Hello all members of this forum,
I have searched the web, reading about cats aggression towards people and so far I haven't found a single reply anywhere that would be similiar to the problem I am experiencing with my cat.
Few facts: it's male, supposly spayed, 4 years old, indoor cat, living with me and my partner in 1 and a half bedroom appartement....
Some 14 months ago (summer) he attacked me for the first time and then I tought it was due to the fact it's a mating season so I didn't think much about it. From the obvious shock. The attack was quite horrible, with biting scratching and the most horrible voice.
Then 8 months ago he attacked me for the second time. This time it was in the bathroom. I believe it was april. Again, I tought the same thing. But to my surprise these attacks continued up until today (yes, even today).
They appear sometimes every 3 days, then 12 days nothing and so on and on...
So far I haven't seen a single pattern to his attacks; it can be while I'm walking next to him, standing on the balcony, sitting behind computer, or even just trying to get out of the room...
It happens absolutely with NO appearant reason; few times while I was petting him, but besides that NO reason whatsoever.
Now I can mostly forsee his attacks, by his behaviour which becomes quite strange; he seems iritated, walking around with tail down, standing next to me and looking at me...
He's not marking his teritory, he urinates normally, he eats normally, he can be most of the time pretty cute...
Unfortunatly this problem has grown so HUGE that I can not live my life normally, I don't sit at the table and eat- but stand, when I'm walking around the flat I'm holding some towel next to me (for distraction), both of us with my partner are really careful in everything we do so that we do not disturb him... but IT DOESN'T WORK!
So, can anyone relate his experiences to this at all?
Could this be happening due to the fact he's indoor with two people in rather small appartement? Would it change if we moved and gave him opportunity to start going outside when he wanted?
Does he percieve us as cats on his teritory?
And just to add: He never attacked as before, it basically started after we had the bathroom redone and this lasted for some 25 days - with all the noise, with all the people walking around, etc. etc. This is the only thing I can think of, that may trigger his behaviour...
I would appreciate any reply, link or suggestion...
Thanks a lot!
I have searched the web, reading about cats aggression towards people and so far I haven't found a single reply anywhere that would be similiar to the problem I am experiencing with my cat.
Few facts: it's male, supposly spayed, 4 years old, indoor cat, living with me and my partner in 1 and a half bedroom appartement....
Some 14 months ago (summer) he attacked me for the first time and then I tought it was due to the fact it's a mating season so I didn't think much about it. From the obvious shock. The attack was quite horrible, with biting scratching and the most horrible voice.
Then 8 months ago he attacked me for the second time. This time it was in the bathroom. I believe it was april. Again, I tought the same thing. But to my surprise these attacks continued up until today (yes, even today).
They appear sometimes every 3 days, then 12 days nothing and so on and on...
So far I haven't seen a single pattern to his attacks; it can be while I'm walking next to him, standing on the balcony, sitting behind computer, or even just trying to get out of the room...
It happens absolutely with NO appearant reason; few times while I was petting him, but besides that NO reason whatsoever.
Now I can mostly forsee his attacks, by his behaviour which becomes quite strange; he seems iritated, walking around with tail down, standing next to me and looking at me...
He's not marking his teritory, he urinates normally, he eats normally, he can be most of the time pretty cute...
Unfortunatly this problem has grown so HUGE that I can not live my life normally, I don't sit at the table and eat- but stand, when I'm walking around the flat I'm holding some towel next to me (for distraction), both of us with my partner are really careful in everything we do so that we do not disturb him... but IT DOESN'T WORK!
So, can anyone relate his experiences to this at all?
Could this be happening due to the fact he's indoor with two people in rather small appartement? Would it change if we moved and gave him opportunity to start going outside when he wanted?
Does he percieve us as cats on his teritory?
And just to add: He never attacked as before, it basically started after we had the bathroom redone and this lasted for some 25 days - with all the noise, with all the people walking around, etc. etc. This is the only thing I can think of, that may trigger his behaviour...
I would appreciate any reply, link or suggestion...
Thanks a lot!