I have a couple questions on a couple behaviors; one is very endearing, the other not so much.
Tiki the Cat is about a 1 ¼ to 1 ½ years old, he was a semi-feral stray when he adopted me, and every night he “tucks me in” by kneading on my chest. He will jump up on the bed then walks with this concrete feet across me to make sure I’m awake then kneads on my chest while I rub his neck until he thinks I’m asleep, then he sneaks off the bed like a little ninja. What concerns (?) me is that he is spending less and less time doing this and even skips a night now and then. That is just him getting older and nothing to worry about right?
The real thing that worries me is his nipping. I’ve read everything I can find and watched all the YouTube videos, but they don’t seem to match what I see. I can be sitting in my chair reading and Tiki will come sit by the chair, then with no warning he’ll reach up, grab my arm with his paws and gnaw on my arm. I’ve been able to convince him not to use his claws, but I can’t get him to stop biting. I may be imaging this but it seems like he doesn’t want to bite hard often he just licks or uses the little love bites, but other times he seems to lose control and starts biting hardish (enough to break the skin. I get that sometime cats nip at you when they are done being petted if they get grabbed or something like that, but this seems different.
Any help or just re-assurance would be appreciated
and here he is right before pouncing (not really but this is what he usually looks like before pouncing)
Tiki the Cat is about a 1 ¼ to 1 ½ years old, he was a semi-feral stray when he adopted me, and every night he “tucks me in” by kneading on my chest. He will jump up on the bed then walks with this concrete feet across me to make sure I’m awake then kneads on my chest while I rub his neck until he thinks I’m asleep, then he sneaks off the bed like a little ninja. What concerns (?) me is that he is spending less and less time doing this and even skips a night now and then. That is just him getting older and nothing to worry about right?
The real thing that worries me is his nipping. I’ve read everything I can find and watched all the YouTube videos, but they don’t seem to match what I see. I can be sitting in my chair reading and Tiki will come sit by the chair, then with no warning he’ll reach up, grab my arm with his paws and gnaw on my arm. I’ve been able to convince him not to use his claws, but I can’t get him to stop biting. I may be imaging this but it seems like he doesn’t want to bite hard often he just licks or uses the little love bites, but other times he seems to lose control and starts biting hardish (enough to break the skin. I get that sometime cats nip at you when they are done being petted if they get grabbed or something like that, but this seems different.
Any help or just re-assurance would be appreciated
and here he is right before pouncing (not really but this is what he usually looks like before pouncing)
