Hi everyone, I'm having a massive problem with my 2-year-old male cat. Just to be clear, he's not been neutered yet (I've got him booked in for the end of July).\/p>
The issue is with a male kitten I've just rescued from the street, he's about 6 weeks old.\/p>
My older cat, TCHOUPI, had been off hunting for 8 days and came back yesterday. We've had the kitten, NEMO, for 5 days now.\/p>
So, this morning the big one came back and fell asleep with me. Then I decided to introduce him to his ‘new mate’ briefly, just so he could have a sniff before heading back outside as usual. (No, I didn't mess about waiting a week for their scents to mingle – I only waited a day, swapped some saliva and that was it. I've always done it this way and it's always gone fine with my cats! I didn't think for a second there'd be an exception... anyway...)\/p>
My older cat sniffed the kitten and started getting agitated, sniffing everything around him, and I could tell he was reacting strangely! He got more and more worked up, then suddenly lunged at the kitten and bit him! The kitten screamed, I scooped him up, and my cat tried to grab him. I put the kitten in a carrier and my cat was practically throwing himself at it, poking his paws through the bars like a maniac! He went mental, meowing and running around the house for me to give him the kitten back.\/p>
Later in the day, I tried again once they'd calmed down, and it was the same story. He grabbed the kitten's leg and wouldn't let go, even though I was holding him and the kitten was screaming!! I'm really, really scared and I don't know what to do...\/p>
In his temper, my cat even scratched my two Chihuahuas.\/p>
He usually heads straight back out, but now he's lurking outside the house, waiting for a door to open.\/p>
So, would getting my cat neutered stop this aggression?\/p>
He didn't seem himself when he came back; it's like those last 8 days of hunting really took it out of him... but does anyone have a solution, or has anyone been through something similar?? I'm already really attached to the kitten and I can't imagine rehoming him. And I love cats, so it really upsets me to think I won't be able to adopt any more because of Tchoupi!...\/p>
