Originally posted by catland
I started giving Strauss "time-outs" - locked in a back bedroom, when he got in one of these moods and it has helped also.
I know nothing about cats, but this makes a lot of sense. Of course I don't want to be the one to pick up Butter, scold him and put him in time-out.

Another thing I thought of was that if Butter has met his match with an aggressive cat in an out of door encounter, he may just be taking the opportunity to *take it out* on someone else. Not that if this were the case, it in anyway helps to solve the problem.

Poor Mimi. She is such a sweetheart.