Cat got scared and keeps attacking wife and other cat

Cheryl wrote:

It might be worth a shot to get him a shave and squeeze, and maybe
try some vanilla and/or Feliway?

Shave and a squeeze. lol When I call the vet tomorrow I'm going to ask for
it just like that. I actually have 2 feliway diffusers, but haven't
tried vanilla.

Sound like a feline rub and tug :-)

-mhd

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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Wendy wrote in on 03 Feb 2004:

I wonder if he doesn't have an odor that the other cats pick up on and
maybe that's why they are going after him.

Well, he certainly does have an odor. Chronic diarrhea from IBD. He doesn't
like being "cleaned up" so I get his butt shaved periodically. It is time
for another shave now, and anal gland expression. Maybe they smell that?

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Cheryl

I take it the cronic anal gland thing is from having loose poo?

W

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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Wendy wrote in on 03 Feb 2004:

I wonder if he doesn't have an odor that the other cats pick up on and
maybe that's why they are going after him.

Well, he certainly does have an odor. Chronic diarrhea from IBD. He doesn't
like being "cleaned up" so I get his butt shaved periodically. It is time
for another shave now, and anal gland expression. Maybe they smell that?

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Cheryl

I take it the cronic anal gland thing is from having loose poo?

W

Wendy wrote in on 05 Feb 2004:

I take it the cronic anal gland thing is from having loose poo?

Yes....

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Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

Wendy wrote in on 05 Feb 2004:

I take it the cronic anal gland thing is from having loose poo?

Yes....

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Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

Laura R. wrote in on 05
Feb 2004:

snicker Let me know how the vet responds. :-)

Will do. Grrr.. I still haven't had even a second to call. Work is
totally nuts right now. Barely time to go pee let alone make personal
calls. Glad this isn't a total emergency.

Must share. I think Bonnie's issue with Shadow is jealousy. I pay a lot
of attention to him, and while I pay a lot of attention to Shamrock and
Bonnie, I sort of dote on Shadow. I think it finally got to her because
tonight she climbed up on my lap for THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER. ) From a
little feral scared of everything, to a one year old now who has discovered
she likes the attention she gets sitting on my lap. I was so tickled that
she was sitting on my lap of her own free will that I almost burst out
laughing and probably would have scared her off.

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Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

Laura R. wrote in on 05
Feb 2004:

snicker Let me know how the vet responds. :-)

Will do. Grrr.. I still haven't had even a second to call. Work is
totally nuts right now. Barely time to go pee let alone make personal
calls. Glad this isn't a total emergency.

Must share. I think Bonnie's issue with Shadow is jealousy. I pay a lot
of attention to him, and while I pay a lot of attention to Shamrock and
Bonnie, I sort of dote on Shadow. I think it finally got to her because
tonight she climbed up on my lap for THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER. ) From a
little feral scared of everything, to a one year old now who has discovered
she likes the attention she gets sitting on my lap. I was so tickled that
she was sitting on my lap of her own free will that I almost burst out
laughing and probably would have scared her off.

--
Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

Cheryl wrote in message ...
Laura R. wrote in on 05
Feb 2004:

snicker Let me know how the vet responds. :-)

Will do. Grrr.. I still haven't had even a second to call. Work is
totally nuts right now. Barely time to go pee let alone make personal
calls. Glad this isn't a total emergency.

Must share. I think Bonnie's issue with Shadow is jealousy. I pay a lot
of attention to him, and while I pay a lot of attention to Shamrock and
Bonnie, I sort of dote on Shadow. I think it finally got to her because
tonight she climbed up on my lap for THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER. ) From a
little feral scared of everything, to a one year old now who has discovered
she likes the attention she gets sitting on my lap. I was so tickled that
she was sitting on my lap of her own free will that I almost burst out
laughing and probably would have scared her off.

q

Cheryl wrote in message ...
Laura R. wrote in on 05
Feb 2004:

snicker Let me know how the vet responds. :-)

Will do. Grrr.. I still haven't had even a second to call. Work is
totally nuts right now. Barely time to go pee let alone make personal
calls. Glad this isn't a total emergency.

Must share. I think Bonnie's issue with Shadow is jealousy. I pay a lot
of attention to him, and while I pay a lot of attention to Shamrock and
Bonnie, I sort of dote on Shadow. I think it finally got to her because
tonight she climbed up on my lap for THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER. ) From a
little feral scared of everything, to a one year old now who has discovered
she likes the attention she gets sitting on my lap. I was so tickled that
she was sitting on my lap of her own free will that I almost burst out
laughing and probably would have scared her off.

q

I agree with the other posters. Don't put this cat to sleep simply because
of a small problem which can be easily solved.

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"L.S." wrote in message
om...
We have to cats (tiki and bailey) and although they are indoor cats we
usually let them out in our fenced in backyard everyday. Two nights a
go both cats where out and we were sitting inside and we heard the
loudest scream we ever heard from a cat. We thought the cats were
being attacked by another cat or some animal and my wife kind of
panicked and run straight towards the noise (it was dark) and probably
scared the cats even more. She got bitten pretty bad in the hand and
scratched up all over. The smaller cat, Tiki, is fine but the bigger
one, bailey, a siamese (and something) female would not let us near
her. We had her in the bedroom for the night (I slept in there as
well) and she seemed to have calmed down, she slept next to me. The
next morning we let her out of the bedroom and she imediately attacked
the other cat while screaming like a banshee ( and this scream is like
nothing I ever heard before, much louder), the smaller cat is faster
and escaped on to the kitchen cabinetts. While our Siamese was chasing
the the smaller cat she sprayed pee and also defacated on the floor
and then hid in the bedroom.
At this point she's OK with me, very loving actually, but will get
bushy tail and start running towards my wife as soon as she sees her,
I had to shoo her away from my wife today with a broom. And she will
attack the other cat on sight. She's always been pretty social, always
hangs around where we are and observes the goings on. She may hiss
occasionally when she gets irritated (when I try to clip her nails)
but she has never been anywhere close to this,
she is like a different cat.
Anyway I feel that we cannot trust this cat anymore, my wife really
loves the smaller cat more, it's her baby who sleeps in her arm every
night.
So I will call the vet and spca tomorrow and get some advise but at
this point I don't know what to do except put her to sleep. It so
unfair because this behaviour was brought on by something external (we
do not even know what is was that attacked our cats in the yard) but
if we cannot trust her with the smaller cat (and ourselves) bailey may
have to go. I do not know if we could try to give her away when she
behaves like this.
Any advise?

Thanks / LS