I have two kittens that we adopted just over a month ago, one 4 months and one 8 months, both males, the older one already spayed and both dewormed. Seems that the 8 month old loved going onto the dining room table and we kept taking him off, saying down and he kept going back up. Hated to lock him in a room, so bought that spray that smells bad to keep them off and sprayed it on a paper towel at dinner and he stays down. Well, now he is jumping on the counters in the kitchen, too, and I am placing yet MORE of the spray on paper towels and it's starting to stink up the kitchen, too. Plus, how safe is it to keep inhaling this stuff for everyone, cats and humans???
Not only that, but it seems he is constantly hungry, non-stop, even after he's just eaten. They eat three times a day, wet food only, about a half a can at each serving. Whenever you come downstairs (we have an open floorplan), he runs to the kitchen. If you are at the counter, he leans up against you and sometimes tries to climb you. When it IS time to eat, he literally goes crazy and when I go to put the two bowls down for the two cats, it's like a feeding frenzy. They meow beyond belief and run circles around each other until the bowls go down and then I have to move one away from the other. When the big one is done, he runs to the other one's bowl and nudges him away to finish what's left on his.
Also, when we sit to have a snack on the couch, they jump up continuously and you can't stop them from climbing on you and trying to get to your food. I can't see the solution as being to lock them in one room all the time, but our last two cats NEVER behaved like this. It didn't start right away, but has been getting worse in the past two weeks to this point now where our whole family is starting to get stressed out and very frustrated.
Any ideas why this is happening and what we can try to stop this before we feel like we made a huge mistake and look to place them somewhere else? We love them very much, but it's getting to the point of our sanity or theirs - and if that's the case, it will be ours. Don't mean to sound heartless because I really adore them, but this is very unusual for any cat we've ever owned.
Thanks,
Lori
Not only that, but it seems he is constantly hungry, non-stop, even after he's just eaten. They eat three times a day, wet food only, about a half a can at each serving. Whenever you come downstairs (we have an open floorplan), he runs to the kitchen. If you are at the counter, he leans up against you and sometimes tries to climb you. When it IS time to eat, he literally goes crazy and when I go to put the two bowls down for the two cats, it's like a feeding frenzy. They meow beyond belief and run circles around each other until the bowls go down and then I have to move one away from the other. When the big one is done, he runs to the other one's bowl and nudges him away to finish what's left on his.
Also, when we sit to have a snack on the couch, they jump up continuously and you can't stop them from climbing on you and trying to get to your food. I can't see the solution as being to lock them in one room all the time, but our last two cats NEVER behaved like this. It didn't start right away, but has been getting worse in the past two weeks to this point now where our whole family is starting to get stressed out and very frustrated.
Any ideas why this is happening and what we can try to stop this before we feel like we made a huge mistake and look to place them somewhere else? We love them very much, but it's getting to the point of our sanity or theirs - and if that's the case, it will be ours. Don't mean to sound heartless because I really adore them, but this is very unusual for any cat we've ever owned.
Thanks,
Lori
