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Problems with random attacks by our cat 'Jingles'
Dear rec.pets.cats.health+behaviour
We recently adopted a tom cat from the RSPCA in the United Kingdom whobeen neutered, and. we believe is 5 years old. 95% of the time he is a nice cat, but for the remaining 5% of time he is a vicious little tiger that attacks one of us for no reason. The problem is characterised by his attacking with proper bites for no reason whatsoever. We have tried: Both feeding him at the same time Alternating who does the feeding One episode of shouting at him - seems not to have worked Both playing with him Alternating who plays with him Encourging him to go outside and catch his own entertainment We do not want to give up on a cat that we have adopted for under 2 weeks, or start on expensive cat psychology. The RSPCA have suggested that it is because of the windy conditions that have lasted for a couple of days now. Does anyone have any ideas? Reards, Charles |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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Being cruel and torturing your cat "It was dark and 18 below zero
(Fahrenheit)" is not the way to get him to stop attacking. All animals respond better to positive reinforcement for good behavior and withdrawal of attention (time-out in the bathroom for example) for bad behavior. It must be done immediately after the bad behavior occurs so they can associate the result with the behavior. Judy F "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male). I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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Being cruel and torturing your cat "It was dark and 18 below zero
(Fahrenheit)" is not the way to get him to stop attacking. All animals respond better to positive reinforcement for good behavior and withdrawal of attention (time-out in the bathroom for example) for bad behavior. It must be done immediately after the bad behavior occurs so they can associate the result with the behavior. Judy F "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male). I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE I agree with you that removing the cat from the situation for "time out" works. But I either put them in the garage or bathroom. Bathroom works best because I figured out they *like* goinng in the garage. Sherry |
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I was having similar problems with Tiger (4 1/2 year old neutered male).
I would be petting him and he would suddenly spit and take a swipe at me. The last time he attacked me I grabbed him, put him in the carrier and put him out on my deck. It was dark and 18 below zero (Fahrenheit). I only left him out there for five minutes. When I brought him in, he was one ****ed off cat. He got over it over night BUT he hasn't attacked me since. -MIKE I agree with you that removing the cat from the situation for "time out" works. But I either put them in the garage or bathroom. Bathroom works best because I figured out they *like* goinng in the garage. Sherry |
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