Recent Content by jmaroy247

i hate to be overly critical- but this is not behaviour that warrants getting rid of your cat of eight years! There are many posts here about cats that do similar things as yours, and the behaviour is usually relatively easily fixed. i am in the situation where my cat went crazy because she...

my female cat does this too- i call it "running away from the stink" she also scratches the box like crazy sometimes. delicate flower.

thank you so much for the reassurance! after i read your post i decided to stop being so nervous, and just try and see how it went. so i gave cassidy a special treat, and let billie in- they didn't even look at eachother hardly- they just ate their treat and billie poked around a bit, and then I...

hi- i was hoping to get some further advice. We had a pretty severe incident of redirected aggression about a week ago from our older cat, cassidy, and my other cat(billie), myself and my husband were all targets(the cause was a weird noise in a movie we were watching) So Cassidy was kept in a...

i can understand why you say that- but there really is no sign here that can warn us. she comes charging out of another room attacking. it's like the tasmanian devil. if it wasn't so scary and stressful it would be funny anyway- i have managed to trim 8 out of ten claws(not worrying about the...

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your responses. It is really great to be reassured that we are approaching this the right way, it is such a stressful situation. Opilot- i think you are 100% right that she is reacting to emotions, she is generally a very protective cat- though in regular life she is...

Hi everyone Just wanted to introduce myself, as I am new to this site. I have two wonderful kitties, both adopted from the humane society. Cassidy was my first cat- and I adopted her as a one and a half year old. I had my heart set on a black cat, but then I saw little lady cassidy, a white and...

thank you- that is very helpful advice. it's confusing to know what to do in this kind of situation, I really appreciate it. I'll start with one toe, and lots of treats and see how it goes....

hello again- this is just my second post- thanks for your advice so far my situation is that my cat that we have had for 4 years attacked us four days ago...vet has identified problem as displaced aggression (she heard a noise that scared her and went REALLY berserk- quite a severe attack) so we...

yes I have actually contacted a behaviouralist, and one is supposed to call me, but from all I have read, what they are good at is identifying the problem, and suggesting ways to overcome it, i.e. desensitization, rewards etc. My problem really is that it is so random- I know what makes her...

thanks for your responses. I know, it makes me ill to think about declawing. I have started with the feliway, and I'm not sure if it is helping or if she is just calming down because she's had some time. my main concern is for this happening again- there is just no identifiable warning- she...

I am new to this site, but could really use any advice you have. I adopted a cat from the humane society approx. 4 years ago. She was 1 1/2 at the time, and a very sweet gentle girl. She was left at the humane society by the people who raised her from a kitten, and a note on her chart indicated...