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Another update. I always wonder “what happened in the end”’when I read posts like this so providing another update. Heck, I’m not sure anyone who helped the first time is still here but in case this helps others who are reading this post in now and in the future.
My aggressive cat, Rudy, was always attacking another of my cats, Swiper. Rudy came to us about 3 years ago after his Mom, my hubby’s grandma, passed away unexpectedly in the home. He had a lot of trauma. You can read the beginning of this post chain for more
It’s been about 1.5 years since I updated that Rudy had calmed down. In that time we rescued another cat, a very young active cat who had been TNRd and then released back to the gas station where I found him. Hence his name, Sunoco
Sunoco wants to play with everyone and being very young was a very rough player. He set his sights on Rudy as his new best friend, but Rudy wasn’t having it. To avoid Sunoco, Rudy decided our upstairs bedroom was his new home and rarely left the upstairs for almost a 1.5 years. (His choice, we did not lock him there or anything) This solved his aggression toward our other cat, as he was now the focus of Sunoco’s playing aggression. Sunoco and Rudy eventually became friends. Rudy will hide behind a curtain and call Sunoco to come find him, they sleep together, etc. However, this new friendship emboldened Rudy to start coming back downstairs recently and he is back to trying to attack Swiper. I can’t figure out the fixation he has for Swiper, after all this time—almost 3 years. Are there cats who truly can’t tolerate each other? Is there an unknown pheromone or something telling Rudy that Swiper is his enemy? It’s not as bad as before but Swiper is now hiding again because Rudy looks for her in the night. So, was this truly resolved? No. Is it better? Yes. Just can’t figure out what Rudy’s Problem is with Swiper. He doesn’t have this issue with any of our 4 other cats. Any insights?
My aggressive cat, Rudy, was always attacking another of my cats, Swiper. Rudy came to us about 3 years ago after his Mom, my hubby’s grandma, passed away unexpectedly in the home. He had a lot of trauma. You can read the beginning of this post chain for more
It’s been about 1.5 years since I updated that Rudy had calmed down. In that time we rescued another cat, a very young active cat who had been TNRd and then released back to the gas station where I found him. Hence his name, Sunoco
Sunoco wants to play with everyone and being very young was a very rough player. He set his sights on Rudy as his new best friend, but Rudy wasn’t having it. To avoid Sunoco, Rudy decided our upstairs bedroom was his new home and rarely left the upstairs for almost a 1.5 years. (His choice, we did not lock him there or anything) This solved his aggression toward our other cat, as he was now the focus of Sunoco’s playing aggression. Sunoco and Rudy eventually became friends. Rudy will hide behind a curtain and call Sunoco to come find him, they sleep together, etc. However, this new friendship emboldened Rudy to start coming back downstairs recently and he is back to trying to attack Swiper. I can’t figure out the fixation he has for Swiper, after all this time—almost 3 years. Are there cats who truly can’t tolerate each other? Is there an unknown pheromone or something telling Rudy that Swiper is his enemy? It’s not as bad as before but Swiper is now hiding again because Rudy looks for her in the night. So, was this truly resolved? No. Is it better? Yes. Just can’t figure out what Rudy’s Problem is with Swiper. He doesn’t have this issue with any of our 4 other cats. Any insights?