Kitty Cat Woes?

Question

I have 6 cats ages from 3-6.My 6 yr. old female has recently begun to attack my very gentle 3 yr. old male by squawling,scratching at,& cornering him.He's the most gentle.When she squawls it sounds like he's killing her but he's only walking by.When she goes into these fits she pees all over the floor.Is there any reason that she would just start doing this after all she's lived with this male since he was a newborn.

she's always been avery jealous cat.she would hide and keep her distance once we added to our kitty family but we always gave her love and attention. this has just started and he's the only one that she does this to.it's like she has a problem w/ men.
when my male's not around she's fine until he walks into the room. i thought and still think that it might be because he's neutered and she's not spayed and maybe she's in heat since this hasn't been going on for very long.

no she's not a calico, she's just a gray tabby. she's always been an emotional lil girl and very territorial but w/ 4 others in the house she only does this to the 1 male. she's very active, eats good, is a healthy weight so it has me wondering if this isn't just psychological since she is somewhat of a psycho cat anyway.i do know that when other male visitors ex. my dad or my father-in-law come over she hisses and has a fit over them too. maybe she needs psychotherapy...lol

Answer 1

As it is said of Asian people, cats are inscrutable. I have had cats all my life (I am 80 now) and they are always surprising me by developing new behaviors.

I think you should give your vet a call and ask this quesiton because obviously you have to correct this behavior.

Answer 2

I'm not so sure about the peeing all over the floor when he walks by so I'd have the vet take a look at her. If all is well then I'd say it's because she'd not spayed. Most of the aggression problem I've had between my cats dissapeared once the perpetrators were fixed though of course they still occasionally had run in's but nothing of the magnitude you describe.

Occasionally even cats who are fixed and have been raised together will have power struggles as they do maintain a hierarchy but I'd put my dice on not being spayed as the problem.

Answer 3

okay, this sounds abit like a situation that I had months ago.

I have 4 cats at home, they are around the same age and have been together since they were babies. They are around 4 yrs old now. then suddenly, they started getting edgy with one of the cat, then fights took place. Even when there are no fights, there was a certain tension.

Upon doing some reserach and asking around, I think they were starting to get terriotory.

So I did a few things:
Starting to re-arrnaged they toys and scratch board. making some kind of changes can devert their attention some where esle.
also getting them new toys. like swapping the toys every 2 weeks.
when they are in fight, never beat any. just break them up. Like using spray water bottle and spray them or just use something to block off their confrontation.. Like using a cushion between them to block their views of each others..
Lastly, I try to be around them more often. especially making sure they each get at least 30 mins of ur attention daily.

I did this for couple of months and then the problem minimises and eventually disppeared.

Good luck..

Answer 4

i would take her to the vet because it really could be a problem you don't know of. cats are bizarre, which is why we love them so much. that is odd for such a drastic change in behavior over such a long period of time.

by any chance, is she a calico cat? i had one once that hit her head on a wall once when we were playing (string, couch, wall... you get the idea) and she went mad. starting that moment and every time i would abruptly move to get the phone, etc, she would flip out and start running around the house, screaming, hissing, meowing, peeing, pooping for hours. finally, we had to have her put to sleep because she wouldn't stop.

after this, we found out calico cats have a tendency to go crazy. she was young too- around 5-10 years.

Answer 5

I strongly suspect your female cat's aggressive-defensive behavior towards your neutered male may be fixed by having her spayed. Her hormones may be running amok and evn though your male has been neutered, the female probably still realizes that it is male and is doing everything possible to prevent THAT particular male to mate with her (becuase she senses also that he is not whole anymore).

Answer 6

Call the vet. It sounds like she's sick and should be quarentined immediatly. It is very hard to tell if a cat is sick but unusual agression is one sign of illness. Your other cat should checked by a vet too.

Answer 7

Well cats talk to each other so you don't know what hes saying to her, you know how men can be some times, and yes it could be because he's fixed!! i would take her to the vet could be any thing.

Answer 8

Cats do this sometimes for apperantly no reason!

Answer 9

she is saying, hey don't you think I am cute enough?