Hi Guys. I want to say, first of all, that my cat can be sweet and loving. She's sweet for about 2 minutes after I come home, and sometimes when she's sleepy. Though if I touch her when she's sleeping, she bites me. She bites a lot.
She chases my legs across the room (and scratches/bites hard enough to draw blood) every day. I have to walk backwards when I know she's following me, and sometimes that doesn't work. She goes for it anyway. I've tried "walking toward her" when she tries it, and I never give her a reaction. Doesn't make a difference.
Almost any time I try to touch her, she bites or scratches. She doesn't run away - she's not scared of me - she just doesn't want to be touched. She wants to nap on me or next to me but DOES NOT want to be touched by my hands. I am covered in scratch marks, and scars of old scratch marks.
She has scratched holes in every set of sheets I own, including the two new ones I bought this fall. She's not even really "going for it", she just puts all of her weight into her claws when she's climbing up into bed - rather than just jumping the very easy distance up to the mattress. She has a scratching post which she rarely uses. Her nails are trimmed (just trimmed a few days ago and two new holes in my sheets today). The door to my bedroom is covered in scratches because she hates when I close the door on her - which I rarely do.
I just don't know what to do. She is not affectionate (except as mentioned above), she draws my blood daily, and destroys my stuff. What is the "up-side" to cat ownership, again?
She chases my legs across the room (and scratches/bites hard enough to draw blood) every day. I have to walk backwards when I know she's following me, and sometimes that doesn't work. She goes for it anyway. I've tried "walking toward her" when she tries it, and I never give her a reaction. Doesn't make a difference.
Almost any time I try to touch her, she bites or scratches. She doesn't run away - she's not scared of me - she just doesn't want to be touched. She wants to nap on me or next to me but DOES NOT want to be touched by my hands. I am covered in scratch marks, and scars of old scratch marks.
She has scratched holes in every set of sheets I own, including the two new ones I bought this fall. She's not even really "going for it", she just puts all of her weight into her claws when she's climbing up into bed - rather than just jumping the very easy distance up to the mattress. She has a scratching post which she rarely uses. Her nails are trimmed (just trimmed a few days ago and two new holes in my sheets today). The door to my bedroom is covered in scratches because she hates when I close the door on her - which I rarely do.
I just don't know what to do. She is not affectionate (except as mentioned above), she draws my blood daily, and destroys my stuff. What is the "up-side" to cat ownership, again?
