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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Deo Delivers another Thrashing!
The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it - sounds of a 'fight to the death' cat fight. When I got to the back door there was the evidence - wet patches and tufts of Bonnie's hair. FSP was up the apple tree, Clyde was on top of the cat house and Bonnie??? After much calling she slunk out of the undergrowth, sopping wet and obviously the worse for wear. Deo seems to have her in his sights lately. I finally calmed her down although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!!  SignatureBev The email of the species is more deadly than the mail. Bev, that's horrible. I feel so sorry that the 3 kitties can't go outside without that horrible Deo attacking them. What can you do about it? He might really hurt one of them one of these days. :( Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog > in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to > lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!! > Bev, that's horrible. I feel so sorry that the 3 kitties can't go outside > without that horrible Deo attacking them. What can you do about it? He might [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Bev > > The email of the species is more deadly than the mail. I don't know what to do about Deo; I simply can't lock the kitties up when they love the outside so. BTW Deo is not a feral cat and is neutered. He lives next door and is quite a sweetie except he hates other cats!! When B & C were little I used to ask his slave to lock him up sometimes so that I could let the kitties out for a run - I was scared he might kill one of them. The kitties are big now so should be able to deal with him (Clyde I think is bigger than Deo) but they are still scared of him. Bev -- >> Bev, that's horrible. I feel so sorry that the 3 kitties can't go outside >> without that horrible Deo attacking them. What can you do about it? He might [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >Bev Have you tried turning the garden hose on him? "Bev" <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message > > I don't know what to do about Deo; I simply can't lock the kitties up > when they love the outside so. BTW Deo is not a feral cat and is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bev I don't know how to help but I do know the problem. I could not keep my two in at this point if I had to. At least Rosie and Jake seem more inclined to stay fairly close to home. They know the back yard is fairly safe. I think I might be buying one of those super soaker water guns the kids play with and lying in wait for a neighbor cat to set foot in my back yard. If you could manage to keep Deo out of the back yard, your guys might feel safe and stay in the back yard. Jo >> <<<<,snip>>>>>>> >I don't know what to do about Deo; I simply can't lock the kitties up >when they love the outside so. BTW Deo is not a feral cat and is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Bev Size doesn't mean much without the attitude. For instance, Amber has been topcat around here for years; and he is the smallest. But he has the attitude of alphacat. Your cats are not bullies or fighters at heart. Deo is. B&C&FSP were conditioned by him right from the beginning. I wonder what a watergun would do if filled with Feliway-flavored water? Or Rescue Remedy, etc.? Or maybe you and the neighbors can meet with Deo's owner and set up a schedule for him to be out alone. -- CATherine >Size doesn't mean much without the attitude. For instance, Amber has >been topcat around here for years; and he is the smallest. But he has [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >neighbors can meet with Deo's owner and set up a schedule for him to >be out alone. IIRC, Deo used to be on the other side of the bullying, so he probably thinks it's his turn to act the bully ;-( Luckily, Rocky has been the topcat around here longer than I've been around, and he has always been a benevolent ruler. No real fighting, except during mating season when the other toms forgot their place. Thankfully, since Rocky's been neutered he no longer takes place in those spats. He still rules the food bowl and gets first dibs on the best sunny spots, but he gets his way by pushing any challenger out of the way, and is enough bigger than anyone else that they back off. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog >in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to >lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!! Suggestion: Get a cat trap from the Humane Society. Take him there and have him neutered as a "feral" cat. That ought to calm him down. >The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog >in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to >lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!! I thought the cat house was built so they could go out without running away and be safe. Wasn't it ever finished? With Deo getting vicious your cats need to be kept safe somehow. Maybe you could only let them out when you are outside to scare Deo off. -- CATherine > >The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog > >in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > -- > CATherine We have tried turning the hose on Deo and going outside to chase him off. When he sees us he runs off because he knows we chase him. We are always on the lookout for him. The cathouse is finished and OK for when we go away for a few days but they really hate it and weep pitifully when locked up. It's not dangerous outside in our area and the street is full of long-term outside cats. Deo is not selective, according to other cat slaves he is always chasing the kitties - one woman said she has had her cat to the vet three times because of him. Bev -- "Bev" <bevdun@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message It's not dangerous outside in our area and > the street is full of long-term outside cats. Deo is not selective, > according to other cat slaves he is always chasing the kitties - one > woman said she has had her cat to the vet three times because of him. > > Bev Its obvious Deo has all his teeth and claws intact. I wonder if it would take the wind out of his sails if his claws were trimmed? A lot? Its sounded in the past like his owner it not thrilled with his behavior and the resulting ire of the neighbors. I can see you all showing up volunteering to do the job. I know sometimes when they take the sharp ends off a bulls horns, it calms them down, or at least screws up their aim. Jo >>>The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog >>>in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > according to other cat slaves he is always chasing the kitties - one > woman said she has had her cat to the vet three times because of him. Perhaps the neighbors might get up a petition to Deo's owner? I know people can complain to the authorities if someone owns a vicious dog that attacks other dogs, but that usually involves having the vicious animal destroyed, which I'm sure is not what you want. > The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog > in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Bonnie??? After much calling she slunk out of the undergrowth, sopping > wet and obviously the worse for wear. It's strange that they don't gang up on Deo. After all, they do out-number him. On the island, all our respective cats (8 in all) look after their own; Frank and Nikki gang up on anyone who comes too close to our house, for example. Many purrs coming over for Bonnie to calm down. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >It's strange that they don't gang up on Deo. After all, they do out-number >him. On the island, all our respective cats (8 in all) look after their own; >Frank and Nikki gang up on anyone who comes too close to our house, for >example. Many purrs coming over for Bonnie to calm down. Your family's cats sound highly tactical, Marina. It sounds like what Bev needs is a team leader. Maybe the local kitty shelter has a combat veteran. :) > The three kitties went outside this morning and had fun playing leapfrog > in the back yard. I was deep into the Sunday newspaper when I heard it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to > lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!! Two possibilities come to mind. One I used; one I read about. One I only read about is clicker training a cat. But one would have to have treats and access to Deo and not sure about training out aggression of a cat. One gives the treat if Deo looks the other way and so on. It's not difficult but it's probably something you can discuss with a professional trainer, like Wendy Jeffries on the clickertraining cat group on Yahoo or someone local. When I had a large male cat antagonize my little female cat, I lost my temper and grabbed the male, without gloves, and gave him a talking to and a squeezing that hurt him enough that he cried out in pain and then bit me to the bone. After that, we did not have any trouble for a long time. Once or twice a run around when my female went into his space. But in the end, there was peace and quiet, much to my surprise. If you do bully the bully, you might want to wear thick leather gloves. You may need to take the role of the alpha cat and let Deo know that you can and will protect your cats. Most of the cats around me leave my female cat alone because they sense I won't tolerate any fighting. And she just postures enough to give me enough time to hear her and save her little furry a.s. >Deo seems to have her in his sights lately. I finally calmed her down >although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to >lick her she hissed and growled at him. We are all sick of Deo!!!!!! Poor Bonnie, I hope she's ok. I hope Deo finds someonelse's cat/pet to pick on. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > >Deo seems to have her in his sights lately. I finally calmed her down > >although she has several scratches. When Clyde came up and tried to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > (=':'=) > (")_(") Suz, Deo has already found someone else's pet to bully. The half grown kitten two doors down. The girl down there lost her kitten in a road accident several months ago and now has another. Deo beats it up regularly!!! Bev -- |
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