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Aggressive cat behaviour
Hi,
I have recently taken ownership of a (roughly) nine year old neutered male cat. The lady who I got him from said that she had taken him as a stray about six years ago - the previous tenants of her flat had apparently abandoned him and he kept coming back to their front door She assured us the cat was friendly and indeed he is - towards humans although it seems not towards other cats. We kept him in for a couple of days to get used to his new home and then slowly allowed him outdoors (under supervision at first). My next door neighbour also has a male cat (younger I think) and herein lies the problem. At first next door's cat would bound over the fence and just sit on our patio. Our cat didn't like this and would start meowing and indicating in no uncertain terms that this cat was not welcome in his territory. This led to a couple of fights and I think next door's cat learnt his lesson. I thought this would be the end of it as both cats seemed to have sorted out their problems but it just got worse. My cat does not seem to be satisfied at asserting his dominance in his own territory and has taken to terrorising the other cat in his own garden. This led the other cat to stay indoors but then my cat decided to take the fight into next door's house. Not only did he beat up the cat next door but also decided to mark "his" territory by urinating inside their house. They had a standard catflap and at my expense I fitted a magnetic catflap theoretically only allowing their cat access to their house. This solved the problem for about a month or so until my cat still managed to get inside despite not having the magnetic collar required!! I don't want to have to keep my cat indoors so I'm hoping there may be another solution. If anybody could point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative. TIA, s/. |
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enlightened us with... snip meany kitty I don't want to have to keep my cat indoors so I'm hoping there may be another solution. If anybody could point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative. Are you SURE he's been neutered? Some males' testicles never descend. The vet might have missed one or maybe it was just assumed he was neutered because no one saw testicles. There was a thread around here awhile ago about checking the penis for the characteristic spines of an intact tom. You might want to check on that. His behavior doesn't seem characteristic of a neutered male. I'm sure it happens, but it's not very common. Other than that, I live in a suburban area in the States, so we don't have roaming cats much here. I can't help much more than that. (I assume the neighbor isn't home when this happens, right?) Good luck. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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