I've got a cat who has three 7-week-old kittens (accidents). I also have a neutered male. She attacks him almost every hour (not play, full-blown hissing, chasing, and biting) for no discernable reason.
if he runs ANYWHERE she is right behind him with her nose in his rectum and attacks him the instant he stops.
if he goes to eat, she hisses at him (not heirarchy, where she makes him wait till she eats first. she just frightens him off and walks away). i've begun taking him to a closed off room to feed him.
if one of her kittens bounces up to him playfully, she attacks him.
if he appears to have a pulse, she attacks him.
He never initiates, never retaliates, and never makes a noise back. He just runs away and tries to dodge her claws and teeth.
I've been told to let them work it out, but it does not even seem to be a "them" thing so much as a "her" thing. Half the time, he's just laying there, sleeping (or just lounging) and she'll run up, hiss, and shred him while he runs off, bewildered.
also, she is drying up (her teats are nearly flush with her body). however, rather that wean them, she is constantly waking them up to suckle them (almost every time they go to sleep she wakes them).
I suspect that she is going back into heat (she gets spayed in 2 weeks). Could this have something to do with the spastic behavior?
Why does she constantly attack him, and why is she constantly waking her kits to suckle on her near-dry teats? Doesn't that hurt somehow? You'd think that she'd just let them sleep, as they need it.
if he runs ANYWHERE she is right behind him with her nose in his rectum and attacks him the instant he stops.
if he goes to eat, she hisses at him (not heirarchy, where she makes him wait till she eats first. she just frightens him off and walks away). i've begun taking him to a closed off room to feed him.
if one of her kittens bounces up to him playfully, she attacks him.
if he appears to have a pulse, she attacks him.
He never initiates, never retaliates, and never makes a noise back. He just runs away and tries to dodge her claws and teeth.
I've been told to let them work it out, but it does not even seem to be a "them" thing so much as a "her" thing. Half the time, he's just laying there, sleeping (or just lounging) and she'll run up, hiss, and shred him while he runs off, bewildered.
also, she is drying up (her teats are nearly flush with her body). however, rather that wean them, she is constantly waking them up to suckle them (almost every time they go to sleep she wakes them).
I suspect that she is going back into heat (she gets spayed in 2 weeks). Could this have something to do with the spastic behavior?
Why does she constantly attack him, and why is she constantly waking her kits to suckle on her near-dry teats? Doesn't that hurt somehow? You'd think that she'd just let them sleep, as they need it.
