Okay guys.. Boca is the unneutered outdoor male that we've been letting into the sunroom at night and when it rains for a good few weeks now. We've been rubbing him down and rubbing Chickster down, I thought I was doing everything right, but I think I pushed too fast?
He does really great with the two outdoor spayed females. They head bump him and he's never once hit them or fought with them. He's been bopped a couple times by them, though.
For the past three mornings I've let Boca into the house. Chickster ignores him, stays away from him. Today she laid out in the floor and sucked on her toe while he sat about three feet away watching her. His body language was totally relaxed. Tail wasn't twitching, pupils not dilated. He is very calm. He snuck up and sniffed her butt while she was sucking on her toe and didn't notice him. Today she's hissed, she's growled (especially when he got close to her water glass) but otherwise they've just looked at each other. They haven't blink-kissed, but stared intently at each other.
Well, then all heck broke loose. Chickster was trying to pass by him but it was too close on either side, so she hissed at him. He just looked at her, while sitting, seemingly totally innocent. She backed up and went back into the livingroom, began to hiss, growl and then attacked her own tail. At this point she was about 5 feet away from Boca, who immediately pounced on her. I jumped up, terrified, hollered NO and they both hissed at me (looking me dead in the eyes) and Boca ran to the front door and Chickster under the kitchen table. I put Boca out (he came back to the backdoor and is out there crying like mad, i will go ease him) but Chickster, I think, maybe had a "poop incident" where some might be stuck to her butt or maybe poop pains, that is usually when she attacks her own tail.
I can't get to her right now, but she is MAJORLY upset with me. So, my question is, what do I do now, and should I just keep Boca in the sunroom for the winter and give up integrating? I don't want Chickster to get hurt. Boca needs to be neutered, soon, but ... I am just lost.
Edit: She is ok.
Thanks for any help. I'm going to take a couple xanax, I hate cat fights so much.
He does really great with the two outdoor spayed females. They head bump him and he's never once hit them or fought with them. He's been bopped a couple times by them, though.
For the past three mornings I've let Boca into the house. Chickster ignores him, stays away from him. Today she laid out in the floor and sucked on her toe while he sat about three feet away watching her. His body language was totally relaxed. Tail wasn't twitching, pupils not dilated. He is very calm. He snuck up and sniffed her butt while she was sucking on her toe and didn't notice him. Today she's hissed, she's growled (especially when he got close to her water glass) but otherwise they've just looked at each other. They haven't blink-kissed, but stared intently at each other.
Well, then all heck broke loose. Chickster was trying to pass by him but it was too close on either side, so she hissed at him. He just looked at her, while sitting, seemingly totally innocent. She backed up and went back into the livingroom, began to hiss, growl and then attacked her own tail. At this point she was about 5 feet away from Boca, who immediately pounced on her. I jumped up, terrified, hollered NO and they both hissed at me (looking me dead in the eyes) and Boca ran to the front door and Chickster under the kitchen table. I put Boca out (he came back to the backdoor and is out there crying like mad, i will go ease him) but Chickster, I think, maybe had a "poop incident" where some might be stuck to her butt or maybe poop pains, that is usually when she attacks her own tail.
I can't get to her right now, but she is MAJORLY upset with me. So, my question is, what do I do now, and should I just keep Boca in the sunroom for the winter and give up integrating? I don't want Chickster to get hurt. Boca needs to be neutered, soon, but ... I am just lost.
Edit: She is ok.
Thanks for any help. I'm going to take a couple xanax, I hate cat fights so much.
