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My wife has an acquaintance whom she calls a friend. This person is a habitual drunk and substance abuser. She is funded by her well-to-do mother and owns several dogs. Over a year ago, she persuaded my wife to adopt her 10yr old cat, named Mini, whom apparently was raised with dogs and makes growling sounds like dog. It was kind of scary....
We had two cats and two dogs, but within the last 18 months of this, we lost the eldest dog and cat. I was against the proposition, opting instead for a shelter kitten whom Snowball (11lb male dog now 1yrs old), and The Babycat,(now 10 years old, small Siamese type) could "parent" and develop into a fine housecat and companion.
My wife, a sucker for cute & furry creatures (as we all are) insisted on adopting the cat. I agreed and gave her a chance. The cat was large and very overweight and I immediately put her on a diet...
Long story short, this cat is a bully and has been bullying Snowball and The Babycat for almost 2 years now. The bullying became more prevalent and more aggressive upon her "getting fit" as she had lost almost 8 pounds and became extremely agile. She continues to "hiss" at me when I feed her. I have tried my best to befriend her, but no dice. She tolerates me, but has not become my friend. She will often, shrug back and swat my hand after a few seconds of caressing....
She snuggles with my wife and uses her for her body heat, but defiantly swats at my wife when she reprimands her for bad behavior.
For the last 3 weeks, the cat has defecated on the kitchen floor for us to wake-up-to every morning. One day, while I was preparing her home-made food in the kitchen, she defecated right where I was standing.
BTW, our cats have 2 litter boxes that are cleaned twice a day.
I knew this cat was a "bad" animal from the start, but now my wife also thinks so.
I had to convince her that, just like there are innately bad people, there are also innately "bad" animals...
PLEASE HELP!!! Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
We had two cats and two dogs, but within the last 18 months of this, we lost the eldest dog and cat. I was against the proposition, opting instead for a shelter kitten whom Snowball (11lb male dog now 1yrs old), and The Babycat,(now 10 years old, small Siamese type) could "parent" and develop into a fine housecat and companion.
My wife, a sucker for cute & furry creatures (as we all are) insisted on adopting the cat. I agreed and gave her a chance. The cat was large and very overweight and I immediately put her on a diet...
Long story short, this cat is a bully and has been bullying Snowball and The Babycat for almost 2 years now. The bullying became more prevalent and more aggressive upon her "getting fit" as she had lost almost 8 pounds and became extremely agile. She continues to "hiss" at me when I feed her. I have tried my best to befriend her, but no dice. She tolerates me, but has not become my friend. She will often, shrug back and swat my hand after a few seconds of caressing....
She snuggles with my wife and uses her for her body heat, but defiantly swats at my wife when she reprimands her for bad behavior.
For the last 3 weeks, the cat has defecated on the kitchen floor for us to wake-up-to every morning. One day, while I was preparing her home-made food in the kitchen, she defecated right where I was standing.
BTW, our cats have 2 litter boxes that are cleaned twice a day.
I knew this cat was a "bad" animal from the start, but now my wife also thinks so.
I had to convince her that, just like there are innately bad people, there are also innately "bad" animals...
PLEASE HELP!!! Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!