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We took in a 2/3 month old kitten someone dropped off across the street in a park with a lake. I think he was there for a few weeks. Started feeding him everyday and staying awhile when I could. He began to trust me and hated to see me leave. Engaged the help of a local nonprofit pet rescue to capture him which was no problem by this point in time. We've had him for 10 months now. The problem is besides the fact that he is very 'high speed' especially in the morning, we are usually unable to stop him from doing what he wants without him trying to bite. I have to encourage him to the enclosed porch just to clean his litter box in the morning or he will charge at me. If he's on the table or the counter and we gently pick him up... he will more often than not charge and bite at me. Is this 'territorial aggression'? Over all...he is not nasty... He comes when called (usually), plays fetch and shadows us every where. We keep hoping the older he gets he will settle down some but it doesn't seem to be happening. He does 't like petting or cuddling or being picked up much. We can't keep nicknacks or photos out or he knocks them on the floor. I can't put my window blinds down all the way or he reaches up and tears at them. He has knocked over every plant live or artificial. We have tried to accommodate him by removing or taping down everything that he could destroy or hurt him. We very seldom raise our voices we just try to distract him. We have scratching posts, toys, laser lights galore. We spend a lot of time entertaining him so he's not bored. He will not sleep in a cat bed or on any kind of fuzzy blanket but he likes a cardboard box lid on the kitchen floor to nap on though he will sleep on the couch now. He must have spent his early life in that situation is all I can figure. Aside from all the stuff he does to apparently dominate the house our biggest concern is the aggressive response he makes when we do something he doesn't like...ie. take him off the kitchen counter and he retaliates. My husband is older with medical conditions that involve taking a blood thinner, so being bit is not a good thing. I'm actually allergic to cats but several years ago we took in a cat and 4 homeless/almost feral kittens. They all lived to be 16 years old. Last spring after the last one passed we decided to give 'Bubbee' a home thinking how hard could 1 kitten be..we had raised 5 at one time....we have experience and a pretty good understanding of what it takes. None of our other cats behaved this way and they weren't perfect..but they were cats. We are at our wits end and thinking of surrendering him to a shelter that won't kill him. Finding him a new home or foster home in this day and age is almost impossible. Our hearts are breaking. It a rock and a hard place...
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