I feel so bad this morning...
Brief kitten history; i rescued her from outside when she was 5 weeks old. She was very sick for a month, probably had both herpes virus and calcivirus, on top of being heavily infested with round worms. She was also treated for fleas. I had to force feed her for 10 days straight for 10 days, she had severe diarrhea and kept having to be rehydrated at the vet's. It was aweful, but she is ok now, though she has a flu flare up probably due to her getting her first round of shots almost 2 weeks ago. She is now 3 months old.
She eats a lot, and plays a lot. I feed her 4-5 times a day, plus all you can eat kibble.
My problem is that sometimes she gets so excited, she is scary and out of control and nothing works.
she lives in a calm environement. No kids, no loudness. Just her an i. I play with her, she gets lots of attention. I'm currently off work, so she is not alone a lot. Longest she was alone for was 10 hours, once. But usually when i go out, she is alone 1to 6 hours.
She has access to all of my apartment, had various toys all over the place; activity saucers, cat tree by the window, things with bells, things with feathers, stuff on strings, stuffed animals, tunnels, scratch post, and....my damn feet.
She attacks my feet. Her favorite time to do that is when im laying on the couch, or when im trying to sleep in bed. I have Googled for tips, and for the past 3 days i have said NO and quickly offered a toy to compensate. But she just keeps going back to my feet. She is obsessed! Maybe she associated attacking my feet to interactive play time? I also say NO and put her down, but she jumps right back, as in, in under 2 seconds. Last night it was so bad i put her in her transport cage so she would calm down. She just flipped out in there, slamming her head on the door. I let her out immediately. She is used to that cage, as she goes in once or twice a day for her steam therapy, and she is usually very calm in there.
It lasted 4 hours last night, from my playing with her in the linvingroom to get her mind off my feet, to trying to read and sleep and not being able to cause she just kept going after my feet, over or under the covers. The more i tried to offer alternative, the more she got crazy, even slamming into my mirror doors at herself. I fed her, in case she was exta hungry and to see if it would make her sleepy, to no avail. Whipped out a new fresh toy, and she played hard with it for 5 minutes, then came back for my feet. Then i got sick and tired angry, so i locked her out of the bedroom. Let her back in 15 minutes later. Same scenario.Locked her out again. Let her back in a couple hours later when i had to use the washroom, same scenario. So i ended up locking her out all night.
She is still very active this morning. I have no idea if she slept. She also meows once or twice from the far in between 2 sprints of madness.
She is freaking me out. And i feel bad cause i got attached to her in a special way since she almost died several times. But i dont like her right now, and idk what to do with her.
I can see that she gets crazier when i get angry and push her off, speak louder, and reject her. I dont want her to fear me or be stressed. I want to er to be happy.
And i want my feet to be left alone, to sleep, and read dammit.
What should i do? It's VERY hard not to react and pull away quickly when a kitten bites your feet, the most ticklish part of my body. Cant ignore her.
Brief kitten history; i rescued her from outside when she was 5 weeks old. She was very sick for a month, probably had both herpes virus and calcivirus, on top of being heavily infested with round worms. She was also treated for fleas. I had to force feed her for 10 days straight for 10 days, she had severe diarrhea and kept having to be rehydrated at the vet's. It was aweful, but she is ok now, though she has a flu flare up probably due to her getting her first round of shots almost 2 weeks ago. She is now 3 months old.
She eats a lot, and plays a lot. I feed her 4-5 times a day, plus all you can eat kibble.
My problem is that sometimes she gets so excited, she is scary and out of control and nothing works.
she lives in a calm environement. No kids, no loudness. Just her an i. I play with her, she gets lots of attention. I'm currently off work, so she is not alone a lot. Longest she was alone for was 10 hours, once. But usually when i go out, she is alone 1to 6 hours.
She has access to all of my apartment, had various toys all over the place; activity saucers, cat tree by the window, things with bells, things with feathers, stuff on strings, stuffed animals, tunnels, scratch post, and....my damn feet.
She attacks my feet. Her favorite time to do that is when im laying on the couch, or when im trying to sleep in bed. I have Googled for tips, and for the past 3 days i have said NO and quickly offered a toy to compensate. But she just keeps going back to my feet. She is obsessed! Maybe she associated attacking my feet to interactive play time? I also say NO and put her down, but she jumps right back, as in, in under 2 seconds. Last night it was so bad i put her in her transport cage so she would calm down. She just flipped out in there, slamming her head on the door. I let her out immediately. She is used to that cage, as she goes in once or twice a day for her steam therapy, and she is usually very calm in there.
It lasted 4 hours last night, from my playing with her in the linvingroom to get her mind off my feet, to trying to read and sleep and not being able to cause she just kept going after my feet, over or under the covers. The more i tried to offer alternative, the more she got crazy, even slamming into my mirror doors at herself. I fed her, in case she was exta hungry and to see if it would make her sleepy, to no avail. Whipped out a new fresh toy, and she played hard with it for 5 minutes, then came back for my feet. Then i got sick and tired angry, so i locked her out of the bedroom. Let her back in 15 minutes later. Same scenario.Locked her out again. Let her back in a couple hours later when i had to use the washroom, same scenario. So i ended up locking her out all night.
She is still very active this morning. I have no idea if she slept. She also meows once or twice from the far in between 2 sprints of madness.
She is freaking me out. And i feel bad cause i got attached to her in a special way since she almost died several times. But i dont like her right now, and idk what to do with her.
I can see that she gets crazier when i get angry and push her off, speak louder, and reject her. I dont want her to fear me or be stressed. I want to er to be happy.
And i want my feet to be left alone, to sleep, and read dammit.
What should i do? It's VERY hard not to react and pull away quickly when a kitten bites your feet, the most ticklish part of my body. Cant ignore her.
