I have a really big problem with my nearly 2 year old female cat called Nush. We got Nush when she was about 5 months old, she was lovley. Me and my boyfriend Rob played with her all the time she seemed to have settled in fine. We live with Rob's parents and Nush had always been a little funny with Rob's mum and she did hiss a bit at her. Also other people that came to visit if she didnt like the look of them she would warn them off but never hurt them.
She was always great with me and Rob up until a month agO I would say, she just turned on Rob. Rob and Nush was playing one day and Rob chased her down the steps like he always had done and he pulled a face at her that must have scared her. Next she screamed and tryed to attack him but Rob just locked her out of the room for a while to calm her down. The same night when I got home I had come upstairs to see if she was ok and she seemed fine until Rob came up the steps, Nush went and stood at the top of the steps and when she saw Rob she screamed again. I couldn't understand why she would act like this just by pulling a face. After that she was fine again with him for a couple of weeks and then one weekend when we got home from being out she was stood at the top of the steps again and screamed tryed to get Rob and she ran up me scratched my face and hissed. We left her to calm down and let her out again but since then she never got any better she has been great with me and even more loving than usual. Last wednesday we had booked her in for neutering. We took her that morning and picked her up when we got her home she was fine for a while and Rob had come over to me and she screamed again and hissed at him I told her not to do it but I dont think she understands.
I think she really has got to her peak now because on sunday I was at work, Rob had come home after taking me there and he was sorting out his printer and the paper got jammed, he banged it because it wouldnt work and Nush leaped at him screaming and hissing. She scratched all his legs, jumped up at him clung on to him and bit his finger as this happend she actualy poo'ed and wee'ed she was being that vicous. Rob backed off and went downstairs, Nush was following him everywhere hissing etc and he managed to get her in the bedroom with her litter tray and she was locked in there then until I got home. He had to goto hospital that night as his finger swelled quite bad and he was in quite a bit of pain.
I was heart broken when he told me and cryed, even Rob had said how upsetting it was to see her like that for no reason to be so scared of someone for nothing. Rob would never hurt nush and i trust him 100% with her, he has had family pets all his life.
At the moment she is being kept in the bedroom out of the way of everyone, she is still fine with me and I go and spent time with her and play with her. I keep bringing Rob down to talk to her, sometimes she is fine other times she screams when she hears him. Yesterday when we went down to see her I was playing with her and Rob was crouched down trying to give her a treat but she was having none of it, Rob stood up quickly afraid she was going to attack and she ran for him. Luckly he closed the door, she was screaming and growling at the door but she couldnt see him. I calmed her down and she was ok again but i had to leave her in the bedroom alone.
Last night we slept with out the cat in the room and this morning I went to feed her and was playing with her for a while. I brought her up to see rob and she was fine, he was layed on the sofa bed asleep. When he got up to make a drink she looked but didnt do anything and when he came back up she looked again and it looked like she was gonna pounce so i took her down stairs again.
I really need any help you can give to try and get Nush to trust Rob again, he has been trying to give her treats today but she dosent want to know. Everytime Rob moves or talks she looks and growls, is there anything we can do to resolve this? I've read about animal behavioral treatment but does this work? Nush is a indoor cat and has never been and never will be going out side unless on a lead, she is my little baby and i dont want her fighting with other cats. She is a healthy cat, and all this started before she was neutured so it has nothing to do with that. Any advice anyone could give would be most appreciated.
Thanks for reading
linda,rob and nush