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| Timid Winston |
My house maid is quite frustrated today. This issue with Winston has gone on for too long! At first, Charles and Winston got along fine. But when Charles' hormones kicked in, before my maid had a chance to get him to the vet for his little "procedure", he became aggressive... but only towards Winston! Winston is a shy fellow anyway, and he was scared witless when Charles would chase him, growling and hissing! So, to have some level of peace in the house, Winston was housed in the back bedroom, complete with food dish, water and litter box, and the door was kept closed. This went on for a month or two before my maid was able to get the situation rectified. And after that, Charles was no longer aggressive in an angry way, but he still liked to chase Winston... I think he just likes to see him run! So, poor traumatized Winston is still afraid of him, and is still living in the back bedroom, which frustrates my maid, as she would like for Winston to be able to join the rest of us again. She has been working on getting Charles to stop chasing him in a variety of ways, with moderate success. Time will tell if the two of them will every be on friendly terms again!
6 comments:
Poor boy. It'll take time and patience.
Sometimes a calming collar will help or Feliway
http://www.feliway.com/us
Oh my, a big ginger man cat like Winston should not be hassled by anyone...
Mom had to get a calming collar for Kirby to stop some of that! She can tell when it is time for a new one!
We have a similar problem in our house. Nermle constantly terrorizes Chloe by chasing her all around the house. Poor Chloe is a nervous wreck and we're not sure what to do. Nermle is normally such a laid back cat but when it comes to Chloe he turns into a nightmare. Let us know how this works out.
If Winston gets along with the rest of the kitties, maybe part of the time the maid could put Charles in the back bedroom, and let Winston have the rest of the house.
Kind of a shame the maid can't rent a battle-scarred old to give Charles what for for a few days.
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