Hey cat experts! Here’s the situation. My friend is 19 and living on her own, so naturally she decided to adopt a cat as it would provide her with some company. And cats are the freaking best, I’ve had them all my life, and they’re such chill companions. So we went out and adopted a cat for free from a local humane society. Initially when we met the cat, he was super super calm and very friendly. He’s four years old, fixed, he’s had all his shots. We spoke to a worker there and she informed us that he had FIV, which made it very difficult to adopt him out being that some people either have other cats or don’t want to deal with the common colds that are accompanied with the disease. My friend has a huge heart and decided to adopt him out to give him a home. We asked the worker if FIV caused anything else besides colds, like aggression, weakness, etc. she assured us that FIV is hardly a problem, and the worse case he might get is a common cold here and there or a slightly shorter life expectancy. So she took him home, and for the first couple days he was incredibly sweet. He laid with her at night, sat on her lap and purred. And everything was swell. My friend has a super small studio so he became adjusted quickly, he didn’t hide or anything. Then I come over one night and he comes up to me as usual, jumps up on my lap and starts purring, rubbing his face against her hand and my hand, rolling over us. Then out of nowhere he latches onto my arm with his claws and bites me. It drew A LOT of blood. It shocked us really because we didn’t see it coming. We brushed it off though because I thought maybe I’d pet him the wrong way or he became overstimulated (my cat gets overstimulated on occasion). But after that it just went down hill. He attacks her constantly without provoke. She won’t even pet him and he’ll latch onto her leg, like violently. He claws and jumps her while she’s sleeping, and she wakes up to it nightly, he even scratched her face in the middle of the night. We thought maybe it was from a lack of playing or pent up energy, so we bought him toys to play with and a scratching post. But he doesn’t play with the toys or the scratching post. His behavior is pretty erratic. He tears her carpet and claws the couch, gets into the trash, etc.
We understand he’s adopted and we have no idea what his previous owners were like, so who knows what he’s been through. We really need some advice on how to stop the spurts of aggression. It’s almost kind of scary because he’ll come up to you and purr and ask to be pet, then attack you seconds later, so we avoid touching him at all. It’s been about a month since she adopted him. Is this territorial? Or redirection? Or possibly FIV caused? What should we do kitty people?? :)
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