Hello,
Our cat is almost 6 months old now, and wonderful in so many ways. But he does something that REALLY worries me and I pray that it changes as he gets older.
He will unexpectedly leap at our faces. Sometimes, he will leap at a face and playfully bat at it, or once he leapt up and was nose to nose with me until he suddenly jumped off. I almost had a heart attack thinking he was going to bite off my nose. But the other day, he leaped up and bit one of my 17 year old daughters on the cheek, (for the 2nd time.) and he will sometimes attack our faces on the spur of the moment unprovoked, and try to bite unless we ward him off with our arms. She was just sitting on the floor reading. The scary thing is that he makes a noise when he does it, like when he is running around the house play fighting or whatever he does. Kind of like a yeowling noise. And his ears are back. He seems angry and yelling NO and pushing him away seems to make him want to come at me more.
It seems like he does this mostly late at night when we are trying to watch TV. So I wonder, is it an attention thing? We do play with him a lot at that time with lazers, and throwing things for him to chase, and a fishing rod thing. But sometimes he just ignores those things and still comes at us. My friend scared me because he took it very seriously and said, you can't have a cat that does that. It's dangerous. Maybe you need to take him back to a shelter. When I told him my daughter's heart would be broken, he said, Well, can't you get another kitten? It doesn't work that way. We do love him so much. But this really scares me. I don't want to have to give him away. I'm afraid someone else wouldn't understand either.
Has anyone else had a cat that does this? Do you think he is angry? It seems like it happens when he is most awake because he sleeps a lot during the afternoon. All morning, he hangs out with me while I do the dishes, or other things. I play with him and get things done and he is great. Then he gets really sleepy around 2, which works with my work schedule, and he gets up and down for the rest of the afternoon and early evening. But he is in a very relaxed mood. By 10 or 11 at night though, he changes and wants to bite and be agressive. I put him in my office to sleep at night and so when he gets this way in spite of playing with him, I just put him in the office. I don't know what else to do. I hope somebody can offer me some advice that isn't to give him away. I was up all last night worrying about it, and what I should do. Thank you so much in advance for any advice or suggestions. You people are all so great!
Our cat is almost 6 months old now, and wonderful in so many ways. But he does something that REALLY worries me and I pray that it changes as he gets older.
He will unexpectedly leap at our faces. Sometimes, he will leap at a face and playfully bat at it, or once he leapt up and was nose to nose with me until he suddenly jumped off. I almost had a heart attack thinking he was going to bite off my nose. But the other day, he leaped up and bit one of my 17 year old daughters on the cheek, (for the 2nd time.) and he will sometimes attack our faces on the spur of the moment unprovoked, and try to bite unless we ward him off with our arms. She was just sitting on the floor reading. The scary thing is that he makes a noise when he does it, like when he is running around the house play fighting or whatever he does. Kind of like a yeowling noise. And his ears are back. He seems angry and yelling NO and pushing him away seems to make him want to come at me more.
It seems like he does this mostly late at night when we are trying to watch TV. So I wonder, is it an attention thing? We do play with him a lot at that time with lazers, and throwing things for him to chase, and a fishing rod thing. But sometimes he just ignores those things and still comes at us. My friend scared me because he took it very seriously and said, you can't have a cat that does that. It's dangerous. Maybe you need to take him back to a shelter. When I told him my daughter's heart would be broken, he said, Well, can't you get another kitten? It doesn't work that way. We do love him so much. But this really scares me. I don't want to have to give him away. I'm afraid someone else wouldn't understand either.
Has anyone else had a cat that does this? Do you think he is angry? It seems like it happens when he is most awake because he sleeps a lot during the afternoon. All morning, he hangs out with me while I do the dishes, or other things. I play with him and get things done and he is great. Then he gets really sleepy around 2, which works with my work schedule, and he gets up and down for the rest of the afternoon and early evening. But he is in a very relaxed mood. By 10 or 11 at night though, he changes and wants to bite and be agressive. I put him in my office to sleep at night and so when he gets this way in spite of playing with him, I just put him in the office. I don't know what else to do. I hope somebody can offer me some advice that isn't to give him away. I was up all last night worrying about it, and what I should do. Thank you so much in advance for any advice or suggestions. You people are all so great!