Do you think spraying a hostile cat with water will scare it away or piss it off and charge/kill me?

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

There's options offline and online to see about getting the help of an animal behavior expert to know how to deal with aggressive cats, there's usually an underlying reason but animals can't tell us what's wrong because they don't have the capacity. I like to think of My Cat From Hell series, the guy that did that is a cat behavior expert whose really helped a lot of them and often times the underlying issue wasn't the cat itself. You may have to just put more effort and research, reach out to many other people and see about hiring someone or getting a book on the subject to help. It takes time but if you care that much then that's probably what you need to do.

PetalsOfLilac · F

@SatanBurger i dont want to feel like a terrible person cause i dont like punishing animals like that but i rly feel like its for my own safety. And id only do it if it traps me and maybe itd know to stop doing that. Although if it trapped me and i did that and pissed it off to make it attack then umm that would suck

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@PetalsOfLilac I get it, you're not a terrible person for protecting yourself and you do what you must, you don't want to do it but it's also your safety in mind. You don't owe any justification to me. I actually thought it was a stray you were talking about at first but this is understandable. I really wish I had answers, it could be many reasons the cats like that but the owners should have known their own cat and warned you in all honesty. They should have told you, I mean maybe the cat acts differently with them and it's just scared maybe... but it's kind of sketchy that the cat's temperamental to begin with.