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| Hi,my names Sharon and I have a beautiful Tom cat called Tibby.He's a long haired black and white 'son of a farm cat' moggie , but soppy and very loving.Have loved reading all the messages in the forum so thought I would tax a few brains. My Tibby is neutured ,so calm and placid loves to sleep a lot even though he's only 6!One slight problem I have is that 'cause he's so soppy, he get's terribly bullied.There's a particularly vicious Tom cat next door to us,he's also neutured,and at every opportunity will attack my poor pet and Tibby will always come off worse.I am now at my wits end over what to do,he is starting to get so despondent and sad it's breaking my heart. Has anyone else had this problem?If so has anyone got any suggestions what I could do?
Sha.
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Try keeping your cat indoors.
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| Hi Momcat, Not possible to keep him indoors,as I explained he is the son of a farm cat and very much the outdoor type, he just gets very stressed and whingey if he's shut in and refuses to use a dirt tray!!!Our garden backs onto woods and he loves to explore...when he IS awake that is!
Sha.
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Can you make a kitty enclosure with some chicken wire outside so he can explore some but yet be protected from this bully? or drug the bully some and cut his nails!
My cats own my house they just permit me to live there. Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold."
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| If my cat was being picked on outside by another, my cat would NOT be going outside unsupervised! You have 3 choices: 1. Keep your boy inside at all times. 2. Train him to a harness/leash and take him out for 1/2 hr to walk around. 3. Build/buy a sturdy cat enclosure where he can sit out there but be protected for the other male.
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| I completely understand what you mean when you say it isn't possible to keep him inside. My mother has a cat like that. He's 10 or 11 years old and has been an indoor/outdoor cat all of his life. Keeping him inside would just be cruel. With that being said, is there any particular time of day that the other cat is outside, and are these fights happening at night? If you let your cat outside at night I strongly recommend that you get him accustomed to staying inside at night. Nighttime is one of the most dangerous times because predatory animals are active at night and so are the neighboring cats. Cat fighting is very dangerous. How do you know if that cat has been vaccinated against rabies or leukemia? And how are you to know if that cat is FIV positive. You should definitely talk to this cat's owner about these things as well as when they let the cat out to prevent fighting. And if all else fails, building your own outdoor enclosure for your cat is a great idea and doesn't have to be expensive.
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| Is this viscious Tom coming into your yard? Once a bully cat gets fixated on the victim they live to torment them. That's all they think about and it becomes their hobby and goal in life. They are unstoppable. It's next to impossible to try and keep a bully cat out of your yard away from the victim. Your docile cat can get nasty infections from bite wounds. It's too bad you can't live-trap the bully and sneak him away to a no-kill shelter. (Did I say that? I hate to "cough cough" plant ideas in your head).
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| I think you've hit the nail on the head there, the bully does seem to delight in brazenly making our garden it's own and even lies in wait by the back door for Tibby to come out......I can't even leave my back door open in hot weather 'cause the wretched thing comes in to steal food.He really is a nasty piece of work,even I have been attacked by him and ended up with eight puncture wounds,one in an artery.I think when that happened I should have let the owner get rid of him as she offered but being English I blamed myself for tickling his tummy....Ummmm. At least I have a few idea's to go on, thanks to everyone.
Sha.
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