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Hello there! My cat, Adonis, is a long haired ragdoll (presumably, he looks a lot like one, though he was just listed as a domestic longhair when I got him from the shelter) cat, and is overall a very sweet cat, though he is a bit solitary and does like his alone time and time away from people. However being a long haired cat, grooming is imperative - while his fur isn't extremely thick, it is still prone to mats and if they aren't dealt with, he'll take care if them himself (if he can reach them) by ripping them straight out of his fur. I'd rather him not do that if he doesn't have to, and so I also groom him myself, to prevent that as well as to lessen the frequency of hairballs. Issue is, while he might let you groom him for a few minutes, he'll quickly turn and try and bite at the brush. When he does this, I quickly stop grooming him and put the brush to the side. The issue isn't that he tries to bite the brush... It's also just that unless I remove myself from beside him, he will actually reach over, wrap paws around my arm, and PULL my arm to him just to bite me. The bites aren't usually very hard, but they usually do leave welts, and this last one that occurred just moments ago was the first one to be able to draw blood. (A small amount, but drew blood nonetheless.) I have only had him for two weeks today, and he's three years old. Is there a way I can get his mild aggression under control? I can read his body language well and I can tell when he doesn't want to do things like be pet, and that's easy to prevent, but grooming is pretty essential! It also doesn't help that he's been dealing with a few mats in his fur that "came with him" from the shelter that I've been trying to work out over the passed couple weeks.