My lovely big black cat Mads is quite a behavioural conumdrum! When she was a young cat, she fell from a second story window and shattered her leg, which got essentially rebuilt. She is now terrifed of vets. She is known as very aggressive by them, as if we have to take her, she works up to such a state she has to be gassed in her carrier to be safely examined. The last time she was there I had calmed her down, she then saw the vet and went into full on attack mode (rather than trying to escape to tries to main the vet), which resulted in her biting my hand repeatedly through to the bone. The thing is, at home she is such a cuddle bunny and so gentle with my partner and I and in front of us if we have visitors, however if she thinks we arn't watching she will attack visitors especially children. She has stalked and attacked a friends 5 year old and also scarred my nieces' head, but as soon as she realises that myself or my partner can see her she becomes 'angelic' again. If we have workmen in the home we have to close her in one room, as she is that protective of us. If a stranger comes near myself or my partner, she will put herself in between and show aggression (much like a dog would). Oddly she is great with a little cat we rescued a couple years ago and is protective of this little one too and is never aggressive towards her, any other cats however she is aggressive but clearly frightened of. I can't help but feel her problem is insecurity rather
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