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| 2572.1 |  | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Jun 14 1989 13:42 | 3 | 
|  |     Are your cats "fixed"?
    
    Deb
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| 2572.2 |  | CRUISE::NDC | Take my cat...PLEASE | Wed Jun 14 1989 13:50 | 6 | 
|  |     If they're not fixed - especially if Christie is male - that
    may have alot to do with their behavior.  Males especially can
    become very aggressive when they mature.  Neutering them can
    solve the problem.
      Nancy DC
    
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| 2572.3 | girls can get pushy too | IOWAIT::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Wed Jun 14 1989 19:32 | 9 | 
|  | >    If they're not fixed - especially if Christie is male - that
>    may have alot to do with their behavior.  Males especially can
>    become very aggressive when they mature.  Neutering them can
>    solve the problem.
I have also seen it happen in young females when they "mature" and start
challenging as "top cat".....maybe a trip to the vet is in order?
    
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| 2572.4 | . | UTROP1::RUEDISUELI |  | Thu Jun 15 1989 03:09 | 10 | 
|  |     
    Both of them are female and both of them are fixed.
    
    I thought cats calmed down a lot after they were fixed,
    but Christy seems to get more agressive every day. 
    
    Could it be a matter of "challenging the top-cat", I thought
    only males concerned themselves with that?
    
    Caroline
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| 2572.5 |  | CRUISE::NDC | Take my cat...PLEASE | Thu Jun 15 1989 07:27 | 5 | 
|  |     re: "I thought only males concerned themselves with that"
    
    THAT is 3/4 of the problems we've had with Tymothee!  Isis,
    Mao & Bumpy got really upset by the new cat in their territory!
    Dundee never cared and he's the neutered male.
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| 2572.6 | mine have a definite "pecking order" | CADSYS::RICHARDSON |  | Thu Jun 15 1989 12:19 | 14 | 
|  |     My two former-female kitties have a definite "pecking" order.  The
    little cat (Nebula, my half-Siamese) is in charge, unless she gets too
    far out of line.  If she does, my big cat (JFCL, white with black spots
    and about 6 months older than her companion) will give her a swat on
    the nose as if Neb were still a kitten.  Things were pretty panicky for
    the first few weeks after I got Neb, though, until the two of them got
    themselves straightened out.  I think that The Fickle at first did not
    realize that Neb was a small CAT, as opposed to some other kind of
    small, potentially dangerous, animal - she had never seen a cat younger
    than she was (an old, non-fixed tomcat had come with the house, so she
    was used to him - he eventually vanished, probably the loser in some fight
    - my (ex-)husband would never let me get that cat fixed because he was
    a tom).  They did better after that. Neb became the leader when she was
    close to full-grown; she is much more aggressive like most Siamese.
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| 2572.7 |  | PENUTS::PENNINGTON | Where have all the SeaGulls gone? | Fri Jun 30 1989 12:55 | 9 | 
|  |     Absotively, she is establishing her self as Boss-cat.
    I have two cats about seven years old, both spayed females.  The
    smallest one who has extra claws has established that when food
    is given she eats first.  The other cat, a larger mackeral striped
    tabby sits and waits until the other one is finished.
    
    The smaller cat is also very picky about who the other cat selects
    for a male companion.  She has chased away several of the cats who
    come calling.  
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