aggressive tonkinese

Question:

We have two tonkinese cats, one female, Minnie, about 5 years old and one male, Jojo, about 6 months younger (half brother & sister). Both were desexed when young. For most of their lives, they have got along very well with each other, and would sleep near each other (usually on our bed); in winter they would curl up together in their basket in front of the heater. However, that is not the situation at present – now Jojo is very aggressive towards Minnie, chasing her whenever he sees her; she in turn is very apprehensive and defensive (including growling and hissing) when he is around. Minnie now doesn’t like coming home in the evening, and often stays out all night (and seems to eat at neighbours’ places); when she does come home, she sleeps in a spot in a wardrobe which Jojo can’t get into (he’s bigger than her, and she can get onto a shelf past a door where he can’t fit). Jojo has always been a more demanding cat than Minnie – she likes being patted but isn’t usually keen on being picked up; whereas Jojo is a real affection-seeker, always rolling onto his back to have his tummy rubbed, or sitting immediately in front of us for pats, or crawling onto our knees and "kneading" with his paws, or … About 6 months ago Jojo developed a serious spraying problem, which was found to be due to a urinary tract problem (development of crystals in his urine). He was put on a special diet, which has controlled the problem, although he still needs to be on the special diet. It took him some time to become happy with his new (unchanging) diet, and it was at about this time that he became more demanding than usual, and started becoming aggressive to Minnie. He is still spraying sometimes (although now it’s more when he doesn’t get what he wants, like to go outside during the night – and he does know where the litter tray is, and uses it when necessary). Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can get our two cats back into a harmonious relationship with each other – to stop Jojo being aggressive, and stop Minnie being defensive. TIA, Rob PS. Please don’t suggest a cat psychologist – sure they’re pampered pets, but they are only pets!

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There are books and magazines out there on aggressive cat behavior, I would read up on some of the methods.

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We have two tonkinese cats, one female, Minnie, about 5 years old and one male, Jojo, about 6 months younger (half brother & sister). Both were desexed when young. For most of their lives, they have got along very well with each other, and would sleep near each other (usually on our bed); in winter they would curl up together in their basket in front of the heater. However, that is not the situation at present – now Jojo is very aggressive towards Minnie, chasing her whenever he sees her; she in turn is very apprehensive and defensive (including growling and hissing) when he is around. Minnie now doesn’t like coming home in the evening, and often stays out all night (and seems to eat at neighbours’ places); when she does come home, she sleeps in a spot in a wardrobe which Jojo can’t get into (he’s bigger than her, and she can get onto a shelf past a door where he can’t fit). Jojo has always been a more demanding cat than Minnie – she likes being patted but isn’t usually keen on being picked up; whereas Jojo is a real affection-seeker, always rolling onto his back to have his tummy rubbed, or sitting immediately in front of us for pats, or crawling onto our knees and "kneading" with his paws, or … About 6 months ago Jojo developed a serious spraying problem, which was found to be due to a urinary tract problem (development of crystals in his urine). He was put on a special diet, which has controlled the problem, although he still needs to be on the special diet. It took him some time to become happy with his new (unchanging) diet, and it was at about this time that he became more demanding than usual, and started becoming aggressive to Minnie. He is still spraying sometimes (although now it’s more when he doesn’t get what he wants, like to go outside during the night – and he does know where the litter tray is, and uses it when necessary). Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can get our two cats back into a harmonious relationship with each other – to stop Jojo being aggressive, and stop Minnie being defensive. TIA, Rob PS. Please don’t suggest a cat psychologist – sure they’re pampered pets, but they are only pets!

Response:

There are books and magazines out there on aggressive cat behavior, I would read up on some of the methods.

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We have two tonkinese cats, one female, Minnie, about 5 years old and one male, Jojo, about 6 months younger (half brother & sister). Both were desexed when young. For most of their lives, they have got along very well with each other, and would sleep near each other (usually on our bed); in winter they would curl up together in their basket in front of the heater. However, that is not the situation at present – now Jojo is very aggressive towards Minnie, chasing her whenever he sees her; she in turn is very apprehensive and defensive (including growling and hissing) when he is around. Minnie now doesn’t like coming home in the evening, and often stays out all night (and seems to eat at neighbours’ places); when she does come home, she sleeps in a spot in a wardrobe which Jojo can’t get into (he’s bigger than her, and she can get onto a shelf past a door where he can’t fit). Jojo has always been a more demanding cat than Minnie – she likes being patted but isn’t usually keen on being picked up; whereas Jojo is a real affection-seeker, always rolling onto his back to have his tummy rubbed, or sitting immediately in front of us for pats, or crawling onto our knees and "kneading" with his paws, or … About 6 months ago Jojo developed a serious spraying problem, which was found to be due to a urinary tract problem (development of crystals in his urine). He was put on a special diet, which has controlled the problem, although he still needs to be on the special diet. It took him some time to become happy with his new (unchanging) diet, and it was at about this time that he became more demanding than usual, and started becoming aggressive to Minnie. He is still spraying sometimes (although now it’s more when he doesn’t get what he wants, like to go outside during the night – and he does know where the litter tray is, and uses it when necessary). Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can get our two cats back into a harmonious relationship with each other – to stop Jojo being aggressive, and stop Minnie being defensive. TIA, Rob PS. Please don’t suggest a cat psychologist – sure they’re pampered pets, but they are only pets!

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There are books and magazines out there on aggressive cat behavior, I would read up on some of the methods.

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