I adopted Hobee back in February of 2009, from the Humane Society. He was such a sociable boy that they had him in an area of the H.S. called "Mewtopia", there mingling with other cats. I bonded with him instantly, or at least I thought so. He was very friendly there, giving me nose rubs, didn't object to me picking him up. He was a real doll (he was estimated to be about 1.5 yrs old, he'd been neutered there). Even when I took him to my own vet on the way home from the H.S., he was great with the staff there, very friendly, they couldn't believe how affectionate he was.
Never did I know what lurked beneath LOL
He is great with my other 4 cats; he took to them within a day; very sociable with them, there were truly never any issues at all.
But when it comes to me, or other humans, he's shown his true colors.
You can pet him for about 10 seconds and then he'll try to bite you, or scratch you. You can scratch under his chin only when he's been sleeping and is kind of dozey still, otherwise he'll bite.
If I pick him up, I have to have his face turned away from me; learned this the hard way........on one occasion I picked him up and he quickly scratched my face.
Had i known he was this rude to me, I wouldn't have adopted him.
There was even an occasion where he reached out and scratched my Dad (who was sitting on my loveseat and Hobee usually sprawls out on the top "back" of the loveseat, to look out the window.......Dad's head was leaning back against this area of the loveseat, Hobee was up their lying and Dad's head touched Hobee and he reached out and swatted the back of Dad's head, which thoroughly ticked off my Dad).
He sleeps on the foot of my bed every night and sometimes he will even sleep next to me in my bed, where he is almost "in" the bed and has his head propped against my other pillow (LOL)...but God help me if I turn over in the night and don't realize he's there; if I touch him, I get swatted.
It's like he really has no use for humans.
Something has changed since I got him, though.
I remember a week after I'd adopted him, he'd been licking his neuter area a lot and I took him to the Emerg Hospital. The room we were in had a dirty exam table (niiiiice) and I didn't want to let him sit on it (you could smell cat urine on it, gross).....so i held him in my arms for a good 30 minutes while we waited for the Vet (didn't want to lock him back up in his carrier). He was very cuddly and didn't exhibit any aggression at all. God, if I tried to hold him now for 1 minute he'd be finding a way to bite me.
I'm not used to an unfriendly cat, have never had one in my life.
I don't trust him around any visitors to my home, including my niece and nephew so I don't ever let anyone pet him.
I'm going to be getting a Feliway diffuser (for a different one of my newly adopted cats), maybe he's stressed or unhappy here, and that will help?
He waits for me almost everyday, when he hears me come home from work......he hears me drive into the garage (connected to house) and he's sitting there on the cabinet by my back door, like he's waiting for me but if I pet him for too long, he'll bite (doesn't break the skin but it's much more than playful biting).
He also doesn't purr. He's never ever purred. This is also foreign to me as well. Even when he's letting me scratch under his chin briefly, no purring.
My newly adopted Bitsy (about his age or a little younger), I got for him as a companion because he's full of energy and my other 3 older cats aren't so much. They get along great. Was hoping he'd be friendlier to me if he was happier overall because he had a buddy....but nothing has changed.
He sure put on a good show at the Humane Society, what an actor.
He talks to me sometimes and if I'm in a room, he'll come in there and jump up to see me but if I try to pet him he runs away.
Any thoughts? suggestions?
Thanks
Never did I know what lurked beneath LOL
He is great with my other 4 cats; he took to them within a day; very sociable with them, there were truly never any issues at all.
But when it comes to me, or other humans, he's shown his true colors.
You can pet him for about 10 seconds and then he'll try to bite you, or scratch you. You can scratch under his chin only when he's been sleeping and is kind of dozey still, otherwise he'll bite.
If I pick him up, I have to have his face turned away from me; learned this the hard way........on one occasion I picked him up and he quickly scratched my face.
Had i known he was this rude to me, I wouldn't have adopted him.
There was even an occasion where he reached out and scratched my Dad (who was sitting on my loveseat and Hobee usually sprawls out on the top "back" of the loveseat, to look out the window.......Dad's head was leaning back against this area of the loveseat, Hobee was up their lying and Dad's head touched Hobee and he reached out and swatted the back of Dad's head, which thoroughly ticked off my Dad).
He sleeps on the foot of my bed every night and sometimes he will even sleep next to me in my bed, where he is almost "in" the bed and has his head propped against my other pillow (LOL)...but God help me if I turn over in the night and don't realize he's there; if I touch him, I get swatted.
It's like he really has no use for humans.
Something has changed since I got him, though.
I remember a week after I'd adopted him, he'd been licking his neuter area a lot and I took him to the Emerg Hospital. The room we were in had a dirty exam table (niiiiice) and I didn't want to let him sit on it (you could smell cat urine on it, gross).....so i held him in my arms for a good 30 minutes while we waited for the Vet (didn't want to lock him back up in his carrier). He was very cuddly and didn't exhibit any aggression at all. God, if I tried to hold him now for 1 minute he'd be finding a way to bite me.
I'm not used to an unfriendly cat, have never had one in my life.
I don't trust him around any visitors to my home, including my niece and nephew so I don't ever let anyone pet him.
I'm going to be getting a Feliway diffuser (for a different one of my newly adopted cats), maybe he's stressed or unhappy here, and that will help?
He waits for me almost everyday, when he hears me come home from work......he hears me drive into the garage (connected to house) and he's sitting there on the cabinet by my back door, like he's waiting for me but if I pet him for too long, he'll bite (doesn't break the skin but it's much more than playful biting).
He also doesn't purr. He's never ever purred. This is also foreign to me as well. Even when he's letting me scratch under his chin briefly, no purring.
My newly adopted Bitsy (about his age or a little younger), I got for him as a companion because he's full of energy and my other 3 older cats aren't so much. They get along great. Was hoping he'd be friendlier to me if he was happier overall because he had a buddy....but nothing has changed.
He sure put on a good show at the Humane Society, what an actor.
He talks to me sometimes and if I'm in a room, he'll come in there and jump up to see me but if I try to pet him he runs away.
Any thoughts? suggestions?
Thanks
