I feel like a horrible human being for even posting this but I'm starting to think I may have made a mistake adopting this cat. He is beating the crap out of me. Most of the time he's sweet but he has a lot of play aggression that I'm not sure how to handle.
He stalks me around the house when he wants to play and latches on to my leg. He bites really hard, like draws lots of blood and bruises the skin. I play with him 4 to 5 times a day so it's not like he's not getting attention. I've tried telling him no and leaving the room so he understands that play time is over when he does that. I thought he got the message finally because the last few days he's been good.
Of course then tonight I was playing with him using his fishing pole and it was going fine. Then he decided he didn't want to use the toy anymore and grabbed my arm and bit me really hard, it's honestly the deepest he's ever bit me.
I'm just feeling really discouraged like I'm doing something wrong. I've wanted a cat all my life and now that I have one I just wish he wouldn't hurt me. I've only had him a month and he's still young, 10 months, is it likely that this behavior will change as he gets older? I don't want to take him back because I'll have to tell them he bites and that might make it hard for him to be adopted. I'm wondering if he may just need to be around other cats for play but unfortunately I can't adopt a second one right now.
Any advice is appreciated!
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