we have taken our birman to 2 shows now, and each time he has tried to attack the judges, first time at the notts and derby he went for the open judge, so she put CNH, so we pulled him out of the other classes except 1..which he got 1st..
now at the shropshire show in stoke he did the same, tried to attack all the judges but this time we kept him in all 6 classes...he got 1st open but bob withheld.. and 3 3rd places..

is there anything we can do or give him to help stop thei behaviour?
at hiome he is such a loving cat..to see him like this at shows hes like a devil cat.

It sounds like he doesn't like it which may mean you have to retire him.

Have you thought about putting him in an exhibition pen & asking a couple of judges to handle him with you to witness to see why he is so angry?

Sorry to hear of this, its quite possible he just doesnt like the shows,, sometimes this does happen and there really isnt a lot you can do, perhaps you could try some Feliway spray in his pet carrier on the way to a show, but sadly if he doesnt like shows then you wont change him, We stopped showing one of our boys for the same reason, and to keep on trying will only upset him even more, good luck with him...........CHRIS.

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feliway...might as well just spray water..
might just have to retire him...we have been there when a judge has handled him..he seems to get really hissy and lashes out..even at me.
for an 8mth old he would have had a really good collection of awards as judges have said to us..hes a really good looking cat..its his temprament that lets him down.

Sadly it happens, as for Feliway , well i swear by it.

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Did you breed him ??

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not bred by us..he was bought from the yorkshire county show where he was being shown the first time by the breeders/owners(joan hobson).. a well know birman breeder.
but when we got him(the next day).. he hadnt been around other cats..only his brother.

It seems that there lays the problem, he prob sees the other cats at the shows as a threat and this is his way of reacting, some just never do take to showing sadly, best wishes.....chris

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many thanks.
we are going to give him one last try.. at the north birman show sheffield in april... after that if he still the same..then we will just stick to our 2 pedigree pet raggys.
one of which won 4 first..inc best of veriety and a 3rd..at the notts & derby show.

Hve you tried him in a double pen, another thing worth trying is, when you get to your pen, ask for a couple of boards that they supply that fit down each side of your pen to prevent him from seeing the cats next to him. good luck with him.........Chris.

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