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So our cats, Tiki and Lexington, generally get along. She's 8-9 months and he's 6 yrs. Both spayed. They'll play - run after each other, etc...
What happens is that there's some psycho behavior when the other will be sleeping.
Lexington gets overstimulated somehow and will attack the other cat, if he sees her sleeping, or if she's playing. They'll wrestle and bite at each other's faces. I usually let it go on for a minute or two. Neither will back down. When he attacks her, it's as though he's annoyed she's enjoying herself or sleeping.
She'll occasionally do the same to him - but with her, it's more like she's trying to screw with him or get him to play. It seems less angry.
We tried Feliway with no obvious effect, and I tried the vanilla thing with little effect, either.
The thing that bothers me is when he does it, he'll latch on her neck or back and won't let go.
Can we leave these two alone? I might be starting a new job and I'll be out of the house 12 hours per day. My girlfriend says I should just leave them alone to sort it out, but there's never a sign of them resolving it peacefully on their own.
What happens is that there's some psycho behavior when the other will be sleeping.
Lexington gets overstimulated somehow and will attack the other cat, if he sees her sleeping, or if she's playing. They'll wrestle and bite at each other's faces. I usually let it go on for a minute or two. Neither will back down. When he attacks her, it's as though he's annoyed she's enjoying herself or sleeping.
She'll occasionally do the same to him - but with her, it's more like she's trying to screw with him or get him to play. It seems less angry.
We tried Feliway with no obvious effect, and I tried the vanilla thing with little effect, either.
The thing that bothers me is when he does it, he'll latch on her neck or back and won't let go.
Can we leave these two alone? I might be starting a new job and I'll be out of the house 12 hours per day. My girlfriend says I should just leave them alone to sort it out, but there's never a sign of them resolving it peacefully on their own.