Thursday, December 15, 2011

Part 2 of crazy cat concerns: What to do with "agressive" kitty?

I asked a question last week but wasnt really impressed with the answers. Let me be specific. I adopted a "manx mix" female cat last july. They didnt know her age specifically, they said she was a year give or take. She of course was spayed, infact she was very much pregnant with 5 kitties - she was about to give birth any day- but they put a stop to it. She was too young. When i met her i fell in love. They explained her personality saying she is very shy but very sweet. She had slight wild tendancies as she was born in the wild. They were also responsible for fixing and homing her father as well. They said she had the tendancies to make love bites when she was happy, which she did. She made my finger bleed quite nicely but I thought she was so beautiful and knew I'd be saving a life so I took her. When I took her home she was shy. nothing out of the ordinary. She stayed hidden for a while but gained trust in me and even my small dog. She seemed to love the attention and security though she liked to be a frisky curious kitty. Well, many months have elapsed, and she still is quite shy with people she doesnt know, but thats not my concern. She is quite confusing bc while she sems to get more comfortable with being affectionate towards me (when affection is shown to her first) she ALSO seems to be acting more and more wild as time pes to the point where this, in conjunction with certain physical characteristics makes me wonder if shes even regular house cat. I am aware kitties like to attack, and play with their "kill". I also know they have a love/anger towards feet. But i was told at one point that cats are somewhat lazy and have short attention spans and in such generally dont seek "revenge" for something that annoyed them. If they choose to respond to such an annoyance, its right then as apposed to kitty coming back in a minute or a few to come get revenge.The cat over-does the whole 'stalk the prey thing' in my oppinion. Its one thing to be nocturnal and bite toes and go after stringy somethings and things that move about, but when the cat is spending the whole night attacking you and doggie, and doesnt quit I think thats bordering on an obsession with "killing." Furthermore, she goes after calves or any other body part if you move at all. I have had the cat run around and throw herself on me and boyfriend, wrapping around the legs to attack. almost every day. I've also had her attack my face -eye !!- on numerous occasions bc apparently I blink and that bothers her. She never leaves my poor dog alone. She claws him and hits him and bites him all day all night. He wont be around and shell go find him. He will be asleep and she as well, she will wake up to go torture him repeatedly and go back to bed. She also corners him in his kennel, or when I put him in there she sits on on top and makes sure that no matter what he is confined in one corner other wise she will scratch. she also is amazingly strong and as crazy as it is to hear, she has been known to throw him up and body slam him down. he is tiny and she is solid!! she gets totally angry with objects like papertowl rolls and will knock them down from whereever they are and gets SO mad. she literally will ruin an entire roll in 2 seconds when im not even there to see it. when i am there i can tell you she looks genuinely mad. she gets to them no matter what. She seeks them out. It makes eating or cleaning a task to say the least.of course, she likes attention. if i walk the dog she whines at the door. when i come home from work she seems so sad and demands to be pet. she even has to follow me into the bathroom. she cant be alone yet everything is on her terms. she will allow affection. but you only can get maybe 3 pets before she attacks. i dont mean the biting/ching, which is bad enough, she goes into "kill mode". this is all she knows to do- shes a bit excessive. she does the whole 'lay on the side grab, strangle, kick with the back paws all with claws hooked into you' thing. you can feel them getting tighter by the second. doesnt feel so great. i dont know how she got so strong but she has a way of making me loose feeling in whatever area she has ahold of.if you so much as accidently run into her or touch her you will have hell to pay. these are things i touched on in vet appointment but shes UTD on vaccinations and i havent made an appointment just for her behavior issues. I dont think it would come in handy bc im having training issues with dog and my vet doesnt offer the best advice. I think certain things need to be addressed with someone in the behavior field as apposed to HEALTH field. they say shes helathy..as for correcting these issues, i try not to feed into them at all. Its true i found out first hand that she prefers to be pet aggresively as apposed to lovingly, and likes to be 'roughed up a bit'. Trust me i dont do this regularly. I found out once or twice but knew no good would come of it. I try to work on love and gentlene

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