Cydric bites Victoria's bum. Help please.

[sheilarose]

One quick-fire solution might be to put some Bitter Apple on Vic's bum. It's a spray that tastes foul, Cydric would get a blast of it the first time he nips her.

Vic would get the taste too when she washes her backside but you might be able to rub a bit on just before the likely attack time so Cydric gets it first?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Apple-Spray/dp/B001A2X4H8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336365824&sr=8-1

Basically its up to Vic to punch him on the nose when he does it, as he's ceratinly exercising dominance tactics over her. If she's too shy then best to separate them during moments of tension.
Feliway might work, or you could try Zylkene on Cydric to calm him down? Animed supply them one by one so you don't need to buy 100 at a time.

[JackSpratt]

I'd try putting Cydrics food down first - do you leave the bowls on the floor and feed them that way? Or prepare on a worktop and place down?

[Tiggy's Mum]

If the trouble is mainly around feeding time then defo worth splitting them up at dinner times. He probably doesn't go for Fred as he knows he's the 'top dog' so he picks on the weaker one

Feliway didn't immediately come to me as a possible solution but worth a try as it does help reduce tension etc

[Hippykitty]

He's too quick for me to be able to intervene before he bites. Feeding them separately is worth a try, but would be very awkward to organise. It's just before eating that he does it, almost as though the prospect of being fed excites him to the point that he has to bite something. Maybe Vic's bum looks the juiciest?

I'm really baffled by this. Does anyone think Feliway would help?

Vic's a very non-dominant cat. He'd be more likely to challenge Fred, wouldn't he?

[Tiggy's Mum]

I'm no expert but it sounds like a dominance thing to me, have no idea how you would try and stop it though! A solution to stop the dinner time bum-biting could be to feed either the biter or the bitee separately?

[mad_lilli]

Could he be trying to play? I'm wondering if you could distract him when you see him about to nip?

[Hippykitty]

Please help, someone, I really don't know what to do about this. All ideas welcome.

[Hippykitty]

Cydric, one of Lucy's grown kittens who came to live with me a long time after Fred and Victoria, has begun bullying Victoria. This takes the form of biting her bum - at least it looks like that - which upsets her. She's starting to have the look of a grumpy cat.

Why has he begun to do this to her? She doesn't provoke him. There's been no change in the environment; I've been a bit ill with balance problems but most of the cats have just stayed clear of my feet. He seems to be especially likely to do this before meals, or as I'm serving up (their meals).
He isn't mounting her, just biting her behind.

Fred, her brother, isn't doing anything to defend her even though he's the largest cat and one they all respect. I've told Cydric off, he'll look sheepish for a while, then carry on as normal. A few hours later, he'll nip her bum again!

I would be very grateful for any advice. I would like him to stop doing this, otherwise I may have to consider rehoming him, which I'd hate to do. He's one of my 'children' and I've put lots of effort into socialising him - he was a feral. And, of course, I'd miss him terribly. But Victoria is getting very miserable.

Thanks.