I have a cat. He's about 7 and a half months old. He's neutered and chipped and he has just started going outside.
He doesn't really like being outside so he isn't made.
We are having a couple of issues with him.
First of all he steals food and is now getting very aggressive about it. My daughter is 2, almost 3 and she cannot have anything to eat. He growls at her, jumps up at her, hisses and grabs things off her. He does it to me and my husband but less so. I think cos she's smaller he will go for her. He hasn't bitten her but I am scared he will. He's on a good diet of mixed wet and dry. We've started putting him in his cat carrier which I don't really want to do but it's the only way my daughter will eat unbothered.
He's started spraying, he's neutered and was done at 6 months. Again it's my daughters stuff and I don't know why. Her bed, her toys.
He has stopped using his litter box. He goes outside it. We change it regularly. He's always had 2. We've tried every litter on the market. He won't go outside so doing his business outside isn't an option.
We play with him, we spend so much time playing. We have 4 feliways in the house. Another cat is not an option, we didn't even want one but circumstances happened.
As awful as this sounds I'm starting to get annoyed. I'm sick of cleaning up his mess, I'm sick of my daughter not being able to eat in peace. I've been to the vets and they said he may or may not grow out of it and it could be his personality. Health wise he's fine. No issues.
I've told my husband if this doesn't change soon I'm going to have to look for somewhere else for him to live. I'm aware this makes me sound awful but I don't know what else to do. He's 7 months, he could live for another 20 years.
Any suggestions?