This used to happen at our house too awhile back. I found out that there was a neighborhood cat (probably a stray at the time) that would see T & P through the window (our windows go all the way to the floors), come right up to the window and growl and hiss and generally aggravate Tubby. Everything was fine until the cat moved, at which time Tubby (the more aggresive of my two) would attack Peanut. What he really wanted to do was attack the cat outside, but he couldn't get to it (thank God!) and the nearest thing to take his aggression out on was poor little Peanut. I'd have a major cat fight going on in my living room at all hours of the early morning, with fur flying and everything - literally. At first I didn't know what was going on, but then I saw the cat one night. After that I put paper on all the windows - at cat height - so they couldn't see each other. Worked like a charm. I eventually got one of those electronic noise maker things. It makes a certain noise (set for cats) that cats don't like. It is on a motion sensor, so when the outside cat steps up on the stoop, it starts making this noise and the cat leaves. I seems to be working because either the cat has learned to avoid the area because of the noise, or - and this is my idea of what happened - the neighbors took the cat in and got it neutered so it isn't so territorial and won't come and aggravate Tubby.
So anyway, my point is that maybe something like this triggered your cat fight in the middle of the night. I really believe it was because the other cat wasn't fixed because we have lots of neighborhood cats that walk right by the windows and never bother with T & P, but this one actually attacked the window once - good thing it wasn't the screen door with Tubby on the other side. The screen would have never held the cat back. Whew, I'm glad this whole experience is in the past!
Tubby
Spring 1986 - Dec. 11, 2004
RIP Big Boy
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Peanut
Fall 1988 - Jan. 24, 2007
RIP Snotty Girl
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Robin
Fall 1997 - Oct. 6, 2012
RIP Sweet Monkeyhead Girl
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