I have had Oscar for a year and 3 months, and I adopted him from the NYCACC. He was just a kitten of about 5 weeks. A wee little thing, but over time Oscar has lived up to his name and is notorious for being an absolute grouch!! I do have another cat who is actually the absolute opposite of Oscar, but I think it may be due to the fact that Oscar was too young to be away from his mother, and he was abandoned with his litter mates and left in a box in someones basement.
But from the moment that I had Oscar I did nothing but show him love and affection!!!
Yet he is a very very (for lack of a better word) pissy cat! Some of his aggression I can chalk up to overstimulation from petting, but other times he will go into his spots or areas, and when I try to pet him or show him affection he hisses and swipes at me! So, I can also chalk that up to being territorial. However, he loves to play with a dripped faucet, and when I go to turn it off or move the nozel away, he violently whacks me and hisses. He also does this to people who are merely trying to be nice to him. Although they may be people he doesn't know well, this type of reaction is totally unacceptable. It really scares people. The fact that he continues to even do it to me, someone that he has known the duration of his life is troubling to me.
I can't think of what to do!!! I can certainly begin to watch out for that one tick that happens just prior to an attack, but there isn't just one thing that he attacks to. It can seem totally random, like invading his space, or coming too close to him as friends and family try to be nice to him.
What do I do?!
But from the moment that I had Oscar I did nothing but show him love and affection!!!
Yet he is a very very (for lack of a better word) pissy cat! Some of his aggression I can chalk up to overstimulation from petting, but other times he will go into his spots or areas, and when I try to pet him or show him affection he hisses and swipes at me! So, I can also chalk that up to being territorial. However, he loves to play with a dripped faucet, and when I go to turn it off or move the nozel away, he violently whacks me and hisses. He also does this to people who are merely trying to be nice to him. Although they may be people he doesn't know well, this type of reaction is totally unacceptable. It really scares people. The fact that he continues to even do it to me, someone that he has known the duration of his life is troubling to me.
I can't think of what to do!!! I can certainly begin to watch out for that one tick that happens just prior to an attack, but there isn't just one thing that he attacks to. It can seem totally random, like invading his space, or coming too close to him as friends and family try to be nice to him.
What do I do?!