Hi,
We recently adopted a cat from a local pet rescue centre – we have had him for 2 ½ weeks. We chose to adopt him in particular because he was so friendly, and were so surprised when we got him home – instead of hiding behind the TV, he was looking around and wanting attention.
Unfortunately, he changed – almost immediately. 2 days after he came home, when I picked him up he wrapped himself around my arm and sank his teeth in. I have learnt to read him a bit better now, but he wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be picked up – when he first met him he was fine with this. Now he wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sit with us at all, in fact the only time he will come to us is when we are in bed – he comes to us straight away, then again in the night 2 or 3 times, and finally wakes us in the morning.
He does walk about on the kitchen worktops sometimes, we shout when he does this, and give him a gentle clip round the ear. I also do the same when he attacks my arm as above (he has done this a few times). He also has his ‘episodesâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] as others have described when he charges around causing havoc.
As we have only had him a few weeks, we have not lot him out yet, but are planning on doing so this weekend. He spends a lot of time looking out of the windows and I am partly putting his behaviour down to the fact that he wants out – I think he is just going stir crazy. He is on his own in the house all day and must be so bored. While I have been writing this, he has been playing with the shirt my girlfriend has tried to iron. We told him “noâ€, then tried to get his claws off so that we could move the shirt. He tried to bite me, then actually jumped forward and attacked my arm.
My girlfriend is really upset and hacked off with him, and has mentioned taking him back to the rescue home a few times. We both really donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to do this, but are not sure that we can cope with him.
Reading through the forums here it seems that we are disciplining him in the wrong way, and we might have got off on the wrong foot with him. If I am disciplining him incorrectly, how should I be doing it? And how do I repair any damage that I may have done? Basically, my main question is… WHY DOES MY CAT HATE ME?
We recently adopted a cat from a local pet rescue centre – we have had him for 2 ½ weeks. We chose to adopt him in particular because he was so friendly, and were so surprised when we got him home – instead of hiding behind the TV, he was looking around and wanting attention.
Unfortunately, he changed – almost immediately. 2 days after he came home, when I picked him up he wrapped himself around my arm and sank his teeth in. I have learnt to read him a bit better now, but he wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be picked up – when he first met him he was fine with this. Now he wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sit with us at all, in fact the only time he will come to us is when we are in bed – he comes to us straight away, then again in the night 2 or 3 times, and finally wakes us in the morning.
He does walk about on the kitchen worktops sometimes, we shout when he does this, and give him a gentle clip round the ear. I also do the same when he attacks my arm as above (he has done this a few times). He also has his ‘episodesâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] as others have described when he charges around causing havoc.
As we have only had him a few weeks, we have not lot him out yet, but are planning on doing so this weekend. He spends a lot of time looking out of the windows and I am partly putting his behaviour down to the fact that he wants out – I think he is just going stir crazy. He is on his own in the house all day and must be so bored. While I have been writing this, he has been playing with the shirt my girlfriend has tried to iron. We told him “noâ€, then tried to get his claws off so that we could move the shirt. He tried to bite me, then actually jumped forward and attacked my arm.
My girlfriend is really upset and hacked off with him, and has mentioned taking him back to the rescue home a few times. We both really donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to do this, but are not sure that we can cope with him.
Reading through the forums here it seems that we are disciplining him in the wrong way, and we might have got off on the wrong foot with him. If I am disciplining him incorrectly, how should I be doing it? And how do I repair any damage that I may have done? Basically, my main question is… WHY DOES MY CAT HATE ME?