I adopted Timber 10 months ago - she was a stray and lived in the shelter for two years before she came to live with my husband and me.
She seems to have adapted pretty well. She follows me around all of the time. She loves to be petted (more about that later). She sleeps on the bed with us.
But every so often, she bites and scrathes me - for no reason. The other day I laid down to take a nap and she bite me on my forearm, which was laying up next to the pillow. I put my arm under a throw on the bed and a couple of minutes later she attacked my face - scratching me under one eye.
I hissed at her and she got off the bed. My feelings were really hurt. I don't know why she did this - I wasn't touching her. I had just ended a petting session that she seems to love. I want to think that she was telling me to "keep petting", but it was so vicious and swift.
I think she must have been abused on the street, and living in a shelter for two years may have starved her for affection. But right now, I'm very nervous around her - especially when she gets really close to me.
Any advice?
Anyone else every experience this?
Thanks.
She seems to have adapted pretty well. She follows me around all of the time. She loves to be petted (more about that later). She sleeps on the bed with us.
But every so often, she bites and scrathes me - for no reason. The other day I laid down to take a nap and she bite me on my forearm, which was laying up next to the pillow. I put my arm under a throw on the bed and a couple of minutes later she attacked my face - scratching me under one eye.
I hissed at her and she got off the bed. My feelings were really hurt. I don't know why she did this - I wasn't touching her. I had just ended a petting session that she seems to love. I want to think that she was telling me to "keep petting", but it was so vicious and swift.
I think she must have been abused on the street, and living in a shelter for two years may have starved her for affection. But right now, I'm very nervous around her - especially when she gets really close to me.
Any advice?
Anyone else every experience this?
Thanks.