Thread: HELP! MY MAINE COON IS BULLYING ME! I am at the end of my rope.

Joey525 you are not alone in your plight. I'd swear you were talking about our Whiskey. He does the same as Finn. We faithfully watch My Cat From Hell and we swear Whiskey is a Hellish cat. I'll be standing somewhere and all of a sudden Whiskey will come over to me with his ears back, back hunched up, then leap off the ground onto my head digging his claws into my face & neck to keep from falling off all the while he's biting into my scalp. Talk about painful and bloody. My blood that is. Anyway, haven't figured out how to stop that habit.

He loves to drown his toys in the water too. He will splash the water about and dump his water bowl out. I think he loves to watch the water move across the floor. MC's are fascinated by water. Look around on this forum as some have mentioned great non-spill water bowls.

Some people baby-proof their house. We've cat-proofed our home. Nothing is on our shelves as Whiskey would knock anything and all things off. Curtains & shades are left pulled back or in the up position to keep out of his reach. We cannot leave beverage glasses out anywhere as he'll knock them over to get to the liquid.

Whiskey is a chef, against our wishes, watching up close & personal everything that gets chopped, tossed into pan or pot, etc. He has to be right there while you're preparing a meal.

I hope that Finn calms down and leaves both you & Dexter alone other then to show cuddles to. I wish you all the best.

It may be very daft, but I am quite sure Neevie and I have started bonding more since I talk to her... I talk to her most when she's a good girl, when we have a cuddle, when she eats - I tell her nonsense, how pretty she is, what a good girl she is, I try to make her associate my voice with good things.

On the other hand, when she's bad I ignore her, I just don't talk to her - if she's very bad I just pick her up without a word and dump her in another room, the bathroom for example, Joey. If she pees in the sink so be it, it's a sink, you can just clean it with bleach... If she tries to interrupt my cooking I lock her out of the kitchen, still without a word, calmly. If she kicks off in the living room as a result, it's straight to time out in the bathroom. She hates when I ignore her.

The key seems to be consistency, and also ensure that GOOD behaviour is rewarded by whatever he likes, and reinforced by your voice, and bad behaviour means you ignore him, he is not there, you just dump the nuisance cat somewhere where he can't be such a bother - just for a little while, time for you to do what you have to do...

Once again, I do not profess to be an expert, I am not saying it will work with yours, but that's what I did and Neevie is better now... and I don't know if that's what did the trick, I just notice that her getting better seems to coincide with starting this approach...

Neevie hasn't been in time out for at least 1 and a half months - she used to be there at least twice a day at one point. I just hope my experience can help you.

I am so sorry I cant offer any advise, but you have had some really good replies. I hope things get better for you soon x

I found this article, which may help; https://www.bluecross.org.uk/1957-27...sive-cats.html Alekto- it mentions that hand rearing can cause agression so hopefully may give you a liitle insight into your piratical coon's head!
It is from a local cat charity- Joey, is there a cat charity near you that can offer some advice on Finn's behaviour?

Sidney went through an very aggressive stage too when he was little, time out and being ignored seemed to be his worst fear so we used it against him shamelessly. He was scruffed and dumped, all in silence, and left until the humans were able to bear him again. A few weeks in, he was neutered. He then slowly improved over the next few months.

Taking him out for walks helped a lot - the mental stimulation seemed to make him very tired and half an hour outside saved two hours with Da Bird indoors. Try Mynwood Cat Jackets - cheap and very effective. Now we have Sidney-proofed the garden (Felisafe fencing) so he can go in and out at will - he is now being very pleasant to live with, although he is massacring the butterfly population....