Dueling Males and Girls in heat?

Question

We do our best to responsible pet-parents. We have two cats, both male. Buddy is about a year old and fixed – Max is still a kitten and has just reached 6 months, so his appointment is next week to get fixed himself. I know that kittens can get fixed younger now, but our vet still goes by the six month rule. Buddy is a dark grey and black striped short hair, and average size. Max is a Maine-Coon mix so he is about the same size as Buddy already. They are both sweet and cuddly; the most well behaved cats I’ve ever seen – until this morning. As I was getting ready for work I heard this horrendous howling, usually Buddy will yowl when he wants to get into a room, but this was different. I go out into the living room and there is a vicious standoff going on, and a bright orange cat standing on the back porch. Max was attacking Buddy, when Buddy has always been dominant. I figure that the orange cat was in heat and Buddy was not affected – he seemed to have no idea why he was being attacked. Now here’s the problem: how do we keep our home under control for the next week and a half? We live on the third floor and our kitties are strictly indoor only – so them going outside is not the issue. We just want to keep Max from attacking Buddy over a girl he can’t get to, and hopefully keep him from starting to “spray” as well. Max is locked in our bedroom at the moment, but it’s not really an option for more than a few hours, nor is keeping them separated for the week- there aren’t enough rooms. Please help!

Taking him to the vet early is not an option either, although a good suggestion - the vet is so booked they gave us the earliest appointment availible, and that was a week ago.

Answer 1

if it is only a week, take him to the vet this week instead of next. 7 days won't make that much difference. Anything for peace in the home.. We have 5 cats all fixed, and we feed a gazillion strays everyday, we neuter those we can actually handle too.

Answer 2

well go to a nother vet round your neighborhood or just od what my aunt does puy the food water and litter box in the room for max and have him in there every other day swithch with buddy