I have a three year old male cat and an over 5 year old female cat (I don't know her exact age). My male cat just out of the blue will attack the female cat. He gets along fine with the other male cat but for some reason he is always attacking the female. She's fixed and he's not. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make him less aggressive.
2006-09-08 04:11:16 · 12 answers · asked by butterflykisses427 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
I have had him since birth. Well after he was done weening. He and the other male cat will play and wrestle but he just attacks the female.
2006-09-08 04:21:54 · update #1
They have been around each other for over two years. I would have thought the dominance fights would be over.
2006-09-08 04:27:52 · update #2
Regardless of some of the other answers, a "whole" (un-neutered) male cat has absolutely no use for a spayed female. He understands she is not worth mating. I raise & show cats, and my mentor told me this years ago. My first male, an absolutely wonderful, loving guy, just started doing this recently. We have an spayed female to keep him company, and all of a sudden he definitely wants nothing to do with her - in fact he chases her until she hides!
My suggestion is to have your male neutered, and that will take care of this aggressive behavior.
2006-09-08 04:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ragdoll Kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm, are you sure its not mating behaviour? It can look really nasty, biting the back, pinning down. Unless your cat's uber intelligent, I doubt that he understands the female's been fixed lol. Get him fixed. It may solve the problem, even though fixed males will still get raunchy every now and then, it should help. Put it this way, would you want to be stuck in a house with a bloke that just wants to rape you consantly? neither would I...
2006-09-08 11:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by Xenophonix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always recommend that people have pets fixed. Sometimes it can help with aggression. And it may be that he know the female is submissive and that she won't fight back. But in general, animals will take care of themselves when it comes to things like this. When she gets fed up with it she will come after him when he does it.
2006-09-08 11:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by misstigeress 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mating behavior can seem extremely aggressive at times, is it possible that he's trying to breed her even though she is fixed, since he is not? I have a neutered male (proud cut) and an intact female, and the male will try to breed my female sometimes, even though he is fixed.
2006-09-08 11:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by JenV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dominance fights never end.
A quick and effective way to make him less aggressive? Have him neutered. Soon.
2006-09-08 11:54:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This will sound weird, but could your cat possibly have a psychological problem? Don't think it's impossible.
2006-09-08 11:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get him??? He could have been aboused. Dont take him back just call the person you got him from and ask the person why hes so aggressev
2006-09-08 11:17:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she does things that tick him off. Animals get irritated too.
2006-09-08 11:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by mjkinoh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe he doesn't like female cats...
2006-09-08 11:25:26 · answer #9 · answered by aura_teal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a domination thing...he is just "showing" her who is boss
2006-09-08 11:18:04 · answer #10 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋