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Howdy guys! So my kitten Cooper is almost a year old, he's probably about 10 months at the moment. I wanted to get your opinion on behavior since it's been so long since I've been around or raised a kitten.
So when he's in his room (yes, he has his own bedroom with a queen bed, litterbox, food/water ), he's the sweetest thing. He cuddles, wants to lay in your lap, has never bit me - I think I've read somewhere when cats are in a confined area, like a room, they're less likely to act up or something? Just throwing this bit of info into the mix to let you know he's not always mean of course.
But anyway, when he's in the main part of the house - kitchen, living room, our bedrooms, basement, etc, he's mostly friendly but he has these, I'm assuming "teenage" outbursts where he bites me. It especially happens when I'm sitting on the floor with him (on his 'level' y'know). I used to sit on the kitchen floor with my previous cat and we'd always cuddle and I'd pet him while I was waiting for dinner to cook. It was our little private time we're he'd get tons of one-on-one attention, and I wasn't too busy, so I'd like to do that with Cooper too, but whenever I try to do that he immediately bites my arms or legs, hard.
I've been saying "stop" in a firm voice and he sorta gets the message, but I literally have to pull him off of me. I then usually stand up, and after he backs off he goes into that angry kitten stance, gives me the evil eyes, and just waits to pounce on me again. Which he will, he then attacks my legs. I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong and inviting him to play... help please?
Also side note, he'll do this with our dog too - if our dog boops him with her nose or something, he'll go into that angry teenage kitten stance, eye her up, and usually when she turns around he'll jump on her legs. He doesn't bite her though, at least not hard, I think he knows better than that.
So when he's in his room (yes, he has his own bedroom with a queen bed, litterbox, food/water ), he's the sweetest thing. He cuddles, wants to lay in your lap, has never bit me - I think I've read somewhere when cats are in a confined area, like a room, they're less likely to act up or something? Just throwing this bit of info into the mix to let you know he's not always mean of course.
But anyway, when he's in the main part of the house - kitchen, living room, our bedrooms, basement, etc, he's mostly friendly but he has these, I'm assuming "teenage" outbursts where he bites me. It especially happens when I'm sitting on the floor with him (on his 'level' y'know). I used to sit on the kitchen floor with my previous cat and we'd always cuddle and I'd pet him while I was waiting for dinner to cook. It was our little private time we're he'd get tons of one-on-one attention, and I wasn't too busy, so I'd like to do that with Cooper too, but whenever I try to do that he immediately bites my arms or legs, hard.
I've been saying "stop" in a firm voice and he sorta gets the message, but I literally have to pull him off of me. I then usually stand up, and after he backs off he goes into that angry kitten stance, gives me the evil eyes, and just waits to pounce on me again. Which he will, he then attacks my legs. I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong and inviting him to play... help please?
Also side note, he'll do this with our dog too - if our dog boops him with her nose or something, he'll go into that angry teenage kitten stance, eye her up, and usually when she turns around he'll jump on her legs. He doesn't bite her though, at least not hard, I think he knows better than that.