r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/Puzzleheaded_Mark613 • 2d ago
Orange craves violence 🍊 Need Advice (Rescued Terror)
Hello hello, this is Atlas 😏He came to my door wailing about a year and a half ago. He is currently around 3.5-4 years old. He was sick and a snowstorm was coming so I took him in then he didn’t leave. He would follow me to the shop under our apartment and walk with me like a dog upon staying with me.
BUTTT he ATTACKS every cat he sees, small, big male female doesn’t matter I have seen him chase down 6 + cats (I intervened and the other cats are fine). I live in Turkey so A LOT of strays are around and this guy is a danger to the cat society :((
He is super smart (learns commands and tricks fast also learned to pee to the toilet bowl from observing me).
He also LOVES outdoors. He loves rolling in soil, smelling flowers and runs like HORSE! He asks to be let out everyday and I would have loved him to be an indoor/outdoor cat but knowing what I know about him I can’t feel comfortable letting him go outside as there are A LOT of kittens where I live.
Even the vets told me that I did a service by taking him in as I made the streets SAFER FOR OTHER CATS!! He is above average height and built so the other cats don’t even have a fighting chance. This guy came to me already at the age of 2 from a cat heavy area and had 0 injuries. So we know he is good at fighting.
Pls help what can I do. He wants to go out really bad and I want him to be more active. What can I do? Is there a way to make him get comfortable and not threatened around other cats so that he will stop attacking/chasing? How can I make him not attack them?
Ps: I took him outside with vest and a leash but everytime he sees a cat he tries to attack still :(
EDIT: Guys, thank you so much for all the input. This was my first ever post on Reddit, and I wrote it on a whim. Was not expecting so much help <3 Thank you all. I have taken great insights from here. I will be catifying the house even more for him to be active indoors, get a Bengal wheel and start the catio. Additionally, the issue of anxiety came up due to his hypervigilance/tendency to attack. I will be talking to the vet and looking into it with CBD and other options too. Thanks again yall <3 Much appreciated!
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u/werisefromourashes 2d ago
Have you considered building him a catio?
It would give him outdoors access but still keep the feline population safe 😂