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2572.1 | | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Jun 14 1989 14:42 | 3 |
| Are your cats "fixed"?
Deb
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2572.2 | | CRUISE::NDC | Take my cat...PLEASE | Wed Jun 14 1989 14:50 | 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 20:32 | 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 04:09 | 10 |
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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 08:27 | 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 13:19 | 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 13:55 | 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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