Hi, I have an 8 year old very dominate male cat. We just adopted a
beautiful, very friendly and affectionate female cat which is less
than a year old. The male seems fine with her till she starts to run,
then he goes into hunting mode. Well he managed to catch her tonight
and got into a pretty bad fight with her. We were lucky that he didn't
hurt her considering he is around 15 pounds and she is less than 10
lbs. I'm worried about him hurting her or worse killing her. Does
anyone know how long this will go on and if there is anything I can do
to stop this. Any advice helpful. TIA.
StarLite
Mary - 13 Jan 2005 01:34 GMT
> Hi, I have an 8 year old very dominate male cat. We just adopted a
> beautiful, very friendly and affectionate female cat which is less
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> StarLite
You should have started out with them separated, then worked
up to a meeting. How long have you had the female?
Gee - 13 Jan 2005 12:47 GMT
> Hi, I have an 8 year old very dominate male cat. We just adopted a
> beautiful, very friendly and affectionate female cat which is less
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> StarLite
Has he been neutered? (and she?) If not get him done asap,as it can reduce
aggression.
When they fight , is there lots of yelling and her screaming? or is it more
equal fight, with lil or no screaming? Who usually wins? Is she scared of
him otherwise? Is she hiding a lot? do they ever lick each other?
If its a proper fight, furr on the back would be up, (so they appear
bigger),and there would be a helluva lot of yelling going on, serious biting
and one scared would be terrified. If it s a playfight, there could be a bit
of growling and some yelling but body furr would be down, tail wouldn;t be
fluffed up, and biting would be more like a lil nibble rather then a bite.
If the fights become too much, get a water spray bottle,and without saying
anything, just spray the water on him/them when the fight gets more serious
or more painful in your opinion.Do it a few times, they should hopefully
associate water with fight and stop it! :)
My Charlie was a stray, a big boy, and when he moved himself in, he started
bullying everyone in to submission.Although I don't think he was really
mean, this was just his "street way" of half playing half assorting
dominance. Tiara got the worse attacks and cried for a while, then one day
she had enough, turned on him yelled and beat him back, and he suddenly
changed! Never bothered her again. Typical bully :) But she has not
forgotten what hes done and does not like him too much to this day(3yrs
later) so whenever he comes too near she'll punch him as a warning :) Shadow
did the same. Actually all the 3 boys are terrified of her, and you can see
willnever cross her way, and if she is sitting on the floor, will rather go
across 7 obstacles then pass next to her :) So funny :) Then they say men
are a stranger sex he he :) Jus kiddin :)
Gee
Margaret - 15 Jan 2005 09:58 GMT
> Hi, I have an 8 year old very dominate male cat. We just adopted a
> beautiful, very friendly and affectionate female cat which is less
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> hurt her considering he is around 15 pounds and she is less than 10
> lbs. I'm worried about him hurting her or worse killing her.
I think you should get some very experienced person to come and visit and
watch them, and tell you what they are doing.
Margaret