Frisky Cat

[borisbeaver]

We have just taken in a rescue cat, had him castrated, jabbed and chipped.

 

He's stopped spraying, but he has a bad habit of trying to hump every thing in sight, the wife, the dog, the sofa, the other cat (who's male). Can anyone suggest a remedy?

[Janie1962]

It can take a few weeks for the hormones to finally settle. Other than that, it could be a dominance issue. (My buck rabbit still mounts the doe even though they've both been neutered for three years!)

 

Give him some time to settle, then see your vet if it continues. Hope it sorts itself out, and well done for taking in a rescue; I wish more people would xx

[Desperate Daniella]

Well done for saving him.

 

Try a water pistol every time he does it. He should soon associate getting soaked every time he humps and will probably hate that enough to give up.

 

I don't mean drench him - just a quick squirt.

[borisbeaver]

He'd been straying around the house for about three months before we decided to take action. We caught him and took him to the vets to see if he was chipped - he wasn't, so decided to give him a proper home, we lost one of our cats earlier this year to old age. The day we caught him, he must have been in one hell of a fight as he had a gaping wound on his shoulder. The vets cleaned him up free of charge. The spraying lasted two months now, just the humping.

 

We thought about the water pistol, but it was so funny looking at Max the cat's face as George tried to mount him..

[Desperate Daniella]

Poor Max!!!

 

George is a lucky boy. All but one of my cats have been rescues, some with problems, but all lovely when given some TLC.

[labrat]

ours took 2 years to settle down, now he only abuses if we have a sheepskin rug out

[Desperate Daniella]

I'm not going to ask why you sometimes get the sheepskin rug out.

[locutus]

Do we need to get a mod to change the thread to "frisky rat"?

[Desperate Daniella]

Possibly we do!

[renegadeimp]

It's habit, and some habits die hard. Just give him some kind of a distraction, and once the hormones that cause it dissipate and he has something else to focus on, he will forget about it.

[borisbeaver]

We tried squirting him with a water pistol when he was doing it - he loved the water.

[Desperate Daniella]

OMG! He's into "water sports" too!

[Janie1962]

I have a cat like that.........the times I've had to get her out of the bath or from out of the toilet is astounding! (there's now a written reminder on the toilet lid to keep it closed!) When I don't know where she is, I turn the kitchen tap on full blast and she magically appears within seconds and dives underneath it!

[Desperate Daniella]

How about switching on the hoover when he starts. My cats run for it as soon as they see it coming out as they hate the noise. I've told them there has never been an incident of a hoover eating a cat, but they just don't believe me!

 

Mind you, from what we've heard about George so far he may think it's a present from Ann Summers' for Cats.

[SOD'EM]

The glass in my back door keeps falling out and smashing, because my cat keeps on scraping away the stuff that keeps it in.

 

 

He is a PUTTY CAT

[borisbeaver]

Glad to report that George has stopped spraying. He's also stopped humping the wife, the dog, our other cat, and anything else that moved. The squirty water bottle trick appears to have worked.

[Janie1962]

Great news!!

[Desperate Daniella]

Glad to report that George has stopped spraying. He's also stopped humping the wife, the dog, our other cat, and anything else that moved. The squirty water bottle trick appears to have worked.