Okay this is a strange one folks...
I got a kitten from the SPCA when he was about 7 weeks old. He was abused I could tell, full of fleas, very limp. He had a hernia and a lump inside his mouth.
We had both those issues fixed.
Now I live out in the country and most of our cats have been indoor/outdoor cats however I wanted this one to stay inside, so that is where I kept him.
Now he is about 8.5 months old. About 2 months ago I decided I would take him outside a bit, just to let him get some air and roam around a tad...
Well within 5 minutes he started to hiss at me while outside, very abnormal seeing as he is very friendly inside and has never got mean on me. I took him back in right away..
The second time I took him out he did it again, this time sooner than before, again I brought him right back inside.
The third time was even sooner and this time he absolutely changed personalities and did not seem to recognize me at all, he was acting like a scarred stray cat. I tried to pick him up and he clawed me and tried to bite me. He was constantly growling spitting and hissing.
I had to go to the ER for a hand infection that resulted from the clawing, it was not good.
Well since then another family member has taken him outside and had the same thing happen and got bit, and infected in the hand. I guess it takes more than telling people NOT to take the cat outside...
What the HECK is wrong with my cat? Why does he act perfectly normal inside but flip out when outside?
Now the scary part is.. today he heard our other cat outside, she is a female and was walking up to the house with a mole in her mouth. She was making noises while carrying the animal around, like a mother cat does for her young... she always does this...
Anyhow he heard her and just had to see what was going on, ran from the window to the door.. I picked him up to show her to him and as I went to put him down he flung his head back at me and started to hiss and growl.
So now I am worried this may turn into an indoor issue as well... I just don't understand this and have never heard of this problem before.
It's like he just stops recognizing you and gets extremely mad, no different than a pinned down stray wild cat would do. When brought inside it takes him from a few minutes to an hour or so to calm down and go back to normal.
He is VERY friendly indoors with the exception of today while looking outside at the other cat...
Anyone have a clue?
I got a kitten from the SPCA when he was about 7 weeks old. He was abused I could tell, full of fleas, very limp. He had a hernia and a lump inside his mouth.
We had both those issues fixed.
Now I live out in the country and most of our cats have been indoor/outdoor cats however I wanted this one to stay inside, so that is where I kept him.
Now he is about 8.5 months old. About 2 months ago I decided I would take him outside a bit, just to let him get some air and roam around a tad...
Well within 5 minutes he started to hiss at me while outside, very abnormal seeing as he is very friendly inside and has never got mean on me. I took him back in right away..
The second time I took him out he did it again, this time sooner than before, again I brought him right back inside.
The third time was even sooner and this time he absolutely changed personalities and did not seem to recognize me at all, he was acting like a scarred stray cat. I tried to pick him up and he clawed me and tried to bite me. He was constantly growling spitting and hissing.
I had to go to the ER for a hand infection that resulted from the clawing, it was not good.
Well since then another family member has taken him outside and had the same thing happen and got bit, and infected in the hand. I guess it takes more than telling people NOT to take the cat outside...
What the HECK is wrong with my cat? Why does he act perfectly normal inside but flip out when outside?
Now the scary part is.. today he heard our other cat outside, she is a female and was walking up to the house with a mole in her mouth. She was making noises while carrying the animal around, like a mother cat does for her young... she always does this...
Anyhow he heard her and just had to see what was going on, ran from the window to the door.. I picked him up to show her to him and as I went to put him down he flung his head back at me and started to hiss and growl.
So now I am worried this may turn into an indoor issue as well... I just don't understand this and have never heard of this problem before.
It's like he just stops recognizing you and gets extremely mad, no different than a pinned down stray wild cat would do. When brought inside it takes him from a few minutes to an hour or so to calm down and go back to normal.
He is VERY friendly indoors with the exception of today while looking outside at the other cat...
Anyone have a clue?