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cat attacking sometimes breaking skin

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My cat Gizmo is 8 years old have had him since a kitten. He is a male and declawed. Whenever there is another animal outside he can see he will attack whoever is closest that I understand, but how to break it?


Also when there are loud noises new noises he isn't use to, cell phone ringing, me moving things around to much he will attack, no warning signs he just pounces. It comes and goes and after he attacks he goes into an odd mood and seems like he is sulking. This last time he done it while I was excercising and my phone rang so he got over stimulated or something broke skin but right as I said ouch pretty loud he let go and ran and hid!

I am glad to now this is kind of normal with cats but would greatly appreciate any help on how to break it? I am trying to re socialize him, it has been a few years since he has really been around other animals.
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It's misdirected aggression and IMHO its going to be very hard to stop him from this behavior. Daisy used to attack me, Speck, the Dustbuster, who or whatever frightened her. I'm not sure if her aggression could really be called misdirected, since she went after the source. Now she is much calmer. However, my sil's cats go crazy if a neighborhood cat steps into the yard. Bil actually had his arm bandaged up after an episode that started with his cats seeing this cat. Feliway plug-in might help calm your kitty down...it's worth a try. I hope someone else has a better answer for you. There are a lot of well informed people on here.
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Stuff that frightens him like the vacuum he just runs and hides from, but he sees that coming, its mostly something that startles him that gets him going that or an animal outside the window.
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