I recently had to put my 12 year old female down. She was a very well behaved kitten/cat. Three weeks ago we re homed a 5 month old male. My fiance wanted a friendly, playful and male cat. He is friendly and playful, but incredibly needy - and naughty. I will say he's good about two important things: using his litter box and not scratching on furniture (that we know of).
He follows us around constantly, and always needs to be in the same area as us. If we enter a room and shut the door, he tried desperately to get in, and can be quite vocal about it. My last cat was not allowed on the counter tops. Once in a great while, she would sneak up there when weren't in the room, but we would tell her to get down and she would. Our new kitten was allowed on the counters at his previous home, and I realize it may take a bit to teach him to stay off. We've been using the motion sensor spray cans that shoot air when we're not home and at night, and have been spraying him with a spray bottle when we catch him in the act. Our concern is he has no fear. He'd jump on our gas stove while we're cooking if we didn't closely watch him. He's not allowed in the bathroom as he tries climbing the shower curtain, nor is he allowed in the bedrooms because he chews on and destroy phone charging cords, electrical cords, and basically anything else he can. He's started to climb the woven shade (not cheap!) covering our large living room window. He tries to jump in the dishwasher, in the refrigerator, the ice dispenser on our refrigerator door, and in the blinds covering the kitchen window. We got him a cat tree and we play with him often, but he still attacks and bites our arms and legs, I'm assuming in play? I've started to spray him with water when doing this and distracting him with a toy. He is not fixed, we are actually having this done within the next few weeks, as our vet advised us to wait until he is 6 months old. I'm not sure if that has something to do with his behavior or not.
Would he be better in a different home with another kitten to play with? Will he grow out of this naughty phase? I'm completely lost as I stated earlier, my female cat was always such a well behaved cat!
Any advice would be great.
Thank you.
He follows us around constantly, and always needs to be in the same area as us. If we enter a room and shut the door, he tried desperately to get in, and can be quite vocal about it. My last cat was not allowed on the counter tops. Once in a great while, she would sneak up there when weren't in the room, but we would tell her to get down and she would. Our new kitten was allowed on the counters at his previous home, and I realize it may take a bit to teach him to stay off. We've been using the motion sensor spray cans that shoot air when we're not home and at night, and have been spraying him with a spray bottle when we catch him in the act. Our concern is he has no fear. He'd jump on our gas stove while we're cooking if we didn't closely watch him. He's not allowed in the bathroom as he tries climbing the shower curtain, nor is he allowed in the bedrooms because he chews on and destroy phone charging cords, electrical cords, and basically anything else he can. He's started to climb the woven shade (not cheap!) covering our large living room window. He tries to jump in the dishwasher, in the refrigerator, the ice dispenser on our refrigerator door, and in the blinds covering the kitchen window. We got him a cat tree and we play with him often, but he still attacks and bites our arms and legs, I'm assuming in play? I've started to spray him with water when doing this and distracting him with a toy. He is not fixed, we are actually having this done within the next few weeks, as our vet advised us to wait until he is 6 months old. I'm not sure if that has something to do with his behavior or not.
Would he be better in a different home with another kitten to play with? Will he grow out of this naughty phase? I'm completely lost as I stated earlier, my female cat was always such a well behaved cat!
Any advice would be great.
Thank you.
