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post #1 of 8
11/25/11 at 10:23pm
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Hi i just got a new 6 month old kitty named Oscar! they said he was shy and on his first day we was indeed. but now hes crazy! hes calm half the time and then he wants to play. he loves me and listens to me but he wont sit on my lap and he wont sit still for to long. I just want him to be able to lay with me. And when he plays hes CRAZY he jumps and scratches (we clipped his front paws) why cant i make him just relax with me? im a new cat owner and new on the site as well! please be nice :P

but he eats well and does everything fine. hes just a devil cat when playful. i read that the 6 months stage there pretty crazy but none of it shows signs of sratching and biting alot. ): please help me i get stressed and worried really easily and hes usualy playful at night

Ps. his brother is here too and hes fine! We adopted them both fromt the SPCA.

I need all tips and help you can give ! ):

 

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post #2 of 8
11/25/11 at 10:29pm
He's a normal active teenaged kitty smile.gif. He may never be a lap cat (not all cats are), or he may grow into it. Either way, don't try to make him stay in your lap or he'll push away even harder. For playing, get a fishing-pole type toy so that his teeth and claws stay away from your skin. There are also wrestling "gloves" if you really want to play wrestling-type games with him, but I don't know if that's a good thing to encourage. If he does bite or scratch while playing, make a high-pitched noise and stop the game. Soon he'll learn that playing rough with humans doesn't work. But you have to be consistent about that and not play rough sometimes but not others.
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post #3 of 8
11/25/11 at 10:43pm
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thank you! :D 

Can i atleast try and make him sleep with me? i just want to spend more time with him instead of him just beating me up! Are you sure his attidude will change? how long does this process take? 

you making this alot easier :D

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post #4 of 8
11/25/11 at 11:16pm
If you try to "make" him do anything, he'll just rebel. You can try to encourage him to sleep in your bed or sit on your lap, but any kind of force will push him in the other direction. And, yes, kitties do outgrow the teenage stage and settle down. . .eventually tongue.gif. Like I said, he may never be a lap cat or want to sleep with you, some cats just don't like that. But you can accept him for who he is, and if you don't pressure him he should grow up to be well-adjusted. Just make sure he gets enough exercise. A fishing pole toy or a laser light will help a lot.
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post #5 of 8
11/26/11 at 12:30am

There is a good chance that Oscar will start to gravitate to your warmth at night for sleeping, especially now that the weather is getting colder. Are you sure he doesn't sneak onto your bed when you're asleep? I thought my kitten wasn't sleeping with me when he was at that age, but he would always be there when I woke up in the middle of the night.

 

My roommate's girlfriend's cat was as crazy as your Oscar sounds at that age, and he never slept with her either. By the time he was one year old, he was sleeping on top of her face or chest every night. She said it was an almost overnight change, where he all of a sudden decided he wanted to try something different. So, don't give up hope if Oscar is being distant at that age.

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post #6 of 8
11/26/11 at 10:02am
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Thanks to both of you it really helped me! highfive.gif

And thank you both for being really nice its a nice pleasure to be a part of this sight with such amazing people. Oscar to me now just feels like a normal teenage kitty whos just having fun and doesnt mean to harm. I will also keep in mind about the whole "rebel" thing and now wont force him to do anything. You really helped me trough this :D

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post #7 of 8
11/26/11 at 12:44pm

I have a kitten too, who is similar in age to yours, and mine is the most playful at night. He'll sit on my bed when I first go to sleep, but then 5 minutes later he's running around the house going crazy with all his toys. He has one of those fishing pole/wand toys and we can hear him running with it and bumping it around all night, same with the balls with the bells in it. But after a while he tires himself out and comes back into bed to sleep. At first I didn't think he was sleeping in bed with me, until I started waking up and finding his toys in the bed laughing02.gif Everything you mentioned sounds very normal for a 6 month old cat, but as a new cat owner its understandable why you may have been worried. But once he gets out of his "teenage" years I imagine he will be calmer 

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post #8 of 8
11/26/11 at 8:08pm
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Okay thanks everyone. 

now just one more question.smashfreak.gif

Can someone explain in detail what a 6 month old cat behavior is from your own experiences like what they do and how they act? Please give me it in detail or the best you can, bullets ( *) or anything will do, i just want to know to make me feel better and i want to know when they "change" to more calmer and adult.

Thank you very much jumping.gif!!

 

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