My husband and I adopted an kitten as soon as we returned from our honeymoon a few weeks ago at 11 weeks, he is now almost 16 weeks. He's a nightmare... He's an absolutely beautiful orange and white tabby, his name is Simon but we're considering changing it to "Jesus Christ!" because that seems to be all we say to him. Now, he hasn't clawed the furniture or climbed the drapes (thank you god!) but I don't know if he's an aggressive jerk or just a kitten. He's a huge biter. Sometimes they're little "love bites" but often times he's intent on drawing blood. If he's laying across the door way to a room, I'll avoid going in it because he'll attack my ankles. He'll gnaw on my fingers or hands. His nails are trimmed, but he still grabs your hands with his claws and bites. Is this normal? Is he teething? We have a 10lb dog too and I've seen him ambush her... she plays back just as rough, so they seem equally suited but I'm afraid he'll claw her in the face. Is this all normal kitten behavior and he'll settle down in time? I've never had a nice cat. I feel like I'm a magnet for jerk cats. I also don't have a ton of experience with young kittens- i had two cats growing up that I didn't experience the kitten stage of, and my parents current cat was 4-6 months old when I got him 10 years ago (and equally jerky.) I've often said growing up I always had cats so I assumed I was a cat person. Then I got a dog, and realized I was just a dog person who'd never had a dog. Please tell me he's going to grow out of this. He has toys- balls and mice and the fishing-pole kind, cat nip and no-cat-nip, scratching posts, high places to climb to (that he's allowed). Tonight I got a laser pointer and had him chasing it and it seemed to make him wired, not tire him out. He chews like a puppy. Everything goes in his mouth... I've even seen him purring away while chewing a dog bone!
for what it's worth, for about five minutes twice a day, he's very lovey, purring, wanting to be held and pet and cuddled. then BOOM. jerk.
help?
for what it's worth, for about five minutes twice a day, he's very lovey, purring, wanting to be held and pet and cuddled. then BOOM. jerk.
help?