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Hi folks. Love the site, this is our first post.
We've got a lovely brother and sister team, about three years old, both well cared for and loved all their lives. Bubbles (boy) was neutered right when he started spraying and didn't spray again. Pida (girl) was neutered right after her first trip into horny-land. They're both indoor cats (we live in an appartment) and he's a big guy (6kilos) while she's much smaller.
Well, over the last year or so Bubs has been getting wilder and wilder, their play-fights have turned into frequent bug-eyed, big-tailed attacks on Pida (she's always trying to get away). He has torn her ear, put a few scars down her nose, and regularly pulls out large clufts of fur. We've responded by yelling and screaming at him when he does it, locking him up in the other room, and ignoring him after each attack. He's so used to this that he attacks her then heads straight to the other room.
But he has found another way to show his displeasure - spraying all over the house. They've got one big litter box that we clean daily and we're getting another one as we speak.
From what I've read I'm seeing that he's probably stressed out at being punished for attacking Pida and for spraying (I won't yell at him any more when he sprays), but how do we get him to quit attacking Pida without punishing him and thus raising his stress levels above the spray point?
Sorry for the long post...
J+B
We've got a lovely brother and sister team, about three years old, both well cared for and loved all their lives. Bubbles (boy) was neutered right when he started spraying and didn't spray again. Pida (girl) was neutered right after her first trip into horny-land. They're both indoor cats (we live in an appartment) and he's a big guy (6kilos) while she's much smaller.
Well, over the last year or so Bubs has been getting wilder and wilder, their play-fights have turned into frequent bug-eyed, big-tailed attacks on Pida (she's always trying to get away). He has torn her ear, put a few scars down her nose, and regularly pulls out large clufts of fur. We've responded by yelling and screaming at him when he does it, locking him up in the other room, and ignoring him after each attack. He's so used to this that he attacks her then heads straight to the other room.
But he has found another way to show his displeasure - spraying all over the house. They've got one big litter box that we clean daily and we're getting another one as we speak.
From what I've read I'm seeing that he's probably stressed out at being punished for attacking Pida and for spraying (I won't yell at him any more when he sprays), but how do we get him to quit attacking Pida without punishing him and thus raising his stress levels above the spray point?
Sorry for the long post...
J+B