CharlieB
Junior Walker and the Allstars
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We have two male neutered cats, litter brothers of 10½ years old that we've had from kittenhood.
One of them, let's call him Nitkit, had a visit to the vet on Wednesday for some dental work. Since he returned in the evening, we've had what can only be described as WW3 break out.
The other one, let's call him Cat, has always regarded himself as the alpha male of the two, but aside from the odd little quarrel, they have always got on. Now he is acting very aggressively to his brother to the point that we have had to keep them isolated from each other since Nitkit's return. We did expect some disagreement, but in no way to the extent we've seen in the last 36 hours.
I know it's too easy to project human emotions and foibles onto animals, especially our pets, but I'm assuming that Nitkit's day-long absence from the house has given Cat what he sees as a tactical advantage and now he regards the entire house as his territory and will not now tolerate any intruder.
Has anyone out there any experience of this and tips they want to pass on?
We've also tried one of the very expensive Feliway plug-in calmers, which hasn't changed the status quo so far.
One of them, let's call him Nitkit, had a visit to the vet on Wednesday for some dental work. Since he returned in the evening, we've had what can only be described as WW3 break out.
The other one, let's call him Cat, has always regarded himself as the alpha male of the two, but aside from the odd little quarrel, they have always got on. Now he is acting very aggressively to his brother to the point that we have had to keep them isolated from each other since Nitkit's return. We did expect some disagreement, but in no way to the extent we've seen in the last 36 hours.
I know it's too easy to project human emotions and foibles onto animals, especially our pets, but I'm assuming that Nitkit's day-long absence from the house has given Cat what he sees as a tactical advantage and now he regards the entire house as his territory and will not now tolerate any intruder.
Has anyone out there any experience of this and tips they want to pass on?
We've also tried one of the very expensive Feliway plug-in calmers, which hasn't changed the status quo so far.