Hi! My kitten Konnie is rather fierce sometimes, especially when we pick her up or touch her. I have read lots of pages on this site and others about this, and have found lots of different reasons for this. I think that her problem falls into more than one group.
1. Play-fighting - Konnie loves to play indoors, and we have lots of toys for her. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to realise the difference between her favourite cuddly toy, and our hands when we play with her. She will catch our hands in her paws, and put them in her mouth. She does bite, but not hard enough to hurt. I don't think she is trying to hurt us, because she never has her claws out when she catchs or fingers.
2. Bad Temper - Konnie has not always been fierce to humans. She was abandoned by a feral cat in our garden, and was very pleased when we found her. At first, she just purred all the time, although she was a little scared of new things. She was never aggressive, but I think that maybe having been brought up by hunmans from 2-3 weeks my have contributed to her fierceness.
She still doesn't really hurt, unless she is in a really bad mood. She hides the furniture when she doesn't want to be caught,a nd will bite and scratch anyone who trys to get her out. Sometimes we have to resort to wearing gloves when we have to reach her out!!! She has never really caused any harm, I mean, no one has been seriously injured, but she is only a year old, and is still very small, so it is possible that when she is older, she will be dangerous without meaning to be. I know that my other cat, who is fully grown, could do some serious damage to someone if he wanted. Fortunately, he has always been very well behaved and never bites anyone.
I am pretty sure that she is not unwell or injured, because she can be really good and gentle, and she always runs about loads when she is outside. It maybe that she is just rather a bedtempered kitten, and will grow out of it, but if anyone has any sggestions as to how to calm her down, I'd be interested. Thanks for your help! Bye!
1. Play-fighting - Konnie loves to play indoors, and we have lots of toys for her. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to realise the difference between her favourite cuddly toy, and our hands when we play with her. She will catch our hands in her paws, and put them in her mouth. She does bite, but not hard enough to hurt. I don't think she is trying to hurt us, because she never has her claws out when she catchs or fingers.
2. Bad Temper - Konnie has not always been fierce to humans. She was abandoned by a feral cat in our garden, and was very pleased when we found her. At first, she just purred all the time, although she was a little scared of new things. She was never aggressive, but I think that maybe having been brought up by hunmans from 2-3 weeks my have contributed to her fierceness.
She still doesn't really hurt, unless she is in a really bad mood. She hides the furniture when she doesn't want to be caught,a nd will bite and scratch anyone who trys to get her out. Sometimes we have to resort to wearing gloves when we have to reach her out!!! She has never really caused any harm, I mean, no one has been seriously injured, but she is only a year old, and is still very small, so it is possible that when she is older, she will be dangerous without meaning to be. I know that my other cat, who is fully grown, could do some serious damage to someone if he wanted. Fortunately, he has always been very well behaved and never bites anyone.
I am pretty sure that she is not unwell or injured, because she can be really good and gentle, and she always runs about loads when she is outside. It maybe that she is just rather a bedtempered kitten, and will grow out of it, but if anyone has any sggestions as to how to calm her down, I'd be interested. Thanks for your help! Bye!