Case of Misplaced Aggression??

"teri" wrote in message
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The point was, I could not get into the room. I could not even open
the door, she was sitting four feet inside the door and literally
attacked it whenever she saw me.

Don't you wonder what would have happened if you, the much bigger
creature with thumbs AND a well-developed forebrain, just walked in
anyway? Calmly? I'm betting she would have retreated. At that point I
would have put the cat box in there and left, leaving the door open,
and ignoring her completely until she came to me.

At one point I tried to just
casually step in like nothing was going on to get a pair of sweat
pants off a hook inside the door, and if not for the overhang of the
waterbed which she cracked her head on when she tried to lunge up
and
rip off one of my limbs, I probably would have bled to death. You
had
to be there. I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't either.

Hmmm. You did try it. Well, maybe this is something I have never seen.
It would be really hard for me to live with an animal I was afraid of.
I'm glad you can, and hope you can get some help dealing with her
response to fear. Keep us posted.

"teri" wrote in message
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I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine. This was 8 hours.

..........Why don't you get a thyroid test run first.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"teri" wrote in message
...
I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine. This was 8 hours.

..........Why don't you get a thyroid test run first.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

in article , teri at wrote on
2/29/04 9:27 AM:


Wow... my heart goes out to you on this one.. I can only repeat what Karen
already said.. I know it;s hard but you should try to relax. One of my cats
got out the front door of my apartment and fell off the front balcony, a
20-30 foot drop... she was scared and she just fell.. didn't land on her
feet. And this was the night after coming home from the vet after getting
spayed.
I couldn't even imagine that, how bad I would feel for her. I am glad
she was ok.

Well first of all, I was carrying the food processor because it was
downstairs, and I needed it upstairs. Jewel seemed like she was going
to be ok, and was starting to walk up the steps, so I went along with
her.

Last nite my friend came over at 2. The last time I had been up to
the room was around 12, and I got hissed at even with the door closed,
and when I cracked the door open she lunged at me like a snake. Well,
I told Jake to be careful, but he just went right in, and talked to
her for a few seconds and she slowly came over to him. I stayed out,
but talked to her too so she would hear my voice while she was with
him. He left the door open then and I put Seamus in another room.
An hour later I went up to go to bed, and she was laying on the cat
napper on the window so I knew she was not in attack mode anymore. I
was afraid to talk to her so I just got in bed, and a minute later she
hopped up and purred a little and went to sleep with me. She was very
happy this morning, and I slowly opened to door to where Seamus was,
and they just kind of smelled each other and were ok. Both cats are a
little jumpy this morning when there is a strange noise here or next
door, but they also have play-chased each other around a bit too.
What a "frikkin" ordeal that was. Scary as anything! She seemed like
she was brain damaged or possessed or something, and I had no doubt
that she was going to try to kill me.
Thank you everyone for your responses, (even at that hour Karen).
I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine. This was 8 hours.
So thanks again. If anyone else ever has this happen I will be glad
to give support, knowing first hand how scary and truly bazaar it is!

Teri

So glad to hear she calmed down!!!! I think it would be a good idea to get
feliway diffusers for parts of the house. Maybe begin practicing yoga so you
can call upon calmness when you need it! Usually, have the trouble is their
ability to sense our own fear. When I was always afraid that a big fight
would break out (after such happened several times with Grant and Pearl) it
was always bad, but I have come to force myself to never get nervous over
confrontations and as soon as my nervousness went down, so did theirs. I've
no doubt that I contributed to all of our agression problems.

Karen

in article , teri at wrote on
2/29/04 9:27 AM:


Wow... my heart goes out to you on this one.. I can only repeat what Karen
already said.. I know it;s hard but you should try to relax. One of my cats
got out the front door of my apartment and fell off the front balcony, a
20-30 foot drop... she was scared and she just fell.. didn't land on her
feet. And this was the night after coming home from the vet after getting
spayed.
I couldn't even imagine that, how bad I would feel for her. I am glad
she was ok.

Well first of all, I was carrying the food processor because it was
downstairs, and I needed it upstairs. Jewel seemed like she was going
to be ok, and was starting to walk up the steps, so I went along with
her.

Last nite my friend came over at 2. The last time I had been up to
the room was around 12, and I got hissed at even with the door closed,
and when I cracked the door open she lunged at me like a snake. Well,
I told Jake to be careful, but he just went right in, and talked to
her for a few seconds and she slowly came over to him. I stayed out,
but talked to her too so she would hear my voice while she was with
him. He left the door open then and I put Seamus in another room.
An hour later I went up to go to bed, and she was laying on the cat
napper on the window so I knew she was not in attack mode anymore. I
was afraid to talk to her so I just got in bed, and a minute later she
hopped up and purred a little and went to sleep with me. She was very
happy this morning, and I slowly opened to door to where Seamus was,
and they just kind of smelled each other and were ok. Both cats are a
little jumpy this morning when there is a strange noise here or next
door, but they also have play-chased each other around a bit too.
What a "frikkin" ordeal that was. Scary as anything! She seemed like
she was brain damaged or possessed or something, and I had no doubt
that she was going to try to kill me.
Thank you everyone for your responses, (even at that hour Karen).
I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine. This was 8 hours.
So thanks again. If anyone else ever has this happen I will be glad
to give support, knowing first hand how scary and truly bazaar it is!

Teri

So glad to hear she calmed down!!!! I think it would be a good idea to get
feliway diffusers for parts of the house. Maybe begin practicing yoga so you
can call upon calmness when you need it! Usually, have the trouble is their
ability to sense our own fear. When I was always afraid that a big fight
would break out (after such happened several times with Grant and Pearl) it
was always bad, but I have come to force myself to never get nervous over
confrontations and as soon as my nervousness went down, so did theirs. I've
no doubt that I contributed to all of our agression problems.

Karen

in article , teri at wrote on
2/29/04 10:18 AM:


..You're freaking your cat out. She thinks there's still something wrong by
the way you're acting.
well I was just talking to her. and I talk to her all the time.
I was trying to calm her down, she was the one freaked out.

Either leave her alone or go into the room whre she
is, sit on the floor, close your eyes and just breathe.
The point was, I could not get into the room. I could not even open
the door, she was sitting four feet inside the door and literally
attacked it whenever she saw me. At one point I tried to just
casually step in like nothing was going on to get a pair of sweat
pants off a hook inside the door, and if not for the overhang of the
waterbed which she cracked her head on when she tried to lunge up and
rip off one of my limbs, I probably would have bled to death. You had
to be there. I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't either.
Teri

Teri, I think that is always a cue to definitely let her be, even though you
want to check on her. I know that's hard because we want to check on them,
but it sounds like she has a level of "leave me alone" beyond most cats in
extreme situations. That is *if* something like this would happen again.

Karen

in article , teri at wrote on
2/29/04 10:18 AM:


..You're freaking your cat out. She thinks there's still something wrong by
the way you're acting.
well I was just talking to her. and I talk to her all the time.
I was trying to calm her down, she was the one freaked out.

Either leave her alone or go into the room whre she
is, sit on the floor, close your eyes and just breathe.
The point was, I could not get into the room. I could not even open
the door, she was sitting four feet inside the door and literally
attacked it whenever she saw me. At one point I tried to just
casually step in like nothing was going on to get a pair of sweat
pants off a hook inside the door, and if not for the overhang of the
waterbed which she cracked her head on when she tried to lunge up and
rip off one of my limbs, I probably would have bled to death. You had
to be there. I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't either.
Teri

Teri, I think that is always a cue to definitely let her be, even though you
want to check on her. I know that's hard because we want to check on them,
but it sounds like she has a level of "leave me alone" beyond most cats in
extreme situations. That is *if* something like this would happen again.

Karen

"teri" wrote in message
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Last nite my friend came over at 2.
He left the door open then and I put Seamus in another room.
An hour later I went up to go to bed, and she was laying on the cat
napper on the window so I knew she was not in attack mode anymore. I
was afraid to talk to her so I just got in bed, and a minute later she
hopped up and purred a little and went to sleep with me. She was very
happy this morning, and I slowly opened to door to where Seamus was,
and they just kind of smelled each other and were ok.


I'm delighted to hear this. I sort of suspected that she would go back to
her regular routine if you just opened the door and left her alone to calm
down on her *own* time schedule.



I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine.


I think it's an excellent idea to consult a behavioralist since this same
thing happened on another occasion. I also think it would be a good idea to
plug 2 or 3 Feliway diffusers into outlets in central locations, and
*always* use them. It may be that she will benefit from the calming effect.

A medical evaluation is also in order. In fact, this is probably the first
action to take.

Good luck, and please keep us updated.
MaryL


This was 8 hours.
So thanks again. If anyone else ever has this happen I will be glad
to give support, knowing first hand how scary and truly bazaar it is!

Teri

"teri" wrote in message
...


Last nite my friend came over at 2.
He left the door open then and I put Seamus in another room.
An hour later I went up to go to bed, and she was laying on the cat
napper on the window so I knew she was not in attack mode anymore. I
was afraid to talk to her so I just got in bed, and a minute later she
hopped up and purred a little and went to sleep with me. She was very
happy this morning, and I slowly opened to door to where Seamus was,
and they just kind of smelled each other and were ok.


I'm delighted to hear this. I sort of suspected that she would go back to
her regular routine if you just opened the door and left her alone to calm
down on her *own* time schedule.



I am going to call their doctor's office tomorrow to talk to the
Behavioral Specialist. Jewel did that once before about a year and a
half ago after she saw me petting a strange cat outside. She had me
cornered in the kitchen for about 10 minutes, but then calmed down and
was fine.


I think it's an excellent idea to consult a behavioralist since this same
thing happened on another occasion. I also think it would be a good idea to
plug 2 or 3 Feliway diffusers into outlets in central locations, and
*always* use them. It may be that she will benefit from the calming effect.

A medical evaluation is also in order. In fact, this is probably the first
action to take.

Good luck, and please keep us updated.
MaryL


This was 8 hours.
So thanks again. If anyone else ever has this happen I will be glad
to give support, knowing first hand how scary and truly bazaar it is!

Teri

Laura R. wrote:

In defense of the OP, my parents' cat is a complete psycho bastid,
and on two occasions has literally chased me through their house,
snarling and hissing

So what would have happened if you didn't run? Probably would have
perplexed the hell out of the cat :-)

-mhd