I'm not sure what step to take next with Ophelia Rose. She's become unhinged again. 
She is happily living peacefully by herself, with once a day visits from Uncle Dory, in the office. This is something like 800 sq ft with 4 bird watching windows, great sunbeams, a cat tree, tons of toys & a variety of cat scratchers. She's been doing great for months, back to using the litterbox 100%, hasn't attacked anyone (feline, canine, or human).....lovebug. She showers with me, like stands in the shower with me.
Then 2 nights ago it happen - she saw that wicked, nasty, evil, evil, evil cat who should die (if you ask her, from the sounds she made) in the window. It was white, and had two blue eyes, and looked like......oh wait, it was her!
Every night now, she goes to the window & flips out, mega big time - lashing out at humans & anything she thinks she can get pissed at/attack. She's growls, hisses, screams. Puffs up her tail as big as she can, puts up the ride down her back.....it's all very impressive if I was scared of her. Yet every time she returns to the window - the evil cat is back. (And for the record, the first night I had to leave the room with a blanket wrapped around my body to shield myself from her attacks. I was unable to return all night & had to block towels/rugs under the doors so she'd quit lashing out at god knows what from under the doors.)
I tried closing the curtains, she opened them. So I taped them to the window. She un-taped them. She knows that
cat is in that window & dang nab it, she's gonna kill her. And now she's peed on the desk right by the window, this is her territory & that cat better know it!
She's back on Buspar and Rescue Remedy. Tonight's episode was much less intense, I remained un-harmed this time. But she is quite clearly agitated, yet intent upon removing that cat from her territory. I normally see a marked response to the Buspar, which I think I have, but she is still agitated enough to urinate inappropriately. She is, in general, very jittery/aggressive & bounces back & forth between the two frames of mind.
I'm very surprised the rapid turn around in terms of behavior, literally night & day - she has been loving me up, purring, trilling, & rubbing on my ankles during the day. But now once night falls, since the first time she saw the cat, out comes the inner beast within her. To give you some idea of what I'm seeing - a picture of "the beast" within my beautiful little girl.
She is happily living peacefully by herself, with once a day visits from Uncle Dory, in the office. This is something like 800 sq ft with 4 bird watching windows, great sunbeams, a cat tree, tons of toys & a variety of cat scratchers. She's been doing great for months, back to using the litterbox 100%, hasn't attacked anyone (feline, canine, or human).....lovebug. She showers with me, like stands in the shower with me.
Then 2 nights ago it happen - she saw that wicked, nasty, evil, evil, evil cat who should die (if you ask her, from the sounds she made) in the window. It was white, and had two blue eyes, and looked like......oh wait, it was her!
Every night now, she goes to the window & flips out, mega big time - lashing out at humans & anything she thinks she can get pissed at/attack. She's growls, hisses, screams. Puffs up her tail as big as she can, puts up the ride down her back.....it's all very impressive if I was scared of her. Yet every time she returns to the window - the evil cat is back. (And for the record, the first night I had to leave the room with a blanket wrapped around my body to shield myself from her attacks. I was unable to return all night & had to block towels/rugs under the doors so she'd quit lashing out at god knows what from under the doors.)
I tried closing the curtains, she opened them. So I taped them to the window. She un-taped them. She knows that
cat is in that window & dang nab it, she's gonna kill her. And now she's peed on the desk right by the window, this is her territory & that cat better know it! She's back on Buspar and Rescue Remedy. Tonight's episode was much less intense, I remained un-harmed this time. But she is quite clearly agitated, yet intent upon removing that cat from her territory. I normally see a marked response to the Buspar, which I think I have, but she is still agitated enough to urinate inappropriately. She is, in general, very jittery/aggressive & bounces back & forth between the two frames of mind.
- Is there any way to stop the window from creating a reflection? (I hate to tape paper she cannot see through over the windows, as she derives great enjoyment from sleeping in the sunbeams & watching the birdies out the window.)
- Will anything I do help now that she knows that cat is there?
- Why now, as opposed to not having this happen for the past several months?
- Are you sure no one wants to adopt her?
I'm very surprised the rapid turn around in terms of behavior, literally night & day - she has been loving me up, purring, trilling, & rubbing on my ankles during the day. But now once night falls, since the first time she saw the cat, out comes the inner beast within her. To give you some idea of what I'm seeing - a picture of "the beast" within my beautiful little girl.
That solar film might help.
