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Indoor Cat Aggression
Certainly indoor cats are deprived of their primal need to stalk>hunt>capture>kill>devour. It’s what they’re literally designed by nature to do. It’s in their DNA. Nature has equipped them with this for their survival. Domestication has not and will not completely eradicated this need.
My cat taught me all of that. My hands and arms are marked with scars from deep scratches and bite wounds. The last two attacks on my arms sent me to Urgent Care because of signs of infection. The most previous Urgent Care visit resulted in an animal bite report to my local Animal Control Dept. A couple days after the Urgent Care visit, I was visited by an Animal Control Officer who placed my little darling on home quarantine for 10 days, after which I had to take her to their office to allow them to check her.
My fear is that if I have to go to the ER again, it could result in another report, and they may actually take my cat and euthanize her. So I want to do all I can to ensure that does not happen.
My guess is, I am not the only one who has experienced this.
I’ve watch so many Jackson Galaxy videos I almost feel like an expert. They say play with your cat. Get toys that satisfy that stalk>hunt>capture>kill>devour instinct. Only thing is, I’ve got a whole corner of my living room full of toys. You know the routine; buy new cat toy, cat plays with it for 2 minutes, and walks away unimpressed, never to notice the toy again.
I’m desperate to satisfy my cat’s needs to help her feel whole, not to mention I want to avoid Animal Control taking my cat.
I thought of buying some feeder mice and release them in my apartment for her to stalk>hunt>capture>kill>devour. I know the mice won’t last more than an a few hours before she gets them. And this may reduce her aggression.
I would love to hear about more solutions that have worked for other cat lovers.
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