Good morning,
As i'm typing this I still feel like i'm going to wake up from a horrible dream. Our Beloved 9 month old indoor cat Finkle, whom we have had from 7 weeks of age, turned really violent and vicious against me on Tuesday, came home from work, he was stood on top of the fridge as usual, we had hugs, played around, he was rubbing his face against me and we were playing for a while as we always do, my partner comes home, he's completely fine, meowing a lot, but fine, he does that sometimes, it did seem a little differently though. After a while I take a step into the back garden, walk back in, open the door and my partner has our Finkle in her arms, he pushes off of her, hisses and spits at me, growls and then proceeds to attack me multiple times, fully puffed up, and vicious like I have never seen it, i'm talking, i'm 6 foot and about 225lb and I could not keep him off me, he was going for me with such ferocity, that i move d out of the way of one of the times he was lunging for my face, he hit a picture frame on the wall that is about my head height high and about 3 feet behind me, smahed it, landed on mantel piece and went straight back for my face, ripped through my clothes, deep slices in my arms, legs, stitches in my nose, he went for my face 5 or 6 times and there was nothing I could do, my partner couldn't do much as she's 7 month pregnant, but we managed to get out of the room, we backed away towards the door, and he came and guarded the door from us, managed to get him out back garden, and he stayed there overnight, charging the door all night whilst he was out there, morning comes, he's opening his mouth wide, meowing and attacking the door, we manage to get him in a box, vets call to move appointment, he did not eat as far as we could tell all night, so we put him in the kitchen with food, fresh litter, fresh water, all his favourite toys, he did not go near his toys, he loves playing with water, he avoided it like it wasn't there, comes to having to go to appointment, walk past him and he leans over to my face, and is fine, lean carefully near him, he hisses, spits and tries to get me again, i get my partner out back and i edge towards the door, he fuzzes up and guards the door. Vets came in full protective gear to collect him, they open the door, go in, he rolls over and starts playing with them.
We are clueless, vets are going to castrate him today, but with my partner being pregnant, We both strongly believe, however heartbreaking it is, and believe me when i say it really is, me and my partner are beyond heartbroken, he was our baby, but the cat that attacked me, it wasn't our finkle...
Is there ANYTHING we can do to save having to rehome him? Regardless of cost, we are desperate to keep him, our finkle must be in there somewhere.
As i'm typing this I still feel like i'm going to wake up from a horrible dream. Our Beloved 9 month old indoor cat Finkle, whom we have had from 7 weeks of age, turned really violent and vicious against me on Tuesday, came home from work, he was stood on top of the fridge as usual, we had hugs, played around, he was rubbing his face against me and we were playing for a while as we always do, my partner comes home, he's completely fine, meowing a lot, but fine, he does that sometimes, it did seem a little differently though. After a while I take a step into the back garden, walk back in, open the door and my partner has our Finkle in her arms, he pushes off of her, hisses and spits at me, growls and then proceeds to attack me multiple times, fully puffed up, and vicious like I have never seen it, i'm talking, i'm 6 foot and about 225lb and I could not keep him off me, he was going for me with such ferocity, that i move d out of the way of one of the times he was lunging for my face, he hit a picture frame on the wall that is about my head height high and about 3 feet behind me, smahed it, landed on mantel piece and went straight back for my face, ripped through my clothes, deep slices in my arms, legs, stitches in my nose, he went for my face 5 or 6 times and there was nothing I could do, my partner couldn't do much as she's 7 month pregnant, but we managed to get out of the room, we backed away towards the door, and he came and guarded the door from us, managed to get him out back garden, and he stayed there overnight, charging the door all night whilst he was out there, morning comes, he's opening his mouth wide, meowing and attacking the door, we manage to get him in a box, vets call to move appointment, he did not eat as far as we could tell all night, so we put him in the kitchen with food, fresh litter, fresh water, all his favourite toys, he did not go near his toys, he loves playing with water, he avoided it like it wasn't there, comes to having to go to appointment, walk past him and he leans over to my face, and is fine, lean carefully near him, he hisses, spits and tries to get me again, i get my partner out back and i edge towards the door, he fuzzes up and guards the door. Vets came in full protective gear to collect him, they open the door, go in, he rolls over and starts playing with them.
We are clueless, vets are going to castrate him today, but with my partner being pregnant, We both strongly believe, however heartbreaking it is, and believe me when i say it really is, me and my partner are beyond heartbroken, he was our baby, but the cat that attacked me, it wasn't our finkle...
Is there ANYTHING we can do to save having to rehome him? Regardless of cost, we are desperate to keep him, our finkle must be in there somewhere.