I have two cats. One is a big black tom named Jynx that is about 9 nearly 10 years old and a black and white female cat named Sirena that isn't quite 5 yet and she is smaller and leaner than Jynx.
We've never had any other male cats in the house since they have all been girls. Jynx was out first cat and we got him when he was a kitten that use to hand around outside. We took him in because there was a yellow cat outside that use to get into fights with him so we took him in so he wouldn't get hurt because he was so young. Then my older sister got a female Calico cat, she named her Cal, from her boyfriend then later on found a Silver-Gray cat that was also a female and soon after that my sister took them to live with her. I got Sirena sortly after that and she has never been around any other cats except for Jynx and Cal. Even most of are neighbors cats, that sometimes come by, are girls as well and Jynx got along with all of them.
The problem I have is that recently just a few days ago a big yellow cat, a different one then mentioned above, started hanging around on are front porch and Jynx goes mad. We have a big picture window that Jynx and Sirena watch out of all the time and when Jynx saw the cat he hissed and growled and his fur ruffled up. Sirena didn't see him as well as he did at first because she was standing on her tip-paws looking out the window but she knew something was out there. I think the yellow cat is a male because it is nearly as big as Jynx and it looks really muscular.
Then the next morning, it came back again and sat on top of the stand right in front of the window and both Jynx and the yellow cat where growling and hissing at each other. Sirena was up on the window ledge in front of Jynx and her fur bristled but she didn't hiss or growl like the other two. All of the sudden the yellow cat took a leap right into the window at the cats, then Jynx leaped back at it, and the yellow cat took off and knocked over the stand. Jynx continued to growl louder even after it was gone and Sirena was just tense.
Then this evening the yellow cat came back again and this time he was on the porch right in front of the front door, which is glass so they can see through it easily. Both Jynx and Sirena where watching it closely and Jynx started to growl and hiss at it again. Sirena just got realy tense and even ducked down, with her ears flat, like she was either hiding from it or wanting to leap at it. Then the yellow cat came alot closer, right in front of them, and Jynx howled louder. But it got weired because Sirena started to act like she wanted to got closer towards the yellow cat and just when she got closer to it, Jynx howled really really loud at both of them and Sirena attacked Jynx on his back and even pulled out a small clump of fur. Then Sirena started growling at Jynx and he kept growling at both of them. But then Sirena started acting really tense after Jynx wallked away. Jynx settled down a little aways from them but he was still growling at the yellow cat. Then quickly the yellow cat it took off again.
I can't understand why they were fighting like that and why Sirena had attacked Jynx. I don't think the yellow cat is a stray because it looks to well fed and I'm sure it belongs to one of the neighbors. I don't know if Jynx is jealous of the yellow cat or if the yellow cat is something of a threat to Jynx and I have no idea why Sirena got so mad at Jynx but never growled at the yellow cat. Is there a way to keep Jynx from getting so mad or to keep Sirena from getting so tense? Was the yellow cat wanting to hurt Sirena in some way? Need advice.
We've never had any other male cats in the house since they have all been girls. Jynx was out first cat and we got him when he was a kitten that use to hand around outside. We took him in because there was a yellow cat outside that use to get into fights with him so we took him in so he wouldn't get hurt because he was so young. Then my older sister got a female Calico cat, she named her Cal, from her boyfriend then later on found a Silver-Gray cat that was also a female and soon after that my sister took them to live with her. I got Sirena sortly after that and she has never been around any other cats except for Jynx and Cal. Even most of are neighbors cats, that sometimes come by, are girls as well and Jynx got along with all of them.
The problem I have is that recently just a few days ago a big yellow cat, a different one then mentioned above, started hanging around on are front porch and Jynx goes mad. We have a big picture window that Jynx and Sirena watch out of all the time and when Jynx saw the cat he hissed and growled and his fur ruffled up. Sirena didn't see him as well as he did at first because she was standing on her tip-paws looking out the window but she knew something was out there. I think the yellow cat is a male because it is nearly as big as Jynx and it looks really muscular.
Then the next morning, it came back again and sat on top of the stand right in front of the window and both Jynx and the yellow cat where growling and hissing at each other. Sirena was up on the window ledge in front of Jynx and her fur bristled but she didn't hiss or growl like the other two. All of the sudden the yellow cat took a leap right into the window at the cats, then Jynx leaped back at it, and the yellow cat took off and knocked over the stand. Jynx continued to growl louder even after it was gone and Sirena was just tense.
Then this evening the yellow cat came back again and this time he was on the porch right in front of the front door, which is glass so they can see through it easily. Both Jynx and Sirena where watching it closely and Jynx started to growl and hiss at it again. Sirena just got realy tense and even ducked down, with her ears flat, like she was either hiding from it or wanting to leap at it. Then the yellow cat came alot closer, right in front of them, and Jynx howled louder. But it got weired because Sirena started to act like she wanted to got closer towards the yellow cat and just when she got closer to it, Jynx howled really really loud at both of them and Sirena attacked Jynx on his back and even pulled out a small clump of fur. Then Sirena started growling at Jynx and he kept growling at both of them. But then Sirena started acting really tense after Jynx wallked away. Jynx settled down a little aways from them but he was still growling at the yellow cat. Then quickly the yellow cat it took off again.
I can't understand why they were fighting like that and why Sirena had attacked Jynx. I don't think the yellow cat is a stray because it looks to well fed and I'm sure it belongs to one of the neighbors. I don't know if Jynx is jealous of the yellow cat or if the yellow cat is something of a threat to Jynx and I have no idea why Sirena got so mad at Jynx but never growled at the yellow cat. Is there a way to keep Jynx from getting so mad or to keep Sirena from getting so tense? Was the yellow cat wanting to hurt Sirena in some way? Need advice.