KSW
09-06-2005, 10:58 AM
Hi there, I have a 4 year old female brown tabby. We adopted here a year and a half ago from the Humane Society.
She has always been a very calm and agreeable cat with only the odd nip if she was being "overpetted".
Recently she has become very aggressive with me (I am female), nipping me when I try to brush her (she never did this before) and now hissing and trying to bite me when I pick her up or try to put her harness on. She does not do this with my boyfriend.
My boyfriends’ theory: There is a male cat that lives next door that has been passing through our yard right by the window where she sits and she gets EXTREMELY agitated by this, howling and hissing. I am often outside when he comes through and since he is very cute, I often pet him and rub his tummy and she can see me doing this. Is it possible that she is angry at me for interacting with this other cat? I find this hard to believe.
I am very saddened that she is reacting to me this way since she used to sleep on my lap and let me cuddle or kiss her. Now she is growling and hissing at me even if I try to pet her!! She is also obsessed with sitting in the window he passes by and will only leave it to eat and use the litter.
Help!!!!!
She has always been a very calm and agreeable cat with only the odd nip if she was being "overpetted".
Recently she has become very aggressive with me (I am female), nipping me when I try to brush her (she never did this before) and now hissing and trying to bite me when I pick her up or try to put her harness on. She does not do this with my boyfriend.
My boyfriends’ theory: There is a male cat that lives next door that has been passing through our yard right by the window where she sits and she gets EXTREMELY agitated by this, howling and hissing. I am often outside when he comes through and since he is very cute, I often pet him and rub his tummy and she can see me doing this. Is it possible that she is angry at me for interacting with this other cat? I find this hard to believe.
I am very saddened that she is reacting to me this way since she used to sleep on my lap and let me cuddle or kiss her. Now she is growling and hissing at me even if I try to pet her!! She is also obsessed with sitting in the window he passes by and will only leave it to eat and use the litter.
Help!!!!!