat-door if one cat is guarding it.
* Follow general advise on resource distribution, giving each faction its own feeding stations and other resources. Consider providing an additional cat-door if one cat is controlling access to it.
* Introduce activity feeding.
* Introduce simulated foraging (activity feeding).
* Use scent reintroduction and scent swapping to re-establish a group odour.
* Use scent reintroduction and scent swapping to re-establish a group odour.
* Consider isolating and reintroducing cats in accordance with guidelines on dealing with inter-cat aggression.
* Consider isolating and reintroducing cats in accordance with guidelines on dealing with inter-cat aggression.