Kitty was hiding in my blanket this morning. There's a bullying tomcat who chases her like prey. I've tried to convince her that running only encourages him.
Oh poor Kitty! :: scritches her behind ears & smoothes whiskers :: Please tell her that there is hope, if she can be patient & brave. We brought 2 middle-aged formerly-female cats into our house almost 3 years ago when we already had a big middle-aged formerly-tomcat & a very young female. Unfortunately other upsets in the cat world happened about the same time, & the big fellow developed a violent streak & started stalking & attacking the older girls. They had to suffer several vet visits for bites & abscesses, even while I tried to keep them segregated. I really feared for a while that I'd have to rehome or euthanize the big guy even tho' we'd had him for 8 years.
Fortunately, some judicious experimentation with drugs & tincture of time has smoothed things out tremendously. Even the scarediest of the scaredygirl cats ventures out into the common areas for pets & treats, while the braver of the girls is in serious contention for Top Cat. The youngest female stalks & pounces on everyone but, since she never grew larger than ~8 pounds & the rest are 13-16 pounds, they don't exactly tremble in fear. She does manage to provoke the big male into literally sitting or lying on her once in a while, however, which is good for learning new feline cuss words.... ;-)
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Date: 2010-09-26 01:27 pm (UTC)Oh poor Kitty! :: scritches her behind ears & smoothes whiskers :: Please tell her that there is hope, if she can be patient & brave. We brought 2 middle-aged formerly-female cats into our house almost 3 years ago when we already had a big middle-aged formerly-tomcat & a very young female. Unfortunately other upsets in the cat world happened about the same time, & the big fellow developed a violent streak & started stalking & attacking the older girls. They had to suffer several vet visits for bites & abscesses, even while I tried to keep them segregated. I really feared for a while that I'd have to rehome or euthanize the big guy even tho' we'd had him for 8 years.
Fortunately, some judicious experimentation with drugs & tincture of time has smoothed things out tremendously. Even the scarediest of the scaredygirl cats ventures out into the common areas for pets & treats, while the braver of the girls is in serious contention for Top Cat. The youngest female stalks & pounces on everyone but, since she never grew larger than ~8 pounds & the rest are 13-16 pounds, they don't exactly tremble in fear. She does manage to provoke the big male into literally sitting or lying on her once in a while, however, which is good for learning new feline cuss words.... ;-)