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I want to start by apologizing for the length lol.
This is my first post ever on this site and I literally had to make an account because of this ongoing issue.
I'll start from the beginning. A year ago on about May 20th a friend of mine rescued three kittens she had found hiding under her car one morning (she's an extreme cat lady lol). Two of the kittens were black and one grey with gorgeous blue eyes. Her not being able to keep any of them for longer then it took to find them homes, allowed me to take the grey one. She was about three weeks old when she was found, and I've raised her since then. This is my first cat (except when I was a child I had two cats but we had to rehome them when my sister was born and allergic, I was 7) but I had researched a good amount before taking her into my home. I have my own apartment and she's the only animal (besides me lol) living here. For the most part she's very friendly. No matter who you are, she'll follow you room to room rubbing herself against you.
Anyway since she was about three months old (estimated by memory) I've been experiencing this problem, but I figured it'd subside with age. Whenever I pick her up and bring her to come lay with me she'll act very happy about the attention and there's no issue. She'll lay with me while I pet her under her chin and she'll purr like crazy. Now heres where the problem begins. After about 10-15 minutes of laying with me enjoying being pet, she'll lash out and go crazy attacking me. She'll wrap her paws around my forearm, claws out, and start hissing and meowing while biting me like crazy. If she's close enough she'll even try to bite my face. I've read articles about over stimulation and "petting-induced-aggression", but that doesn't seem to be the issue according to any of the sources I've been able to locate online. I just don't understand the problem. She's completely healthy, she's super active, eats like a full grown wildebeest (no I don't over feed, I go by the directions on the bag), and other than this issue she's a wonderful, absolutely gorgeous cat.
I know this is a really long thread so far but I really feel like I need to provide the full extent of information that I can offer to be able to get an accurate response back. So she's up to date with her shots, she's obviously not declawed (I refuse, even though I have scars on my arms from her attacks), and she's not fixed, but I'm starting to consider it if it'll help with this problem. The vet wasn't able to accurately tell me her breed, but from what I've gathered online, she perfectly fits the description of a Nebelung (a medium-long haired version of a Russian blue, apparently they're pretty rare). She's all grey with medium-long hair, she has yellow/green eyes, her back legs have pantaloons, and the list goes on, she fits the description perfectly.
I'm going to wrap this up and answer anything I haven't covered when someone replies, but to finish off, I feed her various brands of high quality grain free food. I have a friend who works at an animal shelter and he provides me with free cat food. Right now she's eating Blue Buffalo duck recipe. She has no problem switching foods, she'll literally eat anything you put in front of her. She even tries to eat my food, whether it be a bowl of cereal, a steak, candy, literally anything, which according to friends is really strange. They say they've never seen a cat so attracted to human food before.
I hope I've provided enough information to get an accurate response. So, in conclusion, whenever we're laying together everything is perfectly fine for about 10-15 minutes. After the elapsed time she'll do anything she can to hurt me to the point where I have to remove her from the room. She'll try to bite my face, she'll wrap her paws around my arm (with surprising strength), scratching me until I bleed and biting me full force while hissing and meowing, until, like I said, I remove her from the room and stay away from her for a little while. Then she's back to being all lovey dovey wanting attention again, but when she gets attention the cycle repeats with her aggression.
Sorry for the length of this everyone, but I really appreciate any feedback I can get.
Thanks.
- Austin
Oh and here's some pictures.
First picture ever, so about 3 weeks old
About 2-3 months
Most recent pic so she's a year old now in this picture, jeez it's crazy to see how big she got now that I have the photos right next to each other.
This is my first post ever on this site and I literally had to make an account because of this ongoing issue.
I'll start from the beginning. A year ago on about May 20th a friend of mine rescued three kittens she had found hiding under her car one morning (she's an extreme cat lady lol). Two of the kittens were black and one grey with gorgeous blue eyes. Her not being able to keep any of them for longer then it took to find them homes, allowed me to take the grey one. She was about three weeks old when she was found, and I've raised her since then. This is my first cat (except when I was a child I had two cats but we had to rehome them when my sister was born and allergic, I was 7) but I had researched a good amount before taking her into my home. I have my own apartment and she's the only animal (besides me lol) living here. For the most part she's very friendly. No matter who you are, she'll follow you room to room rubbing herself against you.
Anyway since she was about three months old (estimated by memory) I've been experiencing this problem, but I figured it'd subside with age. Whenever I pick her up and bring her to come lay with me she'll act very happy about the attention and there's no issue. She'll lay with me while I pet her under her chin and she'll purr like crazy. Now heres where the problem begins. After about 10-15 minutes of laying with me enjoying being pet, she'll lash out and go crazy attacking me. She'll wrap her paws around my forearm, claws out, and start hissing and meowing while biting me like crazy. If she's close enough she'll even try to bite my face. I've read articles about over stimulation and "petting-induced-aggression", but that doesn't seem to be the issue according to any of the sources I've been able to locate online. I just don't understand the problem. She's completely healthy, she's super active, eats like a full grown wildebeest (no I don't over feed, I go by the directions on the bag), and other than this issue she's a wonderful, absolutely gorgeous cat.
I know this is a really long thread so far but I really feel like I need to provide the full extent of information that I can offer to be able to get an accurate response back. So she's up to date with her shots, she's obviously not declawed (I refuse, even though I have scars on my arms from her attacks), and she's not fixed, but I'm starting to consider it if it'll help with this problem. The vet wasn't able to accurately tell me her breed, but from what I've gathered online, she perfectly fits the description of a Nebelung (a medium-long haired version of a Russian blue, apparently they're pretty rare). She's all grey with medium-long hair, she has yellow/green eyes, her back legs have pantaloons, and the list goes on, she fits the description perfectly.
I'm going to wrap this up and answer anything I haven't covered when someone replies, but to finish off, I feed her various brands of high quality grain free food. I have a friend who works at an animal shelter and he provides me with free cat food. Right now she's eating Blue Buffalo duck recipe. She has no problem switching foods, she'll literally eat anything you put in front of her. She even tries to eat my food, whether it be a bowl of cereal, a steak, candy, literally anything, which according to friends is really strange. They say they've never seen a cat so attracted to human food before.
I hope I've provided enough information to get an accurate response. So, in conclusion, whenever we're laying together everything is perfectly fine for about 10-15 minutes. After the elapsed time she'll do anything she can to hurt me to the point where I have to remove her from the room. She'll try to bite my face, she'll wrap her paws around my arm (with surprising strength), scratching me until I bleed and biting me full force while hissing and meowing, until, like I said, I remove her from the room and stay away from her for a little while. Then she's back to being all lovey dovey wanting attention again, but when she gets attention the cycle repeats with her aggression.
Sorry for the length of this everyone, but I really appreciate any feedback I can get.
Thanks.
- Austin
Oh and here's some pictures.
First picture ever, so about 3 weeks old
About 2-3 months
Most recent pic so she's a year old now in this picture, jeez it's crazy to see how big she got now that I have the photos right next to each other.