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Hi, Catapault.We had a situation where two neutered, indoor only cats that have lived together since kittenhood suddenly devolved into screaming and fighting with each other when a neighbor's cat would come and stare in the door. Displaced aggression, it is called.
If you want to read the War-and-Peace version, it is here: Two Cats Suddenly Fighting Aggressively
Reader's Digest version: veterinarian prescribed diazipam (Valium) which my pharmacist compounded as a chicken flavored liquid that I just added to their canned food. Worked like magic / better living through chemistry. Vet does have one cat patient on Prozac but she feels that in most cases diazipam / Valium is superior treatment.
Had a couple of transient setbacks, quickly resolved with a couple of doses of diazipam. And now if the neighbor's cat shows up one of my cats screams at him while the other hides under my bed, then both calm down on their own and all is well. Desensitization.
Something completely different - approximately where in the Colorado Rockies are you? Have been on several North American Rock Garden Society meetings - Summit Lake up Mt Evans, outside Vail and Aspen. Last fall visited family in Purgatory (25 miles from Durango). Love the land above the tree line.
Your Valium-laced chicken is just what I would ask for, if I take this to a vet. I'm interested to have precise information to discuss. Thank you.
I live southwest of Denver, in the southern shadow of the Mt Evans Wilderness area, near where the Platte River passes the foot of the Kenosha Range of the Rockies on its way to Denver.
~D :rub: