I have been trying so hard to keep Jessie from biting and scratching. Using a spray bottle just seems to antagonize him further. He will literally look at my unmoving leg (with pants on), then latch onto it with his teeth and claws. Its always when he's in that playful mood, he doesn't care about toys, he only attacks me!
Maybe he's just trying to get my attention. Maybe I should play with him more. I dunno. He can be so relaxed and letting me pet and cuddle him, but then when he's in a playing mode, I could be doing absolutely nothing and he'll launch at me.
I've tried trimming his nails but he won't let me. He could be calm and quiet as a mouse until I just ready one of his claws for clipping, then he'll launch into scratch-cat-mode and wriggle and fight me and I have to give up.
No point doing nail caps, because you have to clip the claws before putting nail caps on, and my problem is I can't clip his nails.
And this doesn't help his biting. I can't put caps on his teeth.
Now I have a bruise the size of a quarter and a scabby scratch where his claw literally went through my pant leg into my thigh and scraped along my leg. The sad thing is I think he was just trying to get onto my lap that time.
What do I do? What methods for teaching/correction will work? I provide him lots of cardboard he likes to scratch and old phone books, but why me? Why ME?
Maybe he's just trying to get my attention. Maybe I should play with him more. I dunno. He can be so relaxed and letting me pet and cuddle him, but then when he's in a playing mode, I could be doing absolutely nothing and he'll launch at me.
I've tried trimming his nails but he won't let me. He could be calm and quiet as a mouse until I just ready one of his claws for clipping, then he'll launch into scratch-cat-mode and wriggle and fight me and I have to give up.
No point doing nail caps, because you have to clip the claws before putting nail caps on, and my problem is I can't clip his nails.
And this doesn't help his biting. I can't put caps on his teeth.
Now I have a bruise the size of a quarter and a scabby scratch where his claw literally went through my pant leg into my thigh and scraped along my leg. The sad thing is I think he was just trying to get onto my lap that time.
What do I do? What methods for teaching/correction will work? I provide him lots of cardboard he likes to scratch and old phone books, but why me? Why ME?