My daughter, Rosemary, is owned by her blue cat, Polly, who was my Sukie's mother, Sukie passed in August last year. Polly lives with Rosemary in an upstairs flat and is an indoors/outside cat who was left on the vet's receptionist counter heavily pregnant aged about 9 months.
My daughter is retired and no longer goes out to work, but has a few problems with Polly. She is 4 years old and she has had her for 3 years. She is a very clever cat but she is a biter when she doesn't get what she wants, be it food, sitting where Rosemary is sitting or particularly when Rosemary's attention is diverted from Polly. Telephones are a particular problem - when Rosemary is on the phone, Polly will come up without warning and scratch or bite Rosemary's arms or legs until the phone call is finished.
Polly is very territorial, when Rosemary has visitors, Polly dashes around leaping on and off the furniture before leaping up behind them to give them a shock. She has even been known to attack the Postman, allowing him to start to climb the stairs then crouching behind him, ears flattened and hissing and - trapping him between Polly and the closed door.
Rosemary loves her dearly, and Polly can be most affectionate. However Rosemary, who can be quite scared at times, has tried everything she can think of to civilise Polly; putting her out to the landing, putting her in a room away from her for a bit, talking gently.... We would be most grateful for any ideas or stories of similar cats.
With kind regards,
Geoffrey
My daughter is retired and no longer goes out to work, but has a few problems with Polly. She is 4 years old and she has had her for 3 years. She is a very clever cat but she is a biter when she doesn't get what she wants, be it food, sitting where Rosemary is sitting or particularly when Rosemary's attention is diverted from Polly. Telephones are a particular problem - when Rosemary is on the phone, Polly will come up without warning and scratch or bite Rosemary's arms or legs until the phone call is finished.
Polly is very territorial, when Rosemary has visitors, Polly dashes around leaping on and off the furniture before leaping up behind them to give them a shock. She has even been known to attack the Postman, allowing him to start to climb the stairs then crouching behind him, ears flattened and hissing and - trapping him between Polly and the closed door.
Rosemary loves her dearly, and Polly can be most affectionate. However Rosemary, who can be quite scared at times, has tried everything she can think of to civilise Polly; putting her out to the landing, putting her in a room away from her for a bit, talking gently.... We would be most grateful for any ideas or stories of similar cats.
With kind regards,
Geoffrey