Hi, there.
I have an adorable, chubby male kitty who is three years old. We have had him for a year and a half now, but recently we've been noticing a lot of unprovoked biting, which always happened, but it started to occur more often now.
We have tween children in our household and the cat seems to be aggressive towards them and attacking, even when they are feeding him. The bite marks our kitty leaves on them can be deep and in multiple areas on the ankles. We also are first time cat owners.
Is this normal behavior? Why is he biting them? Would returning him to the shelter (no-kill) be appropiate? I was thinking of adopting a kitten instead so we could raise it to be less aggressive and teach it to be kinder before it develops a habit.
Thanks for reading this, and all tips given will be appreciated greatly.
I have an adorable, chubby male kitty who is three years old. We have had him for a year and a half now, but recently we've been noticing a lot of unprovoked biting, which always happened, but it started to occur more often now.
We have tween children in our household and the cat seems to be aggressive towards them and attacking, even when they are feeding him. The bite marks our kitty leaves on them can be deep and in multiple areas on the ankles. We also are first time cat owners.
Is this normal behavior? Why is he biting them? Would returning him to the shelter (no-kill) be appropiate? I was thinking of adopting a kitten instead so we could raise it to be less aggressive and teach it to be kinder before it develops a habit.
Thanks for reading this, and all tips given will be appreciated greatly.