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17 Friday Sep 2021
17 Friday Sep 2021
17 Friday Sep 2021
Posted Uncategorized
in(Since the time of this posting Apollo has gone on to become the sweetest nicest cat imaginable. He went through a major ordeal but now is very happy both indoors and outdoors as king of his palace.)
Well tonight he launched a bid to take over as sole Alpha. In his mind. I’m not remotely an authoritarian or controlling presence here – just some really basic survival rules that I myself also follow here – don’t claw anyone, don’t spray others’ belongings, etc. But he decides to push the envelope. He ventured into the hallway and became terrified of my brother’s super small almost kitten size grey cat. He’s hissing and growling very loud literally like a wild animal. She’s standing her ground but calling to me for back-up. As I come up the stairs he jumps on the banister over my head trying to scare me that he can now pounce and attack me at any second. I told him that if he claws/bites or gives me rabies I’m going to punch him out and we’ll BOTH go down, not just me. Very frog and the scorpion drama. Unasked for. He then tries to do this bad-ass walk across the railing and quickly wipes out and falls down the stairs, is humiliated and bolts back up and into his room. Once in his room he starts wildly running on the tops of the highest points of furniture, like a circus lion. I put down his food and leave, not impressed. He falls asleep. So I’m wondering how far he might go with this, does he have rabies shots – they said he has “all his shots.” Realizing this cat is at least part feral and has features more like a panther than a domestic cat – like this really long tail that curls up in an arc, big paws, etc. – none of this came across in his pic. This cat could cause some serious damage if he felt seriously threatened – has no reason to here. And the main thing I realized is that if someone was intimidated by him – and enough people would be – he would actually take over as a predator. The only reason he’s not is because he knows I will deck him. I’m not in any way trying to dominate him or give him any sort of hard time. Why is this necessary? His former family had to know he gets out of hand and didn’t tell me and I’m now thinking maybe feared he would hurt their babies.
Update: Apollo has seemed to have dropped the overly aggressive behavior and become quite deflated, possibly in shock, has literally slept the past 48 hours. But he’s eating and has stopped crying for his old home and is being friendly to me when actually awake. I think it’s going to be a gradual process but that he will slowly acclimate and connect here. It’s looking like he’s actually not a habitual violent cat but has been very traumatized by his former deadbeat family and it seems that their biggest complaint with him was his frequent talking and singing. I know he will have a better life here.