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we baught a two month old maine coon about two months ago he is the sweetest cat till my parents come over than he turns into the meanest thing in the world towards everyone we also have another female cat that is a pixie bob bobcat and she is a female that is the same age and he is constantly trying to dominate her he is fixed but leaving scabs all over the back of her neck we love out cats but i fear that he might hurt her how can i fix out situation please help

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Heather,

Is your Pixie Bob fixed?  If not, your boy still has some hormones and, if there is a female in season near by, he may try to breed her.  It is not uncommon for neutered males to try to breed whole females in season.

As to your parents, do thew have any pets? I wonder if he is getting a whiff of something on their clothing.  Some cats just do not like certain people and then they go through this fight/flight/fright reaction and hiss at everybody and everything.  When the people they do not like leave, this reaction usually subsides within a couple of days.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

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I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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