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Hello,
(long, please bear with me)
I am having aggression issues with my 2 year old spayed calico, Cali, that I hand raised. She's always been a little jumpy and dominant towards my other cats, but never attacked me until last July. I ran past her towards another one of my cats who had knocked some stuff over. I yelled the cats name and started to pick the stuff up. From across the room Cali ran to me, leaped at my legs and viciously scratched them several times. I managed to shut her in my bedroom and she howled weirdly for 20 minutes. After she quieted I let her out and she was her old self again.
This July something similar happened. I tripped over another cat and nearly fell. Of course I yelled out in surprise. Then I walked past Cali (whom I did not see) and she attacked my legs. I shut myself in the bathroom and she tried to get in after me. She did the howl again but wandered away after five minutes.
Today I think it almost happened again but I managed to shut the door before she got too close to me.
Does anyone have any idea what the issue might be here? I have had cats my entire life and have never come across one with these kind of issues. I have started giving her homeopathic anxiety and stress drops. I've also ordered soft claws and a feliway diffuser. I am afraid that the vet will want to put her on prozac and I want to try to avoid that. But I can't live like this, not knowing when or what might set her off.
(long, please bear with me)
I am having aggression issues with my 2 year old spayed calico, Cali, that I hand raised. She's always been a little jumpy and dominant towards my other cats, but never attacked me until last July. I ran past her towards another one of my cats who had knocked some stuff over. I yelled the cats name and started to pick the stuff up. From across the room Cali ran to me, leaped at my legs and viciously scratched them several times. I managed to shut her in my bedroom and she howled weirdly for 20 minutes. After she quieted I let her out and she was her old self again.
This July something similar happened. I tripped over another cat and nearly fell. Of course I yelled out in surprise. Then I walked past Cali (whom I did not see) and she attacked my legs. I shut myself in the bathroom and she tried to get in after me. She did the howl again but wandered away after five minutes.
Today I think it almost happened again but I managed to shut the door before she got too close to me.
Does anyone have any idea what the issue might be here? I have had cats my entire life and have never come across one with these kind of issues. I have started giving her homeopathic anxiety and stress drops. I've also ordered soft claws and a feliway diffuser. I am afraid that the vet will want to put her on prozac and I want to try to avoid that. But I can't live like this, not knowing when or what might set her off.