Charlie - 8 mo. old. neutered. had him for 5 months.
Jet - 6 mo. old. spayed. had her for 4 months.
as of the past week, Charlie, out of now where, every evening will "attack" Jet.
He will chase her under the bed, and attack her. I hear hissing and yelling from Jet's end. Charlie has his ears back, determined look on his face, and eyes are black. just black. no color at all.
this RANDOMLY happens. I'm not sure why (i haven't noticed any triggers) and it only happens in the evenings. it might also happen when i'm not home..I wouldn't know. I'm not home, no one else is either to watch them.
This morning, he ambushed and attacked her twice. one of the times, was on my bed...and that is when i noticed he's not attacking, he's mounting Jet. He's behind her on top, he's biting her on the back of the neck and has her pinned down, and he looked like he was about to ...do the deed, but i saw no penis, and i shooed him off! I'm starting to think that, he's trying to stalk her, and then mount her, and i don't understand why. I'm here at working freaking out and stressing out and looking up all kinds of things to figure out WHY he's doing this..and HOW to make him stop.
Here is what I've done so far to get him to stop attacking Jet (before i found out he was actually mounting her)
1) increased his play sessions.
2) play with him alone without the presence of Jet
3) give him extra attention. he gets his food first, treats first, greated first.
Here are some of the changes that has taken place
1) i bought a vertical scratching pad
2) i bought them a cat tunnel that has an attachable cat cube at the end. I've noticed with this, they like to hide in it and scare one another...i also noticed Charlie became VERY territorial of the cat tunnel wouldn't let jet go near it. So i put the cat tunnel away, and just have the cat cube. They both use it normally now, they share it.
3) i have introduce a calming aid into their diet. Its Whisker City Cat Calm or something...you mix it into the food or water. I bought it for Jet, and it seems to be helping her. I mixed it into Charlie's food (the tiniest amount for both kitties) a couple of times. I don't know if this is an unintended side effect...but i have stopped giving it to Charlie for the past couple days since the attacks have started. should i just wait for this to leave his system? it seems like the mounting has become frequent
Here is what I've done to break up the fights/after the fight:
1) i make really loud noises to get his attention. this usually works and he stops. but his ears are back and his eyes are pitch black still.
2) i've crated him so he can calm down, however, he's just sitting in there, and he looks like he's brooding.
3) i've given him composure treats while he's crated, and in about 10-15 mins he does calm down...and that's when i'll let him out, reward him with more treats for being calm, and then he's back to being old charlie, happy, cuddly, purring, and wanting pets.
I'm happy to say that through out all this, Jet hasn't reverted back to her old skittish ways. immediately after i break the fights up, she comes out from under the bed chirping and wanting pets or goes about her business being Jet...but I don't want Charlie to be "successful" and seriously hurt her...
I've read online that even though male kitties are neutered, some may still exhibit this mounting behavior...I just don't understand what's going on here or why he's doing it. he was fixed at the age of 3 mo. and Jet at the age of 2 mo.
Has anyone else experienced this? How can i get him to stop? i plan on taking them both to the vet for a check up, but right now i'm so tight on money...
Can someone please offer some advise, some solutions? I work full time and i live with room mates. I can't be with them 24/7 to monitor their behavior, and I can't separate them and put one cat in my room and another cat in another room. This will cause MAJOR inconvenience to the other people i live with. I have thought about keeping Charlie in the bathroom...but there is NO SPACE for a litter box in there, or even a cat..
Please help...what can i do to minimize/slowly eliminate this behavior until i can get them both to the vet?
also could this be learned behavior??? something to consider:
i have a lot of feral and stray cats that live in my neighbor hood. a few of them chill out in my neighbors back yard. and my bedroom window gets a front and center view of my neighbor's backyard. Could Charlie be seeing these other cats mating or mounting each other and he is now trying to do the same to Jet? i dont know..that doesn't make that much sense to me, because he is full blow in aggression mode (ears back, pitch black eyes, tails swishing) when he does go into attack mode and when he is trying to mount Jet..
I don't know what can i do? please help.
Jet - 6 mo. old. spayed. had her for 4 months.
as of the past week, Charlie, out of now where, every evening will "attack" Jet.
He will chase her under the bed, and attack her. I hear hissing and yelling from Jet's end. Charlie has his ears back, determined look on his face, and eyes are black. just black. no color at all.
this RANDOMLY happens. I'm not sure why (i haven't noticed any triggers) and it only happens in the evenings. it might also happen when i'm not home..I wouldn't know. I'm not home, no one else is either to watch them.
This morning, he ambushed and attacked her twice. one of the times, was on my bed...and that is when i noticed he's not attacking, he's mounting Jet. He's behind her on top, he's biting her on the back of the neck and has her pinned down, and he looked like he was about to ...do the deed, but i saw no penis, and i shooed him off! I'm starting to think that, he's trying to stalk her, and then mount her, and i don't understand why. I'm here at working freaking out and stressing out and looking up all kinds of things to figure out WHY he's doing this..and HOW to make him stop.
Here is what I've done so far to get him to stop attacking Jet (before i found out he was actually mounting her)
1) increased his play sessions.
2) play with him alone without the presence of Jet
3) give him extra attention. he gets his food first, treats first, greated first.
Here are some of the changes that has taken place
1) i bought a vertical scratching pad
2) i bought them a cat tunnel that has an attachable cat cube at the end. I've noticed with this, they like to hide in it and scare one another...i also noticed Charlie became VERY territorial of the cat tunnel wouldn't let jet go near it. So i put the cat tunnel away, and just have the cat cube. They both use it normally now, they share it.
3) i have introduce a calming aid into their diet. Its Whisker City Cat Calm or something...you mix it into the food or water. I bought it for Jet, and it seems to be helping her. I mixed it into Charlie's food (the tiniest amount for both kitties) a couple of times. I don't know if this is an unintended side effect...but i have stopped giving it to Charlie for the past couple days since the attacks have started. should i just wait for this to leave his system? it seems like the mounting has become frequent
Here is what I've done to break up the fights/after the fight:
1) i make really loud noises to get his attention. this usually works and he stops. but his ears are back and his eyes are pitch black still.
2) i've crated him so he can calm down, however, he's just sitting in there, and he looks like he's brooding.
3) i've given him composure treats while he's crated, and in about 10-15 mins he does calm down...and that's when i'll let him out, reward him with more treats for being calm, and then he's back to being old charlie, happy, cuddly, purring, and wanting pets.
I'm happy to say that through out all this, Jet hasn't reverted back to her old skittish ways. immediately after i break the fights up, she comes out from under the bed chirping and wanting pets or goes about her business being Jet...but I don't want Charlie to be "successful" and seriously hurt her...
I've read online that even though male kitties are neutered, some may still exhibit this mounting behavior...I just don't understand what's going on here or why he's doing it. he was fixed at the age of 3 mo. and Jet at the age of 2 mo.
Has anyone else experienced this? How can i get him to stop? i plan on taking them both to the vet for a check up, but right now i'm so tight on money...
Can someone please offer some advise, some solutions? I work full time and i live with room mates. I can't be with them 24/7 to monitor their behavior, and I can't separate them and put one cat in my room and another cat in another room. This will cause MAJOR inconvenience to the other people i live with. I have thought about keeping Charlie in the bathroom...but there is NO SPACE for a litter box in there, or even a cat..
Please help...what can i do to minimize/slowly eliminate this behavior until i can get them both to the vet?
also could this be learned behavior??? something to consider:
i have a lot of feral and stray cats that live in my neighbor hood. a few of them chill out in my neighbors back yard. and my bedroom window gets a front and center view of my neighbor's backyard. Could Charlie be seeing these other cats mating or mounting each other and he is now trying to do the same to Jet? i dont know..that doesn't make that much sense to me, because he is full blow in aggression mode (ears back, pitch black eyes, tails swishing) when he does go into attack mode and when he is trying to mount Jet..
I don't know what can i do? please help.