Cats are naturally aggressive. Discuss.
The title sounds too negative. It almost sounds as if it was written by a cat hater. But no, the words come from the world’s most prolific and best-known veterinarian/author in one of the...
Tagged: reasons for cat aggression
11 types of domestic cat aggression and how to resolve them
This is an outline of 11 different types of domestic cat aggression that you might be confronted with and how to resolve them. They concern both aggression towards other cats and human caregivers. Intercat...
Why do domestic cats fight?
The question in the title should be extended to feral and stray cats and the answer is the same in any case. Territory The root cause of the majority of domestic cats fighting is...
Woman hospitalized after savage attack by Bengal cat causing deep wounds
Sheffield, UK-news and views: Barbara Neal claims that her neighbour’s Bengal cat attacked her savagely without provocation (see my comment at base of page, she did provoke the cat without realising it). She says...
How to calm an angry cat
How do you calm an angry cat? The first thing to do is to remove yourself from the vicinity of the angry cat. Don’t force the issue. This action in itself will solve a...
3 reasons why your cat bites you during petting
I can think of three reasons why a domestic cat might bite their owner during petting. The first is often discussed which is that domestic cats can be overstimulated by petting whereby the cat...
Nice cat attacked owner as he excitedly opened his Christmas present
On YouTube, there are 8,309 comments for this video and not one, that I can see, answers the question why this nice cat attacked his owner when he opened a Christmas present. They all...
Cat companion bites women singing into camera. Why?
The infographic explains why this cat attacked her human guardian/companion while she was singing into the camera. The video is below the infographic. Note: videos on this site are often made by third parties...
Cat non-recognition aggression
I have discussed this before but I have not used the phrase ‘non-recognition aggression’. The interesting aspect of this form of feline behaviour is that the non-recognition is usually, and perhaps nearly always, due...
My cats used to get along but not now
When cats who used to get along begin to fight there will be a good reason for it because cats behave instinctively to what is happening around them and what has happened to them...
What is displaced hunting in cats?
I’d like to briefly discuss cat displaced hunting as well as displaced aggression and to touch on sexual aggression in this article. Displaced aggression in cats is the same as redirected aggression, which as...
Community Cat Attacks Passing Men But Not Women. Why?
A Turkish community cat attacks men but not women. The video clearly shows this. People are scratching their heads as to why this happens. The cat is outside a market in Istanbul, the country’s...
At feeding my cat bites me
by Christian Ortiz (NYC, NY) My name is christian Ortiz. I am 16 years old and live in the Bronx, New York. I have a domestic cat named Lucky. When ever my Mom feeds...
Cat aggression towards humans. 3 types.
Cat aggression towards humans can be categorized into three types: play aggression, irritable aggression and referred aggression. I discuss these types of aggression and how to avoid it.
Short-tempered Cats Use Physical Violence on People to Assert Their Position. True or False?
Is it true that some short-tempered domestic cats assert their dominance over their caretaker by using violence against them? Perhaps they do but I believe that we must be very careful when we assess...
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