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| 4388.1 | whole male scent? | DEMON::MURPHY | | Thu Feb 14 1991 11:29 | 5 |
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Would it be the scent of Batman on them, Nancy?
Maybe he's jealous cause he "can't". ;-)
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| 4388.2 | Pay him extra attention. | AKOCOA::FALLON | Isn't that a Mooncat? | Thu Feb 14 1991 12:19 | 19 |
| Hi Nancy!
I have experienced the exact same thing between Ruby and Stinky! Even
tho he was fixed they always "fooled around" and were best buddies.
After Ruby was bred he would run around and sniff her then hiss and run
away. As she became more pregnant she didn't care about him at all and
I think he got very upset. If you remember this is what I think
triggered his mysterious illness just after Christmas. He was put on
Serac, a yellow liquid with vallium in it. Anyway, he seemed to get
better but will no smack her like you say and make the most awful
sounds. He even smacked me in the face the other nite so I gave him
another dose and he calmed right down. I have tried to give him
attention but I think he really needs more to be reassured. He got soo
upset the other nite after he tried to hit me. I can just imagine how
poor Ruby must feel! I think if you MAKE the extra time to spend with
Dundee and REALLY let him know that his life won't change and that you
love him will help. Don't let him start to get sick from it. It will
also have to run its course, at least that's all I know to do.
Karen RSW +5
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| 4388.3 | pregnancy=elevated status/dominance plays | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Feb 14 1991 13:22 | 19 |
| I have found that the best idea is to keep the pregnant queen's
separated from the rest of the cats. Reason for this is that when
there is fighting going on, there is stress. Where there is stress,
there is a higher susceptibility to illness. The last thing that I
want when I have a litter due is illness in the house, whether in the
mom or someone else.
In my household when one of the cat's becomes pregnant, that means that
that cat has elevated status in the house. If that cat was normally
the dominant cat, then there is no problem. But, sometimes a cat that
is usually the low cat on the totem pole is bred and has it's status
elevated. That cat is now competing for top cat status with whoever is
the current dominant cat.
We have observed in our house that being in season, being pregnant or
having kittens are all things that can have an effect on the social
heirarchy.
Jo
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| 4388.4 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Thu Feb 14 1991 13:27 | 5 |
| That's really interesting. I don't remember any of this when it
was just Halie who was pregnant, but now its two cats.
Hey! Perhaps Dundee is jealous that he can't have his own kittens
to nurse ;-)
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| 4388.5 | Sometimes it isn't easy to figure out exactly who is in charge | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Feb 14 1991 20:50 | 8 |
| Maybe Hallie is the dominant cat. Sometimes it is hard to pick out who is
dominant. It isn't always the one that is picking all the fights. When we
placed Kyrielle, we discovered that she had been dominant cat and now that she
was gone the structure had to be reorganized. There was a few weeks of chaos
before they worked it out. (Limoges is happy to report that she is now dominant
cat!)
Jo
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