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Sorry, but do you play with her at all? You said she does this when you don't play with her. She is still a baby and she needs to play for hours a day. She is trying to get your attention to play. Please do not chase or throw your cat - that will make her fearful of you which will result in...

Last night, he attacked my leg. I shut him out of the bedroom for a few minutes, and when I let him back in, he was sweet as can be for the rest of yhe night.

Thanks so much for the excellent advice! We will try your suggestions! P.S. I do only crate him when he does the pounce and launch maneuver and it ends up in a screaming, bloody mess. I am not afraid of him biting me when I try to pet him or when I want him to get off of something he isn't...

This is an excellent response - thank you! Gandalf's eyes look wild when he's in one of his moods, and he does get ripples down his back. I have also noticed that his eyes are green when he's calm, and yellow when he's wild. His tail is almost constantly twitching though, unless he's grooming or...

Thank you. I know this is the best way, it's just really hard for me not to yelp because he bites SO hard - it really hurts! And I've got a decent pain tolerance. But he leaves HUGE bruises that don't heal for weeks. I feed him raw so his jaws are well exercised, lol!

I don't plan on giving up on him at all. I ADORE him, it's just that in our new living situation I'm worried about my roommate and her young daughter. If Gandalf is misinterpreted as being aggressive, then my roommate might want him to go. Its really hard to find housing in my city so I'd be on...

I'm not expecting anything to happen overnight. It just makes no sense to me that it would be play aggression if we JUST played and I wasn't even around him? By the way, you can think whatever you want about the crate but it's not "punishment". Gandalf loves his crate, it makes him feel safe and...

I appreciate all the advice. I'm just not sure that it will be effective. Minutes ago, I was standing in front of the mirror braiding my hair. Gandalf had been laying on the bed for quite a while. Suddenly, he comes up to me and pounces onto my arm and latches on. He gave me two long bloody...

Thanks! He has a collar with a bell so I know where he is. I also have one wall in my room that is closet doors, and they are mirrored on the outside, so when we're in my room I usually see him pouncing. I do play with him a lot and he has lots of toys. He has lots of windows to sit on and we...

Sorry if my post was not clear. I am no longer with said boyfriend. I haven't been for over a year. But when Gandalf was little, he and his friends played with him like that against my very vocal wishes otherwise. Nobody does that now. We (my current bofriend, my roommate's daughter, and me) all...

Thanks, guys! I will bump it up to 6oz a day and see what happens!

No, not really. I mean, I picked him up from the house he was living in. I was living in Wyoming at the time, and the lady who had the kittens just lived in some rural trailer. It was very cluttered and not very clean, and she had a couple of not very stranger friendly dogs who liked to bark...

Hi Shelly. Thank you for your response. He is an indoor only kitty, although for a few months he was an outside cat (when I lived with my boyfriend and his mom, who didn't want him in the house because he wasn't declawed). He moused a lot when he was an outdoor kitty, but I assume he was...

Thanks for your response. He does get ripples down his back. I also read those could be ghost pains? Anyway, preventing the attacks doesn't really work because he will attack me unprovoked. Example: I will be changing or walking down the hall, and he will launch himself onto my calves or my back...

My cat, Gandalf, is an 18 month old neutered domestic shorthair. He's very active, weighs about 10lbs and is all muscle. He is on a raw diet and has been since I got him at 6 weeks old. Now, 10lbs is considered a healthy weight for a full-grown domestic cat. He looks very healthy, he isn't thin...

My cat is 18 months old. I got him at 6 weeks old (I know that's too early). He is very high energy, presumably due to his age and diet. I play with him almost every day (I have two jobs so sometimes I simply don't have time) for around an hour, give or take. My roommate's 8 year old daughter...

Thanks! I guess my second question wasn't clear enough. If I don't have a wellness plan, just regular insurance, and I pay for "routine care" that is not covered by the insurance, does the amount I pay go toward meeting my deductible? Or is only payments made for services that my insurance...

Oh, and Gandalf isn't a purebred cat. He's a domestic shorthair, as far as I can tell. I adopted from a woman whose cat "accidentally" got pregnant and was giving the kittens away for free. Since I don't know his health lineage, he may be predisposed to genetic illnesses and I have no idea, or...

Hello! Some background: I'm only 20 and because I've never owned a car and get free healthcare, I have absolutely no experience with comparing insurance policies. For the past few months, I've been living with my boyfriend temporarily while I looked for a new apartment, so my little kitty...

The document I was looking at didn't have price. I stopped by a store that carries RadCat in my city, and if I bought there, it would cost $60 per month to feed my cat if I only fed him commercial raw (which I'm not - I'm going to throw in RMBs from time to time so he's still having to chew on...