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Help with feline aggressive behavior! I have a friend with a cat and I am lost as to how to help him!?
My friend has two cats, one was the established pet and he had her for about 2 months before getting another cat. Both are female, and both needed to be spayed, so we helped him get that done on Oct 9th.
The 1st female was a little aggressive before the spay, but now that all of that is over with, she's even more aggressive. Cat #2 does not fight back, she just cowers and curls into a little ball. Cat#1 is about 1.5 years old, Cat#2 is somewhere around 2 years. Both were rescued from neglectful owners, but no known abuse. I've gotten them Feliway spray and diffusers, and it's not worked. We've gotten separate territories for both cats, cat trees, sleeping beds, food dishes, water dishes, toys, etc. and nothing calms Cat#1 down. She's now showing some aggression towards the owner when he picks her up. She lays her ears back at him and everything. At times the cats get along and play, but its not a comfortable household by any means. I'm running out of advice to give him. Anything I am missing here? Any new ideas?
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- RARLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
I suppose that some people will just tell you "some cats are like that," but I won't. Do you have her medical history, and/or was she checked out by the vet that did her spay? I ask that because I recently rescued a one year and a few months old cat that had some of the same problems. She did calm down with humans post-spay but not with the other cats.
If she is "now" showing aggression towards your friend (implication that she wasn't before) and it's particularly when he picks her up, she may be in pain. If she is, and her health is compromised in some way, this could explain her aggression towards the other cat as well. They tend to be self-protective when they are compromised. That was our experience. She had a wound of unknown origin that had not totally healed near her right back leg. It has since been treated, and she's fine.
I know this sounds very elementary, and I know from reading your other posts that you are an experienced pet parent. :) So, you've probably already thought of that, but I thought I'd post it any way.
Source(s): Rescue pet parent - five cats, one dog
