Logan, I'm so sorry to hear you are saving so much trouble with Butter. I know how scary that can be. I've lived with Ripley - who used to be a holy terror. Luckily I was the only one he attacked. I think he picked on me because he was my first cat and I didn't know how to react when he would stalk and chased me. I always ran and sometime screamed which excited him more and he would attack, that was as a very young cat. My vet thought neutering him would take care of the problem but it didn't. He even ripped open a vet tech's arm when he was in to be neutered. After that they wouldn't take him out for exams without the full staff there, a towel over Ripley - give him his shots and then stick him back in the carrier. The way they weighed him was to do it with him in the carrier and then have me bring the carrier by empty to weigh and do the math.

My vet said he thought Ripley had Feline Rage and wanted to put him on female hormones. This was back in the early 90s before sedating them was more acceptable. He did improve with no meds a little but I lived with his violent attacks which often came out of the blue. That is why I didn't ever get another cat for 10 years. I was afraid Ripley would kill it. To my surprise he took bringing Jazz in well and the last attack I suffered was about two weeks before we adopted her. He's never tried since.

I know this doesn't help you much but I wanted to share that one thing I did when he attacked was to put him in a room (usually the garage) to calm down. If my husband was around he would help pull Ripley off me and put him out there. Also, I discovered Ripley hated getting wet so I could spit on him to get him to release his bite on me. For a while I always carried a little spray gun on my belt. Sad I know.

I really feel for you. I was fortunate that Ripley never hurt another animal or human, just me. He's so big and strong it could be bad. He and I have a love/hate relationship but when it comes down to it I do love him I just hate the fear he put in me and the scars he left all over my body.

I hope you can get this worked out. I'm lucky that Rip is over 13 years old and just doesn't have it in him anymore.