Hi Pam, and thanks for visiting us at TCS!!
A bit of background information on my three cats. Their all spayed and neutered, and no medical problems.
They all get along great apart from this small problem with Rosie and Jack. Rosie has played Mother to both Jack and Sophie when they were kittens by grooming them etc.., and Jack especially is really close to Rosie. He follows her around like her shadow and cuddles up to her, with Rosie grooming him daily.
It all started last year with Jack who’s 5 and Rosie who’s 10. The bedroom lights went out and after 10 minutes or so l heard one of them hissing and growling. I switched the light on and found it was Jack hissing at Rosie who was standing in the wardrobe.
The only thing l could think of was that Jack got spooked because he didn’t know she was there?, but for two weeks after Rosie was terrified of Jack and wouldn’t come downstairs because he actually attacked her in the early hours one night.. After 2 weeks everything was back to normal with the help of Feliway, and Rescue Remedy until the next episode.........
Earlier this year l accidently locked Jack in the kitchen for 2 hours, so when l got home l opened the door and he came running out, but it was Rosie’s turn to start hissing?. Jack went on the defence again and l had to keep them separated for a few weeks, only letting them be together lf l was there.
Several month’s on their fine again when it comes to cuddling etc... and l can leave them alone together no problem during the day and at night as long as there’s a light on, but Rosie won’t come upstairs now even during the day. She’s obviously still scared, and It seems to be mainly when it’s dark that he goes to attack her, because when l carried her up to bed at night and the lights went out that’s when he would stand and stare at her ready to pounce and it stressed her out, so for this reason l just leave Rosie downstairs and close my bedroom door so Jack can’t get to her, but once in daylight their fine?.
I’ve made a bit progress by throwing some treats up the stairs for her to get her confidence back, but she’s still very cautious and watches my bedroom incase he comes out.
A few weeks ago Rosie was four stairs from the top getting the treats l threw when Jack came running out the bedroom and stopped at the top of the stairs. He looked at Rosie as lf to say “Who said you could come up here?!”, and on cue she came running back down them. It’s like he’s dominating her?!
One of the other Moderators mentioned about a collar with a bell for Jack so Rosie could have advance warning that he was coming, but l've tried several times unsucessfully when he has a kitten, and Jack got it caught in his mouth one day so l playes safe and kept it off him.
The Feliway has been plugged in all this time, the vanilla extract and Rescue Remedy used, so l’m hoping you can help me sort this out?
A bit of background information on my three cats. Their all spayed and neutered, and no medical problems.
They all get along great apart from this small problem with Rosie and Jack. Rosie has played Mother to both Jack and Sophie when they were kittens by grooming them etc.., and Jack especially is really close to Rosie. He follows her around like her shadow and cuddles up to her, with Rosie grooming him daily.
It all started last year with Jack who’s 5 and Rosie who’s 10. The bedroom lights went out and after 10 minutes or so l heard one of them hissing and growling. I switched the light on and found it was Jack hissing at Rosie who was standing in the wardrobe.
The only thing l could think of was that Jack got spooked because he didn’t know she was there?, but for two weeks after Rosie was terrified of Jack and wouldn’t come downstairs because he actually attacked her in the early hours one night.. After 2 weeks everything was back to normal with the help of Feliway, and Rescue Remedy until the next episode.........
Earlier this year l accidently locked Jack in the kitchen for 2 hours, so when l got home l opened the door and he came running out, but it was Rosie’s turn to start hissing?. Jack went on the defence again and l had to keep them separated for a few weeks, only letting them be together lf l was there.
Several month’s on their fine again when it comes to cuddling etc... and l can leave them alone together no problem during the day and at night as long as there’s a light on, but Rosie won’t come upstairs now even during the day. She’s obviously still scared, and It seems to be mainly when it’s dark that he goes to attack her, because when l carried her up to bed at night and the lights went out that’s when he would stand and stare at her ready to pounce and it stressed her out, so for this reason l just leave Rosie downstairs and close my bedroom door so Jack can’t get to her, but once in daylight their fine?.
I’ve made a bit progress by throwing some treats up the stairs for her to get her confidence back, but she’s still very cautious and watches my bedroom incase he comes out.
A few weeks ago Rosie was four stairs from the top getting the treats l threw when Jack came running out the bedroom and stopped at the top of the stairs. He looked at Rosie as lf to say “Who said you could come up here?!”, and on cue she came running back down them. It’s like he’s dominating her?!
One of the other Moderators mentioned about a collar with a bell for Jack so Rosie could have advance warning that he was coming, but l've tried several times unsucessfully when he has a kitten, and Jack got it caught in his mouth one day so l playes safe and kept it off him.
The Feliway has been plugged in all this time, the vanilla extract and Rescue Remedy used, so l’m hoping you can help me sort this out?
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