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Hello, everyone. I'm having major issues with my torite, Onyx. Here's a lil background on Onyx so you have an idea: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/256670/new-cat-owner-please-help. At this point, we've had her about 4 months.
Now, the issue is, Onyx likes NO ONE but me. I live with my best friend and she DOES NOT like her at all. She hisses, growls, scratch, jumps at her. And it just not her, its her fiancee as well, who is going to be moving in with us soon. And even though she's super sweet to me, she has moments when she jumps up and scratches me or tries to bite. I love her to death but she makes it impossible to live sometimes because we never know when she will strike. She'll play and cuddle up with me, take treats from me. But if my friend tries to, she goes into attack mode. Her previous owner NEVER mentioned to us that she was like this but recently confirmed that she was always incredibly possessive of her on merely tolerated other people. She's always acted this way and nothing they did ever broke her out of it.
I'm starting to think my lil furball is best suited for a home with a single person in it. Maybe she's just one of those cats that doesn't deal well with multiple people. I don't know what to do anymore. It would kill me to get rid of her and I don't want to feel like I've given up on her. My friend wants to give it more time but it's very hard when people say they fear coming to my house because I have a "psycho" cat. And it's not like these people antagonize her or anything, she'll just stand by my door and attack, hiss and growl at everyone. Please, if anyone can sugges ANYTHING that can help.. let me know.
Now, the issue is, Onyx likes NO ONE but me. I live with my best friend and she DOES NOT like her at all. She hisses, growls, scratch, jumps at her. And it just not her, its her fiancee as well, who is going to be moving in with us soon. And even though she's super sweet to me, she has moments when she jumps up and scratches me or tries to bite. I love her to death but she makes it impossible to live sometimes because we never know when she will strike. She'll play and cuddle up with me, take treats from me. But if my friend tries to, she goes into attack mode. Her previous owner NEVER mentioned to us that she was like this but recently confirmed that she was always incredibly possessive of her on merely tolerated other people. She's always acted this way and nothing they did ever broke her out of it.
I'm starting to think my lil furball is best suited for a home with a single person in it. Maybe she's just one of those cats that doesn't deal well with multiple people. I don't know what to do anymore. It would kill me to get rid of her and I don't want to feel like I've given up on her. My friend wants to give it more time but it's very hard when people say they fear coming to my house because I have a "psycho" cat. And it's not like these people antagonize her or anything, she'll just stand by my door and attack, hiss and growl at everyone. Please, if anyone can sugges ANYTHING that can help.. let me know.