HELP Bad Cat Behavior.......

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I have a neutered Tom cat that is having some behavior problems to the
degree of I have thought about the fact that I may have to put him to
sleep. Before I have to face that I would like to find out if there is
some other way of helping him change his behavior so after reading my
questions if you would be so kind to e mail me with your suggestions we
would really really appreciate it.


Buddy Boy is his name and the problem is that Buddy likes to hunt. This
includes hunting his two other housemates. When they are digging to use
the bathroom or covering it up and if they are playing, running ect.
pretty much any kind of fast movement he feels the need to chase them
and either bite them on the bottom or top of their neck. It's always
their neck. I find scabs on one of his housemates (Miggett)neck all the
time. Even at that Miggett never makes a sound when Buddy does this to
him.

Another problem with Buddy is he is aggressive to humans but only when
he wants to be left alone, you tell him no, you pick him up and he does
not want you to pick him up, pretty much when he does not get what he
wants. Now keep in mind he is so Tom and has so much pride being a male
that he really reminds me of a lion in the wild but a small cat
version. (don't laugh, I'm serious lol)

Last but not least when I tell him no or tell him he is a bad boy after
he does something and one of the other cats are close to him at all he
lashes out at them by either trying to bite them or slap them normally
in the face.

I really need help, if you can help at all please e mail me.


And for this you would consider putting him to sleep? I must not be getting
something. Starting with last. Telling him he is bad is not correcting his
behavior, right? And its getting the other cats smacked. So stop it
already. It isn't working - don't do it.

Next. If he objects to being picked up - don't. Many cats won't let you
pick them up.

As for hunting his housemates. That goes on around here every evening
between 7:30 and 9 or exhaustion whichever comes first. Molly attacks Jake,
Jake attacks Molly. They run all over the house. They roll each other on
their backs, the pull out fur. They bite each other on the neck. Nobody
growls and nobody cries. Molly never gets scabs and she's the smallest and
pretty much the instigator. Jake has little scabs on his neck all the time.
He loves it when I scratch them loose. I have little scabs on my midriff
most of the time. Jake thanks me my kneading my skin with his claws and if
I'm wearing something too thin or he's enjoying it too much, it makes pin
holes.

All sounds like pretty normal behavior to me.

Jo