ive had one cat, fuzzy, for 3 years now.. hes had friends, my best friend brought his cat over a lot till he ran away, and some kittens were brought over... hes usually just been aloof and temperamental.
but no cats have been over in a while, and fuzzy is an inside cat since i live above the 1st floor and cant let him in when he wants/needs to.. and lately ive felt hes been in an odd "shut in" kinda funk.. so for the past few years ive been thinking about getting him a friend.. and a friend needed to find her cat a new home so i thought what the hell... and i brought the cat home tonight...
i half followed this suggestion of having them stay in different rooms for a while to smell each other out without having any direct contact... so i bring this cat home and put him in a room.. i spend about 15 mins calming him down.. hes cool.. so i go out and try to see how my old cat is doing..
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as soon as he sees me he bolts to the windowsill behind a curtain.. and i walk over and hes hissing and growling hysterically at ME?... like nothing ive ever heard him do his whole life hes also twisted up in the window with his head down and his butt up in the air.. and hes defecating all over himself!!!???
i was in complete horror/shock.. i had no idea what to do.. i sorta tried to talk soothing and i reached for him and he FREAKED OUT and tried to attack my hand! completely utterly insane. usually when hes mad he just hisses and hides or turns his face from me and growls a little kinda warbly.. but this time he was screaming crazy!
i ran to the bathroom to grab a towel to throw over him so i could grab him and take him to the bathroom, and when i came back he was under the recliner still screaming away. i pushed the chair over and tossed the towel over him and he just bit and scratched my hands and arms. there was blood and poop all over my carpets to the bathroom.
i somehow managed to give him a brief bath while crying... he calmed down the screaming when he got wet(no idea why, but thank god).
i fairly quickly decided to give the cat right back..
i left my fuzzy under the bed still a bit wet...
and i went to a bar for a bit to calm down..
i came back hoping hed be a bit better..
but no.. hes still screaming murder at me..
i even tried to spray the whole house down with air freshener to get the other cats smell away... pfft..
i really dont know what to think.
or do.
i know its horrible.. but i kind of hate my cat right now.
and he was never nice to me to begin with..
i was kinda hoping that getting another cat would somehow make him nicer to me.. and now... i realize hes just completely insane!
i love him.. but
but no cats have been over in a while, and fuzzy is an inside cat since i live above the 1st floor and cant let him in when he wants/needs to.. and lately ive felt hes been in an odd "shut in" kinda funk.. so for the past few years ive been thinking about getting him a friend.. and a friend needed to find her cat a new home so i thought what the hell... and i brought the cat home tonight...
i half followed this suggestion of having them stay in different rooms for a while to smell each other out without having any direct contact... so i bring this cat home and put him in a room.. i spend about 15 mins calming him down.. hes cool.. so i go out and try to see how my old cat is doing..
...
..
as soon as he sees me he bolts to the windowsill behind a curtain.. and i walk over and hes hissing and growling hysterically at ME?... like nothing ive ever heard him do his whole life hes also twisted up in the window with his head down and his butt up in the air.. and hes defecating all over himself!!!???
i was in complete horror/shock.. i had no idea what to do.. i sorta tried to talk soothing and i reached for him and he FREAKED OUT and tried to attack my hand! completely utterly insane. usually when hes mad he just hisses and hides or turns his face from me and growls a little kinda warbly.. but this time he was screaming crazy!
i ran to the bathroom to grab a towel to throw over him so i could grab him and take him to the bathroom, and when i came back he was under the recliner still screaming away. i pushed the chair over and tossed the towel over him and he just bit and scratched my hands and arms. there was blood and poop all over my carpets to the bathroom.
i somehow managed to give him a brief bath while crying... he calmed down the screaming when he got wet(no idea why, but thank god).
i fairly quickly decided to give the cat right back..
i left my fuzzy under the bed still a bit wet...
and i went to a bar for a bit to calm down..
i came back hoping hed be a bit better..
but no.. hes still screaming murder at me..
i even tried to spray the whole house down with air freshener to get the other cats smell away... pfft..
i really dont know what to think.
or do.
i know its horrible.. but i kind of hate my cat right now.
and he was never nice to me to begin with..
i was kinda hoping that getting another cat would somehow make him nicer to me.. and now... i realize hes just completely insane!
i love him.. but