My beloved pet is becoming a problem

Is she spayed? Unspayed indoor cats can become very aggressive and basically psychotic

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Cat behaviourist.

Until then try feliway, a plug in to calm her. Also make sure she has many high places to jump onto so she can be away from him. Even on same level might antagonise her.

Cats need high up spaces to feel safe.

Qualified animal behaviourist randomer... but yes, it does seem to work because TV editing is very much a thing.

Most methods will appear to work if you edit out all the bloopers and fuck ups, and just use the bits gathered by tiring an animal out working with them all day, filling their house with a bunch of strangers (tv crew) and exhausting them.

Suit yourself, by the way, cats are not dogs, I don't know if you've noticed that. You can find a lot more information on why Graeme Hall is very much considered a joke within the dog behaviour/training community if you do a quick google.

hit the 'quote' button directly below someones post to reply with a quote of their comment, it will still appear at the end of the thread though.

Hitting the reply button anywhere within a thread will just put a reply at the end of the thread.

Well, whatever he did, worked. So I'm inclined to believe what I've seen with my own eyes over the musings of some random on the Internet! 🤷‍♀️

That isn't how cats think @Jumpingthruhoops - and don't take animal behaviour advice from Graeme Hall, his qualification is a self certified agreement that he has trained x dogs for x hours and an annual fee. He's on TV because he's good in front of a camera, not because he actually knows what he's talking about.

Simply not responding to unwanted behaviour leaves animals frustrated and owners suffering, its a massive over simplification that doesn't give the animal direction or management, which means the chances of them guessing the desired behaviour is very low!

She's straight up jealous, OP.
Presumably, your youngest cries and gets attention? Your cat has noticed this, so behaves in a way that she knows will get her the same attention.
Sounds like she'd got very used to being spoilt and, now your attention is elsewhere, she doesn't like it.
There was a dog just like this on C5's Dogs Behaving Badly. The trainer encouraged the owners not to respond to bad behaviour but to always reward their pet when she's good, so that she knows this is the behaviour that will give her the attention she craves.
Hope this helps in some way.

I’m replying to someone that quoted me and have only replied twice on this whole thread – so no, not accurate.

Hiding from a stranger isn't being "snappy and scratchy' – which means scratching and biting. That is NOT a pleasant cat, so your cat hiding isn't relevant.

Oh she's beautiful 😍

She’s gorgeous

She’s beautiful. Those who describe her as unpleasent don’t understand cats.

Many cats are suspicious of strangers. Siamese cats (of which I have had many and currently have two) are very loving to the humans in their family, but wary of strangers. One of mine will go to some people who visit the house if they have been there a little while, my other one hides until strangers have gone. They are both very pleasant cats!

Our cat was a traveller, an adventurer; at first it was traumatic when she stayed away, sometimes a few days, tried keeping her home but this stressed her hugely. She was often seen near the train line that ran through a distant part of the city , on a few occasions hopped onto a train and got off at the next stop. She would return home unabashed at the worry she'd caused, eat lots and sleep for hours till the whole scenario was repeated over and over. Blossom was a cat who thought she was a tiger. 💚

"Not trainable and hiss, claw
and bite" Not great really when you think about it.....🙈

This sounds like the (beautiful, pedigree)cat my grandson got for his 5th birthday. From the beginning he adored her and she, in her aloof way him. She was an outdoors cat, fearless and quite feral almost. Very territorial too. She was always a bit of a madam, demanding of attention but only on her terms. When she was 5 they got a working Cocker, Wonderful sweet natured boy but Blossom of course wasn't happy, it took her a year to get used to him then she bossed him to bits, took over both his beds. Every so often she would swipe at him with her claws out, she in this time became aggressive with us too, scratching and biting if you so much as stroked her the wrong way. This lasted till she was about 15, our lovely vet said some cats are naturally aggressive at times. She had to be anaesthetised to have her long thick coat shaved twice a year, she was like a kitten afterwards and very affectionate for a while till the coat got so thick again, it was an odd scenario. She was extremely healthy, very fit & slender, never ill at all and lived till 21. We assumed having the dog triggered her aggression , maybe your dc2 has done the same and you can only keep them apart. Apologies for this very long post, 💚

My toddler is 18 months and we rehomed a cat 4 months ago. The cat has never been around little people before and was petrified by our noisy clumsy toddler and would often hiss and swipe at her. I just taught the toddler not to go near that particular cat. My toddler now walks around the cat giving it a wide birth and the cat hasn’t hissed or swiped at her for 2 months. They are both very respectful of each other and keep out of each others ways. The cat will come round and accept the toddler when the toddler will be more predictable.

I’ve not read all the posts, but there are ways to make her feel safe..like those walkways and cat paths up and along walls so she can get out of the way.Some are quite elaborate but a few strategically placed shelves to let her climb up the wall and nest up high might go a way to letting her stay.

My cat is a "Rehomed" one. The owner was going into a Care Home. However, we then found her Mum was bullying her so she's petrified of cats. And that she had scratched children. She has a terrible habit of tapping your face to get your attention but forgets she has claws. She's just stupid rather than it being malicious. Her Mum didn't teach her the necessary skills. She's petrified of all but four people. She will run and hide at the sound of the front door or if we have visitors. Luckily she adores our Vet.

Your cat was showing that she's scared of people when you got her. Maybe she was mistreated by the Breeder? She may also not have been able to learn things from her Mum either. Give her somewhere safe to hide and make sure she's still getting plenty of cuddles. We have cushions on windowsills etc. We also make a loud noise if she goes to scratch our face and she does it far less. Ignoring her afterwards has also made her realise we don't like the behaviour.

Now she's beginning to just sit and miaow at us instead! Although she's very good at batting a mobile phone out of your hands...

I don't think she needs to be Rehomed unless she really does need a quiet environment without children in and some cats need that. Could you invest in a Catio or Safe Outdoor Space so she can go outside and sit in the sunshine or sniff plants? This is my cat's favourite thing to do.