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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
Hi all, I have two cats, Boo-3 and Bella-2 (both spayed). Bella has always
been playful and lovable, Boo is a little more independent but lovable and used to occasionally play well with Bella. Now Boo has turned into a complete bully with Bella - to the point that Bella is biting two spots on her back (hot spots). Bella is constantly looking behind her back to see if Boo is nearby. When she is in bed with me cuddling and suckling, she will constantly stop, turn her head to see if Boo is nearby. Boo will chase her down and rough house way too aggressively. The only thing new is a 37 gallon freshwater fish tank. Also, I feed Bella in the kitchen and Boo in another room. I do this because Boo wouldn't eat in the kitchen with Bella. Should I feed them both in the kitchen in separate areas? How can I stop Boo from being such a bully? |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
lisa1124 via CatKB.com wrote: Hi all, I have two cats, Boo-3 and Bella-2 (both spayed). Bella has always been playful and lovable, Boo is a little more independent but lovable and used to occasionally play well with Bella. Now Boo has turned into a complete bully with Bella - to the point that Bella is biting two spots on her back (hot spots). Bella is constantly looking behind her back to see if Boo is nearby. When she is in bed with me cuddling and suckling, she will constantly stop, turn her head to see if Boo is nearby. Boo will chase her down and rough house way too aggressively. The only thing new is a 37 gallon freshwater fish tank. Also, I feed Bella in the kitchen and Boo in another room. I do this because Boo wouldn't eat in the kitchen with Bella. Should I feed them both in the kitchen in separate areas? How can I stop Boo from being such a bully? when was the last time you took the cat to a vet? sounds bad. i don't know enough to suggest behavioral tricks. the fish brought out the hunter in him? he's bored? he's not irritated physically? no parasites - some things don't show up in the stool specimen. when i had someone else's cat bully my cat, in the same house, finally i got so angry that i really grabbed the bully hard. he stopped attacking my cat. i would have picked him up by the scruff of his neck and had a good eye to eye talk but he was too big. |
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On 2005-10-16 16:09:04 -0600, "lisa1124 via CatKB.com" u14942@uwe said:
snip, snip How can I stop Boo from being such a bully? My otherwise peaceful cats became enemies this past summer. After a trip to the vet to rule out physical causes, I went through the whole reintroduction process with them: isolating in separate areas and gradually allowing contact. I used the method on the maxhouse website. My case was different than yours in that both cats were angry and would attack each other. It took two rounds of isolation to work it out. The first time, I was able to reintroduce them after five days and all was well for a month. The second time, it took a full month to get back to normal. We've been OK now for almost two months. My cats were triggered by seeing stranger cats out the window and displacing the aggression towards each other. If you go this route, I can give you more tips, as I got a lot of finer points from a behaviorist for the second round. Good luck. |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
I would love more advice regarding reintroduction. The only place I could
put one would be in a bathroom (where one of the litter boxes is located). How do I decide which one to put in the small room and how do I keep her from hating me for doing it? Rebecca Root wrote: snip, snip How can I stop Boo from being such a bully? My otherwise peaceful cats became enemies this past summer. After a trip to the vet to rule out physical causes, I went through the whole reintroduction process with them: isolating in separate areas and gradually allowing contact. I used the method on the maxhouse website. My case was different than yours in that both cats were angry and would attack each other. It took two rounds of isolation to work it out. The first time, I was able to reintroduce them after five days and all was well for a month. The second time, it took a full month to get back to normal. We've been OK now for almost two months. My cats were triggered by seeing stranger cats out the window and displacing the aggression towards each other. If you go this route, I can give you more tips, as I got a lot of finer points from a behaviorist for the second round. Good luck. |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
lisa1124 via CatKB.com wrote:
I would love more advice regarding reintroduction. The only place I could put one would be in a bathroom (where one of the litter boxes is located). How do I decide which one to put in the small room and how do I keep her from hating me for doing it? Rebecca Root wrote: snip, snip How can I stop Boo from being such a bully? My otherwise peaceful cats became enemies this past summer. After a trip to the vet to rule out physical causes, I went through the whole reintroduction process with them: isolating in separate areas and gradually allowing contact. I used the method on the maxhouse website. My case was different than yours in that both cats were angry and would attack each other. It took two rounds of isolation to work it out. The first time, I was able to reintroduce them after five days and all was well for a month. The second time, it took a full month to get back to normal. We've been OK now for almost two months. My cats were triggered by seeing stranger cats out the window and displacing the aggression towards each other. If you go this route, I can give you more tips, as I got a lot of finer points from a behaviorist for the second round. Good luck. http://www.maxshouse.com/introducing_cats.htm try that. he posts here as Phil P. your cat sounds sick. it's sudden and she's throwing up food. i've seen 2 cats just like that before with one very overweight and had psycho moods. she had a urinary problem, crystals in her urine. the cat won't hate you. cats are smart. she'll realize you are trying to make things better. of course you may get a dirty look the first day or two. Ask others or Phil P. He has some good info although he gets irascible at times. Maybe if we fed him, he'd be sweeter |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
I think you may be right. Her mood swings are crazy. She will sleep like a
baby, then she will get up, go to the litter box, and then bounce out of the box like a race horse. There has been alot more urine in the litter boxes. I better get her to the vet. Can you give me more symptoms for diabetes? wrote: Hi all, I have two cats, Boo-3 and Bella-2 (both spayed). Bella has always been playful and lovable, Boo is a little more independent but lovable and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] food lately - when I clean it up, the food is practically intact - not fully digested. I meant take Boo to the vet. She may be sick. She may be diabetic and having sugar swings which can induce violence - it's disorienting. And reintroducing is a good and follow the web site's ways. Urinary tract problems is also possible? Very overweight usually have these problems sooner than later. I forget. The other person said they would post that web site address which goes into great detail as a way of re-introduction, using gated doorways and such? |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
lisa1124 via CatKB.com wrote: I think you may be right. Her mood swings are crazy. She will sleep like a baby, then she will get up, go to the litter box, and then bounce out of the box like a race horse. There has been alot more urine in the litter boxes. I better get her to the vet. Can you give me more symptoms for diabetes? I just punched in "diabetes cat" into Google and came up with: http://www.felinediabetes.com/ And it talked of diabetic cats flooding the litter box, but the site seems a commerical for one vet. This following site had immediate solid info: http://www.vetinfo.com/cdiabetes.html I think you really need to get a simple glucose test for her. Her mood swings, her violence, her excessive urination, her obesity from what you say, this all adds up to diabetes. I guess you'll have to make sure of the diagnosis first. After the sugar is control, if it's diabetes which sounds like it so far, that should probably help the violent mood swings. I think you're going to have to be tougher with your cat and get her on a diet to control the possible diabetes. It's not easy, I know. And food is a way of expressing love, especially to creatures who don't speak English. But for her life's sake, you'll both feel better. Start to measure and weigh the food put out. If I were to ask you, how many calories did you feed your Boo today, could you tell me? Of course not. But it's not too difficult. I use a gram scale and measure the food out in grams and then multiple calories per gram and there I am. I can know pretty closely how many calories [technically kilocalories but everyone uses calories] my cat is eating. And also how many I am eating, so we can both suffer together. I lost 20 pounds. My cat has yet to lose her 2 pounds. But we suffer, well not really. After the initial day or so, the body reorients itself and the hunger dissipates. Again, not to sounds like an idiot, /IF/ this is diabetes, weight control and food control will help her live. Without weight control, I think it's going to be awful for the two of you. Ask the vet about this. With humans there are serious problems with the legs and eyes and, well, you get the picture. So I've put my cat on a diet and it's not easy - I had the problem, not my cat. I think she trusts me but she does swat at me and bite my leg when I walk by the 'frig and not give her food. Naughty girl. |
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My Cat has turned into a Bully towards my Other Cat-Help
I'm thinking that maybe the aggressive cat is getting the least
attention and maybe feels like you favor her least. To help your aggressive cat to get along with his buddy start to talk with him more especially when the other cat is around to observe your acceptance of the other cat which is ussualy the is usually upsetting you because you don't know how to stop him from being aggressive . Also you can play with one of them when the other cat is present and encourage them to be playful. |
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