I'm not sure how to format posts like this! Hello, I need help. I have two cats, both mature (13+). The female is younger than the male by about 4 years, but they have lived together for 10. We moved to a new house last year, as I think my other post was about, but they've since gotten used to it and are fine and comfortable. Except, within the past few months at night when they're both in my room (not the whole year!) the male cat will attack the female cat for no reason when she is just laying there on my bed. Usually it's only bats and hisses and I can push him off once or twice and he'll go away. That is not what just happened.
More information before I go onwards: Both cats are fixed. We got a dog recently, and the cats hate him. My family is trying to get the cats acclimated to the dog while I'm convinced it's a totally lost cause given that the male is still scared of him coming close and the female hates the fact he exists at all. They have been staying together in my room for nearly a month (and we have given them chances to leave. They're free to whenever they want. They just.. don't want to with the dog around.) and until now things have been totally normal and fine. Some hissing, some smacking, but overall no huge fights or anything - not that they really have those ever. The male sleeps wherever the hell in my room, usually, and the female sleeps in a safe spot under my bed. Cat anxiety and all. My room is also very big, thankfully. The male has and is medicated for hyperthyroidism. The female just kind of has cat anxiety.
I was sitting in bed trying to fall asleep just now when I heard the most... I can't even describe it. Caterwauling agonized hissyowl. I don't know. It was awful. I got up immediately and looked and he was behind a curtain that her claw was stuck on, helped her claw out of the curtain as he jumped off the windowsill, and then immediately had to stop him from jumping back up and attacking her. While I did this, I noticed a gigantic clump of fur in his mouth. She instantly jetted under the bed and when he tried to follow I scooped him up and carried him away angrily. He's currently in a completely different room while she's under the bed, and I'm exhausted at 12:30 am trying to figure out why the hell they were fighting so violently at all. They've playfought before, and sometimes he goes too far, it's true. But I've never heard her make that sound before. I don't know what to do.
More information before I go onwards: Both cats are fixed. We got a dog recently, and the cats hate him. My family is trying to get the cats acclimated to the dog while I'm convinced it's a totally lost cause given that the male is still scared of him coming close and the female hates the fact he exists at all. They have been staying together in my room for nearly a month (and we have given them chances to leave. They're free to whenever they want. They just.. don't want to with the dog around.) and until now things have been totally normal and fine. Some hissing, some smacking, but overall no huge fights or anything - not that they really have those ever. The male sleeps wherever the hell in my room, usually, and the female sleeps in a safe spot under my bed. Cat anxiety and all. My room is also very big, thankfully. The male has and is medicated for hyperthyroidism. The female just kind of has cat anxiety.
I was sitting in bed trying to fall asleep just now when I heard the most... I can't even describe it. Caterwauling agonized hissyowl. I don't know. It was awful. I got up immediately and looked and he was behind a curtain that her claw was stuck on, helped her claw out of the curtain as he jumped off the windowsill, and then immediately had to stop him from jumping back up and attacking her. While I did this, I noticed a gigantic clump of fur in his mouth. She instantly jetted under the bed and when he tried to follow I scooped him up and carried him away angrily. He's currently in a completely different room while she's under the bed, and I'm exhausted at 12:30 am trying to figure out why the hell they were fighting so violently at all. They've playfought before, and sometimes he goes too far, it's true. But I've never heard her make that sound before. I don't know what to do.
