I get bitten, scratched or both a least once a day - dealing with ferals/strays that are a result of idiots not neutering their cats. Yep, it hurts. Yep, my sofa is shredded. Yep, I've got scars. But I have a genuine love and compassion for all cats, grumpy or not and dumping my rescues outside is not even thought about. Let alone my 3 pet cats. I'm at a loss as to why the OP even got a cat in the first place. And here's a bit of info for you. Most cats DON'T like being picked up. Some cats just tolerate it more than others. Stop thinking your cat is a toy for your children. Because it isn't. I honestly think the best thing you can do OP is get the poor bugger rehomed with someone who knows what they're doing.
Help with an aggressive cat?
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Yes indeed a cat is not a toy for you or your children, to be dragged around like a teddy bear or to be allowed in from its semi feral exile to play nicely with you and your toys for an hour.
You stating that as an issue and proof that your cat is unmanageable is both hilarious and very sad and awful.
A cat will initiate contact with you on its own terms and for the duration it decrees.
If you dont know your cat or ignore its
body language you will get a swipe or worse.
Please dont continue to treat this cat in this way.
Please dont continue to teach your children that 'pets' are as throwaway as teddies or toys.
And please dont get any more pets until you know what you are doing as you seem to be about as loving and empathetic toward living, feeling creatures as a rock, with all due respect.
You stating that as an issue and proof that your cat is unmanageable is both hilarious and very sad and awful.
A cat will initiate contact with you on its own terms and for the duration it decrees.
If you dont know your cat or ignore its
body language you will get a swipe or worse.
Please dont continue to treat this cat in this way.
Please dont continue to teach your children that 'pets' are as throwaway as teddies or toys.
And please dont get any more pets until you know what you are doing as you seem to be about as loving and empathetic toward living, feeling creatures as a rock, with all due respect.
Originally Posted by unklesam:
“Our cat is 9 months old, from day 1 it was clear he was the type of cat who didn't like to be held or even touched. As a kitten he would scrape and bite, my kids were terrified of him, I tried my hardest in giving him the attention he needed, I played with him when I could with toys etc but all he was interested in was trying to bite or scrab. Apart from his biting his other pass time was wrecking the house, curtains, blinds, wires, after he broke the vertical blinds my wife said enough is enough he has to go outside so at 6 months we started putting him outside.
We live in a rural area away from busy roads etc, we set him up in the kids play house, he has his bed, litter tray etc in it. We bring him in at night and he stays in the utility, you may think its cruel locking him up but he does attack my children, my youngest 3 he has pounced on her locking his claws around her and biting her, he does this to everyone, even kids who approach him outside he will attack, He struts around outside like he is the don, he has no fear, even the neighbours boxer dog does not scare him.
I was told he would grow out of this but he's not, and he is now I think fully grown, once he locks around your leg he is hard to shift.
Anyone any advice on how to tame this cat?”
“Our cat is 9 months old, from day 1 it was clear he was the type of cat who didn't like to be held or even touched. As a kitten he would scrape and bite, my kids were terrified of him, I tried my hardest in giving him the attention he needed, I played with him when I could with toys etc but all he was interested in was trying to bite or scrab. Apart from his biting his other pass time was wrecking the house, curtains, blinds, wires, after he broke the vertical blinds my wife said enough is enough he has to go outside so at 6 months we started putting him outside.
We live in a rural area away from busy roads etc, we set him up in the kids play house, he has his bed, litter tray etc in it. We bring him in at night and he stays in the utility, you may think its cruel locking him up but he does attack my children, my youngest 3 he has pounced on her locking his claws around her and biting her, he does this to everyone, even kids who approach him outside he will attack, He struts around outside like he is the don, he has no fear, even the neighbours boxer dog does not scare him.
I was told he would grow out of this but he's not, and he is now I think fully grown, once he locks around your leg he is hard to shift.
Anyone any advice on how to tame this cat?”
we got our grey and white moggy from a couple giving her away on gumtree.we never had that problem with her biting, but we have had her forgetting sometimes her scratch pole is in the sitting room or the fact she can use her cat tree ,so she tries to use the couch instead
.we got her neutered and microchipped and even though shes a housecat we got her injections done and up to date.shes more for my wife and kids than me when she first arrived but every morning she rolls round the sitting room waiting for me to stroke her belly..god forgive if she doesnt get it lol..she will let you know about it.i agree with other posters on here. please get the cat neutered..and if the cats going to be an outdoor cat get the immunisations up to date and if it is too much for you rehoming is sadly going to be the answer..i wasnt in all honesty much of a cat person but even my o.h would tell you ive been converted
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Get his bollocks chopped off. It should be done at 6 months and may help prevent unwanted litters around the area. Then see if he's a bit calmer.
Get his bollocks chopped off. It should be done at 6 months and may help prevent unwanted litters around the area. Then see if he's a bit calmer.
Originally Posted by MrsCloumbo:
“Predict ...
Got my kids a puppy fot christmas but he wont play with his toys, he just bites and wrecks everything.
He now lives in the yard outdoors with the cat we got last year and still wont behave and play nicely with me and his toys when we treat him to come in .... help!!”
“Predict ...
Got my kids a puppy fot christmas but he wont play with his toys, he just bites and wrecks everything.
He now lives in the yard outdoors with the cat we got last year and still wont behave and play nicely with me and his toys when we treat him to come in .... help!!”
If he lives outdoors, with little social interaction, no wonder he doesn't 'play nicely' when he does go in. There's little wrong with your dog that a more patient owner wouldn't cure, one who took the trouble to learn how to intergrate a new dog into the family.
Dog and cat behaviourists - those who have done the job for years and put the animal's welfare above anything else - can cure almost any problem with dogs or cats because they understand animal behaviour more than a lot of owners do.
Originally Posted by towers:
“If he lives outdoors, with little social interaction, no wonder he doesn't 'play nicely' when he does go in. There's little wrong with your dog that a more patient owner wouldn't cure, one who took the trouble to learn how to intergrate a new dog into the family.
Dog and cat behaviourists - those who have done the job for years and put the animal's welfare above anything else - can cure almost any problem with dogs or cats because they understand animal behaviour more than a lot of owners do.”
“If he lives outdoors, with little social interaction, no wonder he doesn't 'play nicely' when he does go in. There's little wrong with your dog that a more patient owner wouldn't cure, one who took the trouble to learn how to intergrate a new dog into the family.
Dog and cat behaviourists - those who have done the job for years and put the animal's welfare above anything else - can cure almost any problem with dogs or cats because they understand animal behaviour more than a lot of owners do.”
You obviously didn't read the post from the beginning.
Perhaps the cat should 'join the navy' and you can get a dog instead - they're far more amiable and rewarding.
Lots of cats are psychos so I'm not surprised - I know a few families where the children are terrified of the cat.
Lots of cats are psychos so I'm not surprised - I know a few families where the children are terrified of the cat.
Originally Posted by Welsh-lad:
“Perhaps the cat should 'join the navy' and you can get a dog instead - they're far more amiable and rewarding.
Lots of cats are psychos so I'm not surprised - I know a few families where the children are terrified of the cat.”
“Perhaps the cat should 'join the navy' and you can get a dog instead - they're far more amiable and rewarding.
Lots of cats are psychos so I'm not surprised - I know a few families where the children are terrified of the cat.”
Much as I love cats, they often don't have the temperament for young children. Dogs will forgive a childs' rough play, cats usually won't.
Originally Posted by Shrike:
“Much as I love cats, they often don't have the temperament for young children. Dogs will forgive a childs' rough play, cats usually won't.”
“Much as I love cats, they often don't have the temperament for young children. Dogs will forgive a childs' rough play, cats usually won't.”
Agreed. As others have rather shoutingly pointed out, a cat chooses when it wants to interact with you, everything is on its terms. If it wants to be petted or stroked it will pounce on your lap and demand it. If it wants to be left alone it will spit and scratch and swipe. If it wants food it will mew unremittingly until you do it there and then.
And often little children don't get inconsistency like that. They think the cat that purred and rolled over yesterday will do the same today, given the same treatment.
Far better to have a playful non-scizo pet like a dog, especially for young children.
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