I completely agree with the other two messages about the spray being the first course of action. But if it doesn't help, and it may not, you might want to do what I do and INTERFERE!!! Yes, I know about natural animal behaviour and support minimal interference wherever possible. Sometimes, however, it's just not doable. What we can't forget is that we are also an animal, and have as much right to interact with our animals as they do. Indeed, they expect it. The trick is to do it in a way they will understand. I can't stand people who allow their pets to get away with blue murder under the pretence of "not interfering". If they really didn't want to interfere they would never issue any commands, feed or groom their pets! Any communication is ultimately interference, and my pets and I "interfere" with eachother all the time! Anyway, back to your issue. I have a cat and two dogs (the cat came first) and also went through weeks of kitty fits and nasty feline behaviour. After the dogs learnt their place, kitty went on lording it over them and generally behaving like a pain in the proverbial, so what I did was to wait in the wings until it happened and stepped in. While kitty was busy clawing my terrified pup I pressed down on the back of her neck and hissed at her, followed by a stern "no", which she understands is my ultimate "I'm not happy with what you're doing" stance. She never touched the dogs again. She's now the one who pines for them and tries to get their attention to play. I think once she understood that mummy loves the pups too and that they're staying for good, it actually forced her to develop a different, more harmonious bond with them. Of course, you'll have to decide on a course of behaviour suitable for you, but for God's sakes don't tiptoe around being scared to tell your kitty off when she's going too far. Cats have personalities too, and sometimes they are mean and nasty, just like humans, and there's no point in treating them like they're sacred cows who will fall apart if you show them bad behaviour is unacceptable. My cat certainly knows where she stands with me, just as I do with her, because we both show eachother what is O.K. and what isn't. All the best.

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