Some Say They Do Not Like Cats And Now I Know Why

Lee

Lee

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Chatham, Ontario
I recently adopted a new cat, a year and a half old and called the vet yesterday asking about tranquilizers for the cat, me too if he could prescribe them. Of course he picks this time to be away till Tuesday.

I have owned six cats in my lifetime and miss each and every one of them and their loving ways. Not this one though, believe me when I say that when I saw him starting to nibble on a houseplant it was in the back of the mind to let him go at it while wondering if it was harmful to cats. And just so you can stop thinking bad of me, I googled the plant and gave it to my neighbor.

Why so bad.....first of all he bites for no reason, several times while walking in the house this holy terror comes at me, wraps all four paws around my leg and chops down. I have taken to wearing jeans and bullet proof long underwear.

He has two speeds, fast and faster and seems to be a projectile aimed at anything in home decor that is breakable.

Yesterday morning was the last straw before calling the vet. I watched in awe while he bounded up on the kitchen table, down, then up on a chair while knocking my cell phone off the end table, from chair to the top of the fireplace knocking over an antique clock on it's side and then from there a good 6 foot sail over to the couch where he laid panting with his tongue hanging out leaving me wondering if this was the end.

And he constantly washes, usually you know where....vet checked him for fleas, etc. when I got him so that is not the problem. This cat rivals the washing machine for the noise he makes.

When I could not get the vet I called a friend and was actually crying because I told her that I did not want to send him back to the humane society as this was his second time adopted out and I feared they would give him the golden needle. She has five cats and I was thinking of caging him up and dumping him on her doorstep.

She recommeded a product called Felimazole a pherenome diffuser so off to the pet store to snag the last bottle. It has worked to some extent, he has only bitten my hand twice this morning and not hard.

Advice????
 

Cats can have anxiety, cats can be crazy, cats can be stupid. I know, I know, hard to believe but true. I knew a cat who would not only do what Lee describes, but would stalk and hunt you down, sometimes stalking you for hours. Scary. Cat was a freak for a house pet. Wasn't my cat.
 

Lee said:
I recently adopted a new cat, a year and a half old and called the vet yesterday asking about tranquilizers for the cat, me too if he could prescribe them. Of course he picks this time to be away till Tuesday.

I have owned six cats in my lifetime and miss each and every one of them and their loving ways. Not this one though, believe me when I say that when I saw him starting to nibble on a houseplant it was in the back of the mind to let him go at it while wondering if it was harmful to cats. And just so you can stop thinking bad of me, I googled the plant and gave it to my neighbor.

Why so bad.....first of all he bites for no reason, several times while walking in the house this holy terror comes at me, wraps all four paws around my leg and chops down. I have taken to wearing jeans and bullet proof long underwear.

He has two speeds, fast and faster and seems to be a projectile aimed at anything in home decor that is breakable.

Yesterday morning was the last straw before calling the vet. I watched in awe while he bounded up on the kitchen table, down, then up on a chair while knocking my cell phone off the end table, from chair to the top of the fireplace knocking over an antique clock on it's side and then from there a good 6 foot sail over to the couch where he laid panting with his tongue hanging out leaving me wondering if this was the end.

And he constantly washes, usually you know where....vet checked him for fleas, etc. when I got him so that is not the problem. This cat rivals the washing machine for the noise he makes.

When I could not get the vet I called a friend and was actually crying because I told her that I did not want to send him back to the humane society as this was his second time adopted out and I feared they would give him the golden needle. She has five cats and I was thinking of caging him up and dumping him on her doorstep.

She recommeded a product called Felimazole a pherenome diffuser so off to the pet store to snag the last bottle. It has worked to some extent, he has only bitten my hand twice this morning and not hard.

Advice????
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Assume this cat is a "male"? Would say he is feral and it sometimes can take years for this testosterone thing to settle down. Also assume you don't live in an area where he could be an outdoor cat? Good luck. We've had dealings with many ferals over the years and sometimes you just come upon one that's not a good indoor fit. We had one that would run up a tree and grab a squirrel or chase one across the yard.

They make good mousers or molers but certainly not indoor companions usually.

Advice would be if you know this isn't going to work out to find a good acreage home for him. Wish you lived nearby,
we'd take him. Sure if there are farms around you, that would be a great place to re-home him. Farmer's usually like to have cats around their barns to keep the mice at bay.
 
Ok, you are making Bella look better and better. I also wear very thick socks and loose pants around my darling biting puppy. At training the other day the trainee trainer was playing with Bella and said “see, she is just licking me”, and then, Bella being Bella, bit her. 😂. Yup, see Bella, see Bella bite.

Cats bites, that draw blood, are worst than dog bites that draw blood so watch those bites carefully. But, as an experienced cat owner, I am sure you know this.

I would open the door and let that cat find a new home far away from me. I think the humane society knew it wasn’t going to work and took advantage of you. We occasionally have our humane society sell dogs that have a bite history. It’s shameful behavior.

I wish I could help you, But I am a dog person.
 
Unfortunately, the behaviour you've described is the reason I haven't liked cats for a long time. A close work friend had cats all her life, and she had one that would purr around my ankles, then lunge and dig its claws and teeth into my hand, and hang there. I've had this sort of behaviour from a couple of other cats too.

Another work friend had a cat that would wait for her to come into a room, then hiss and lunge at her, scratching and biting. Still, she loved that cat.

I've only trusted one cat, my nephew's wife's late Siamese, who was the gentlest and most loving cat I've ever known. She also had a big gray cat that was nice, but didn't like being picked up. They had both been strays.
 
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Lee said:
Why so bad.....first of all he bites for no reason, several times while walking in the house this holy terror comes at me, wraps all four paws around my leg and chops down.
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That sounds like a feral cat I had once during her adjustment period! I didn't learn well how to handle her so although she stopped doing that, she was aggressive and we had a bad relationship for 8 years. Then I was reading some book about showing love with your eyes, it was about human relationships but I tried it on the cat, and it worked really well and the last 9 years together were awesome.
 
Shame on the shelter that didn’t describe the behaviour of this cat clearly and say that if things didn’t work out to return it.

I had a cat similar to that for several years. There was no pleasure in being around it. He bit anyone unexpectedly. He went to a ranch and was thriving quite well for many years.
 
Felimazole does help, in my experience. Catnip is a great idea, but buy it loose in a bag or bottle so you can use it wherever you need to, like his bed or wherever you want him to hang out for a while. It's available in a little spray bottle too. The thing is, these products chill cats out temporarily. He needs to be socialized, and that involves intense training but it doesn't take very long unless the cat just isn't having it.

There are some really good youtube videos about socializing cats.
 
HoneyNut said:
That sounds like a feral cat I had once during her adjustment period! I didn't learn well how to handle her so although she stopped doing that, she was aggressive and we had a bad relationship for 8 years. Then I was reading some book about showing love with your eyes, it was about human relationships but I tried it on the cat, and it worked really well and the last 9 years together were awesome.
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Eye language worked for me, too!
 
Blah I'm a cat person but I wouldn't want to deal with that kind of behavior anymore. It's nobody's fault, the cat is just living its reality. I use the pennies in an Altoid tin and a spray bottle I call Mister Squirty. They have come in handy many times over the years. I used to rub a little (very little) diphenhydramine cream on the interior tips of the psycho cat's ears too.
 
I am essentially a dog person, but I've known some very nice cats in my lifetime. However, my neighbor, years ago had one that was a holy terror and we had more fall outs over him letting that cat loose in the unfenced yard more than once. I couldn't believe it one time he wanted me to cat sit his "baby" while he went away on business. I told him to board him. No way.
 
Murrmurr said:
Felimazole does help, in my experience. Catnip is a great idea, but buy it loose in a bag or bottle so you can use it wherever you need to, like his bed or wherever you want him to hang out for a while. It's available in a little spray bottle too. The thing is, these products chill cats out temporarily. He needs to be socialized, and that involves intense training but it doesn't take very long unless the cat just isn't having it.

There are some really good youtube videos about socializing cats.
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Crazy cat on catnip?🤣😂🤪
 
Poor guy. He's going through some tough readjustments. I've gotten to know and befriend many a "mean" cat and completely understand your dilemma. He doesn't need drugs. He needs patient love and understanding.

It you can keep your distance and give him time to learn everything is safe I bet you'll discover a new and loving friend.
 
I've had pets all my life. Dogs, cats, birds, turtles, even ferrets. But, I've never had as much trouble as I've had with the cat I have now. I got Misty last August at 8 weeks old. She has been over active and just does not get what the word 'no' means. I can't keep her off of the dining table or kitchen counters. I disinfect them before meal preparation. I haven't tried the pennies in a can yet, but the squirt bottle means nothing to her.

She likes to hide and, when I walk by, she dashes out and attaches herself to my leg. I got her spayed and declawed (front) in December. I wasn't planning on getting her declawed, but she has scratched me to the point of running blood so often and when the vet brought it up, I decided to get it done. She still jumps on me but she doesn't cause as much damage with her hind claws as she did with the front ones. And catnip seems to make her even more aggressive.

One suggestion I got from the internet was to set up a 'time out' area for her. When she goes on a rampage I put her in the bathroom, where her litter and a bowl of water is, for 30 minutes to calm down. I put her there when I'm eating and when I go to bed, also. I've read that a lot of cat owners put their cats in a separate room during the night.

She's about a third better than she was before I had her spayed. I'm hoping that by the time she is a year old in June, she will have outgrown most of her bad behavior. There was a t-shirt on the PBS site that had the words, "If the world was really flat, cats would have pushed everything off by now". :LOL: She's broken several things, so I've put away my breakables.

I wish I had taken in an older rescue, but they can come with their own set of problems.
 
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