Brat
October 29th, 2010, 11:21 AM
Hi All!
We have three cats, all brothers, all neutered, 5 years old. They are indoor cats (except for the random outing onto our balcony) however we've always noticed that one of them is way more territorial than the others.
He sits there at the window 24/7 practically "guarding" the place and whenever another cat happens to take a stroll up our back stairs, he just goes BALLISTIC. Screams come out of that tiny cat that would probably make my neighbors think we're hurting a small child!! His tail fluffs up and he basically lunges at the patio door, all the while the cat on the other side is kinda looking at him like "What the hell is YOUR problem?!" His brothers don't ever do that and most of the time they're either just curious or they run away because I assume they're terrified of their own brother. This often happens in the middle of the night so you can imagine that being a lovely way to be woken up at 4am. I've tried closing the door to that particular room before but he sits there meowing and crying for hours on end.
Also, often times when I let them out on the balcony it's as if he doesn't recognize one his brothers anymore (ONLY ONE! He doesn't have any problems with the other one). He'll hiss at him and growl and swat at him and I'm just there saying "It's your brother doofus!!! He's been chilling next to you for an hour now!" :rolleyes:
Yesterday I noticed him standing on top of my boyfriends gym bag which was on the floor in the living room. I see him standing there and his tail is vibrating and I shoo him off and we start smelling the bag and sure enough it smells like he's been spraying there. :yuck:
I don't get it.. why are some cats just way more territorial and how can I work with him on all of these behaviors?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions! :cat:
And for the fun of it I thought I'd include a picture of the BIG BAD guard cat on his guarding post, guarding away. Fixated on the balcony! :laughing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/bratalishus/January2010089r.jpg
And then him just being a goof.. which he is most of the time :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/bratalishus/12_03_06044.jpg
We have three cats, all brothers, all neutered, 5 years old. They are indoor cats (except for the random outing onto our balcony) however we've always noticed that one of them is way more territorial than the others.
He sits there at the window 24/7 practically "guarding" the place and whenever another cat happens to take a stroll up our back stairs, he just goes BALLISTIC. Screams come out of that tiny cat that would probably make my neighbors think we're hurting a small child!! His tail fluffs up and he basically lunges at the patio door, all the while the cat on the other side is kinda looking at him like "What the hell is YOUR problem?!" His brothers don't ever do that and most of the time they're either just curious or they run away because I assume they're terrified of their own brother. This often happens in the middle of the night so you can imagine that being a lovely way to be woken up at 4am. I've tried closing the door to that particular room before but he sits there meowing and crying for hours on end.
Also, often times when I let them out on the balcony it's as if he doesn't recognize one his brothers anymore (ONLY ONE! He doesn't have any problems with the other one). He'll hiss at him and growl and swat at him and I'm just there saying "It's your brother doofus!!! He's been chilling next to you for an hour now!" :rolleyes:
Yesterday I noticed him standing on top of my boyfriends gym bag which was on the floor in the living room. I see him standing there and his tail is vibrating and I shoo him off and we start smelling the bag and sure enough it smells like he's been spraying there. :yuck:
I don't get it.. why are some cats just way more territorial and how can I work with him on all of these behaviors?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions! :cat:
And for the fun of it I thought I'd include a picture of the BIG BAD guard cat on his guarding post, guarding away. Fixated on the balcony! :laughing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/bratalishus/January2010089r.jpg
And then him just being a goof.. which he is most of the time :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/bratalishus/12_03_06044.jpg