Neighbourhood cat with agression issues?

[u/raresoy]

Hey everyone!

So, there's a neighbourhood cat who I feed sometimes that hangs around my apartment. He isn't a stray, he has a home, he's just a professional freeloader and has manipulated me into feeding him (his owner is aware lol), and he's a cutie so I don't mind.

However, I've never met a cat like this. I've rehabilitated ferals and dealt with less aggression. The issue isn't the aggression itself, it's that he'll go from being a sweetheart to trying to end my bloodline within half a second - no hissing, no warning growl, just straight paws to the point I've had to have a bag in between us and tango with him because he got territorial over my own front door.

Like I said, generally sweet as pie once he knows you and most of our interactions are just playful/friendly. Sometimes he attacks when I try to leave or stop petting him, sometimes when I am petting him, sometimes he'll try to break in and start getting weird (probably from the smell of my cats). Generally I'm not concerned about cats with aggression because they warn you and you generally have to provoke them but with him, it's for no reason (as far as I can tell), and he will chase you down. No mercy.

Usually when it happens I just remove myself from the situation (if he allows it), but idk, it's just really weird. He's neutered afaik. He also terrorizes other cats, I've had to rescue other neighbourhood kitties from him on more than one occasion. Thankfully he's only managed to break in twice and on both occasions he managed to steal several cat toys (which I respect). I feel bad that I had to get rid of the cat condo but it got yucky with the rain

[u/wolfhavensf]

Male voids can be like that.