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Date Posted: 10:17:35 am, Mon, 11/26/07
Author: Guardian-of-4
Subject: It could be that unaltered strays are showing up outside. We moved in late August/early September. At the new place was an intact male, whom we named Trouble...msg
In reply to: Ramona 's message, "I am at my wits end!" on 3:47:42 pm, Sun, 11/25/07


guardian-of-4 at comcast dot net

Let me backtrack a bit. When Ken sits outside in the back yard to study, he often lets our big male, Glowworm, out under supervision. Glowworm likes to scratch the patio pillars and trees and sometimes he sprays the fence.

Anyway, almost as soon as we moved it, we started hearing yowling in the middle of the night. Trouble would come right up to the sliding glass door and yowl these battle cries. Glowworm would yowl back from inside the house. They would try to charge each other through the glass doors, too. Often, Trouble would wait until he had Glowworm’s undivided attention and spray all of Glowworms favorite spots right in front of him. This riles Glowworm into a frenzy. Trouble also manages to provoke a couple of our other males, though not as strongly as Glowworm. (All cats except Trouble are fixed.)

Usually, when me move, the cats get along better. It’s a new, neutral territory for everybody, and everybody starts out equal. Not here, though. The number of squabbles and fights had increased. It almost seemed like the cats were taking their aggression and frustration out on each other. I’m sure it’s because of Trouble. In order to try and bring about peace, we were planning to trap and neuter Trouble, but a few weeks ago, Trouble disappeared.

By coincidence, it was when Glowworm managed to escape the house and came home with obvious fight injuries. Glowworm is an 18 pound former alley cat. I don’t think too many cats would win a fight with him. I think he may have encountered Trouble during his great escape and driven him off. It’s been a lot more peaceful these past few weeks, and I haven’t seen or heard Trouble, and the cats seem to be settling down more.

Bottom line -- the presence of a strange cat outside can provoke aggression among the indoor cats, even if the indoor cats are all fixed.

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