We took our 3 bengal kitties (2 females, 1 male, siblings all 4 months) for neuter/chipping today. None mature. Close group sleeping together, normal play, and loving to us.
The females are fine 10 hours later.
The male now seems crazy. Acting like he is on 10x testosterone. Hyperactive, vicious (to us...Im bloodied and scarred). Chasing the females like he needs to mate...they growl at him. He is so uncontrollable I have put him in a separate room and he's trying to tear the door down.
I will contact the vet tomorrow..must stop him.
Is this normal...will he calm down?
Any ideas?
Help!

I think its some sort of reaction to the anaesthetic. Hendrix is like this whenever he is given anaesthetic. Tore around like a lunatic and as the anaesthetic was for an x-ray on a fractured paw - not ideal!!!

Hopefully your lad is back to normal now!

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Clare
Hendrix and Jagger, Brown Marble Boys (born 18 August 2013)
Hampshire, UK

This is probably not normal behavior, however it can happen. Cats can react differently to anesthesia. And your male may be feeling some pain (hopefully the vet prescribed pain medication for three days). Definitely call the vet and let them know what is going on. And until your boy calms down, make sure you aren't in the way of his claws or teeth. If this behavior continues, however, then the first thing you need to do is check his rear to make sure things are healing okay. Usually the females have the issue, but every cat is different.

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The little monsters 3

I second what Clare said. It could also be the pain meds. I know Diesel was after his knee surgery and our friend who is a vet tech said the pain meds they use can cause that kind of reaction in some cats. It makes them paranoid and aggressive. Once the pain meds wore off he was back to his normal self so I went back and got a different pain medication to use for the rest of his recovery.

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Dallas, TX USA
Diesel - snow Bengal born 09/01/2013 adopted Feb 2014
Tuck, Chloe, Buddy, Lewis & Tia - rescue kitties
Clyde, Bleu & Coal - Great Danes

Hey, any progress on how he is doing? Hope he's doing better.

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Matt

All the kitties were distressed by the vet procedure. However after a few days back home they all mostly calmed down. But the male continues to be problematic and almost constantly grabs the two females by the throat, no damage done but quite hard and distressing for the females - fighting ensues but he is much larger and stronger. I assume he is exerting his male dominance. They are allowed in the garden now during day light, thus burning their energy, (not after dark, we have foxes).
Any ideas to dissuade this biting activity?

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Greenstead. Three silver Bengal siblings.

This is why I don't have multiple cats. I've been letting the outside cat come inside to play because it is just too cold outside for me to hang out there with him. But, dominance is always a factor in a multi-cat household. There is always an alpha cat. I'm guessing you will keep the male separated when you are gone from your home. It can be dangerous. A bite to the neck can cut the jugular vein and a cat will bleed to death in a minute. You can try Feliway diffusers and/or spray and see if that helps. The other thing is to work with the cats -- it can take time and patience, but what would you do if two of your young toddlers were fighting. It's practically that way with cats.