So a little more than a year ago we got a 3.5 month old Maine Coon from a breeder. The breeder is reputable and the cat was very kind in it's first two months or so when he was very small.
Then his behavior began to turn sour. He did not want to be held ever, would not sit with us, run away if we pet him, even turn and bite our hands when he was really upset by us petting him. ('Us' is myself, my boyfriend, and our other female roomate.)
Around 5.5 months he was neutrered as per the vet's go-ahead. (if that makes a difference)
Since all then, it's been downhill. He is hyper all the time, bites, and refuses to be held, even a little. At first we thought it was rough kitten play. But at a year he should be getting out of the kitten hyper, or at the least it not getting worse. Beyond that what he tolerates is less and less, now even two pets are cause for him to turn and bite our hands.
Then the newest development is what is espically concerning. He'll walk up to us and just bite us. Today he walked up to my roomate and bit her. Pulled back, went in to bite her again, when she pulled her arm away he hissed at her.
We've really done nothing to this cat. We try to love him, and give him space when he obviously wants it. And I can understand that some cats aren't as love-ie as others, but to go out of his way to bite us is getitng a bit rediculous. And what's more is he bites HARD, much harder than play should ever be. He bit my boyfriend's face the other day and it bled.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions to what could be driving this cat to crazyness. Or any suggestions for how to curb it? At this point we're willing to even look into medications.
Then his behavior began to turn sour. He did not want to be held ever, would not sit with us, run away if we pet him, even turn and bite our hands when he was really upset by us petting him. ('Us' is myself, my boyfriend, and our other female roomate.)
Around 5.5 months he was neutrered as per the vet's go-ahead. (if that makes a difference)
Since all then, it's been downhill. He is hyper all the time, bites, and refuses to be held, even a little. At first we thought it was rough kitten play. But at a year he should be getting out of the kitten hyper, or at the least it not getting worse. Beyond that what he tolerates is less and less, now even two pets are cause for him to turn and bite our hands.
Then the newest development is what is espically concerning. He'll walk up to us and just bite us. Today he walked up to my roomate and bit her. Pulled back, went in to bite her again, when she pulled her arm away he hissed at her.
We've really done nothing to this cat. We try to love him, and give him space when he obviously wants it. And I can understand that some cats aren't as love-ie as others, but to go out of his way to bite us is getitng a bit rediculous. And what's more is he bites HARD, much harder than play should ever be. He bit my boyfriend's face the other day and it bled.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions to what could be driving this cat to crazyness. Or any suggestions for how to curb it? At this point we're willing to even look into medications.