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2 males are having territory issues?

post #1 of 12
10/26/11 at 7:52am
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Hello everybody, new here!

I'm having a problem with my 2 cats and I'm not sure what I need to do

Up until now we only had one cat, a Siamese long haired male (just turned 2). He has NOT been neutered btw.

My sister moved and her new place does not allow pets so she had to give us her Maine Coon that's about 4 years old now. He is neutered.

By themselves and most of the time they are the best cats ever! They do not scratch furniture, do now meow, and overall amazing cats. The problem comes in when sometimes something will come over my Siamese (I'm guessing it's territory) and he will not stop attacking the other one. He will go at this for a little bit and settle down again. It also seems to be happening in the dining room for the most part, the other places around the house they are fine. When I say attacking, he is going on top of the Maine Coon and bites his neck (showing him who's the boss I guess ) and they do not really hurt each other other than a lot of fur flying everywhere as both have very long coats, especially the Maine Coon. Sometimes they would chase each other and you will hear like a growling sound almost like a dog.. very weird

At this point what do I need to do? Do I need to neuter my Siamese so he calms down?

Thanks!
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post #2 of 12
10/26/11 at 8:22am
Welcome to TCS!

First thing get your kitty neutered ASAP. It will greatly help with territory issues, and if he's territorial there's no telling when he may start spraying.

I'd keep them separated for now, just to be sure. It takes a month or two after neutering for the hormones to calm down.

I'd also look in to Feliway diffusers, which may help calm them both down.
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post #3 of 12
10/26/11 at 8:41am
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Thanks for the quick reply! That's what I figured needs to happen... the thing is my wife wants to breed our Siamese before we neuter him so we can continue his generation since he is so good! It's just hard to find mates for him
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post #4 of 12
10/26/11 at 9:12am
Honestly there are so many cats in the world - even if he is a Siamese shelters are full of them (I have a rescued Siamese). And while he's a wonderful cat odds are none of his offspring would end up being 'just like him', as he's one in a million. There can never be another one of your boy.

Sorry if my response is biased, I have 18 cats & rescue/volunteer for my humane society. I don't mind breeding at all in cats who meet show standards, have been shown, etc. "The best of the best" so to speak. And that's just because there are so many needing homes. So please don't take offense at my answer.
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post #5 of 12
10/26/11 at 1:41pm
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Thanks for the feedback... I'll have to see what we need to do and how fast we need to do it because I don't want to keep them like this.
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post #6 of 12
10/26/11 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by SS113 View Post
Thanks for the quick reply! That's what I figured needs to happen... the thing is my wife wants to breed our Siamese before we neuter him so we can continue his generation since he is so good! It's just hard to find mates for him
You do know there is no such thing as a longhair Siamese? The closest thing would be Balinese. If your cat is not registered breeding quality cat with breeding rights, get him neutered ASAP.
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post #7 of 12
10/31/11 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by NorthernGlow View Post
You do know there is no such thing as a longhair Siamese? The closest thing would be Balinese. If your cat is not registered breeding quality cat with breeding rights, get him neutered ASAP.

Well I know he is Siamese, and his fur is 3 inches at some places so if that's not a long haired cat, then please tell me.

Here's some pictures of him and maybe you can tell me what he is:







Thanks
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post #8 of 12
10/31/11 at 2:09pm
He is a very handsome mix. If your cat is not a CFA show cat, please do not breed.

Here is an example of a Grand Champion Siamese:


Neutering will help the behavior issues as well.
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post #9 of 12
10/31/11 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by SS113 View Post
Well I know he is Siamese, and his fur is 3 inches at some places so if that's not a long haired cat, then please tell me.
He is a very handsome boy, but if he doesn't have registration papers he's not truly a purebred Siamese. Just a Siamese type. And purebred Siamese don't come in longhair, so he must have something else mixed in, too. I agree that there's no reason to breed a non-registered cat. . .millions and millions of very nice cats are killed every year in shelters. There are far too many cats and not enough homes for them. And he will be a much better pet once he's neutered .
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post #10 of 12
10/31/11 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by SS113 View Post
Well I know he is Siamese, and his fur is 3 inches at some places so if that's not a long haired cat, then please tell me.
How do you know he is a Siamese? What registry is he in? I don't know any cat association which recognizes longhair Siamese.
By looking at the pics I can see he has long hair, but must say he doesn't look like a Siamese to me. Even if ignoring the hair lenght, his body and head shape are quite far from Siamese.
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post #11 of 12
11/1/11 at 6:24am
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Well thanks for all the answers. I really do not know where everybody thought I said I have a "purebred" Siamese. A simple google images search pretty much tells me I do have some "type" of Siamese cat but I never said it was purebred. In fact, when we got him, all of his siblings were gray with black spots or something similar. He was the only one who was "Siamese" looking. That tells me he has mixed parents so I know all that already.
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post #12 of 12
11/9/11 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by SS113 View Post

Up until now we only had one cat, a Siamese long haired male (just turned 2). He has NOT been neutered btw.


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Originally Posted by SS113 View Post

Well thanks for all the answers. I really do not know where everybody thought I said I have a "purebred" Siamese.


In your first post you said you have a Siamese. That's why everyone thought you were indeed talking about a Siamese. If you had said you have a domestic longhair (or moggie), we would have known that and not think you were talking about a Siamese. The cat is either a registered Siamese, or a moggie. You don't call moggies 'breed x' if they are not one. Hence the confusion.

So just to make clear: the cat in question is a domestic longhair. There is not a proof of him having any Siamese in him, so now everyone should be clear about that and can stop assuming you were talking about a Siamese.

 

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