As some of you may know, my cat Aegee had kittens on May 20th. Can that effect her behavior?
All I can say now is that she's MEAN. I've never had a cat like this. She was never like this before. She was sweet up until a week or two after she had kittens. And then she just went through a huge behavior 180.
Now she'll bite and scratch. And I don't mean play nipping and swatting either. If she gets a hold of you she'll clamp her teeth in and draw blood. I'm afraid to pet her now, and I avoid her like the plague.
Is this a temporary thing that she'll get over when her kittens are older? Hormonal behavior changes that goes along with being a new mommy?
And she's not just being mean when we're around the kittens. She's being mean all the time. She's even stealing food--our food. She never did that before. She used to sit near us and beg with her eyes, but now she'll just walk on over bold as brass and try to snatch it from us. I know she's not starving or anything. Their food bowl is always full and we give them wet food treats now and then. And my bf gives both kitties plenty of cat treats.
We were extra sweet to her while she was pregnant and when she had her kittens. Maybe we just spoiled her too much? Is that possible? To spoil a cat into being mean?
I have no idea what's going on. But if she's gonna go around clamping her teeth into us or swatting at us for no particular reason then ...
Well. I don't want to say it, but I don't want to live with the fear of possibly losing an eye or a chunk of my ear while I'm sleeping.
For almost a month now I've been telling my bf to give it time. Maybe it's just hormonal 'cause of the kittens. But I think Aegee went a bit too far tonight with her aggression and my bf is getting fed up with the scratches and bite wounds that are tallying up.
Help. My cat has gone psycho-blood thirsty and unless she gets her act together ...
Well. You all know. Just don't want to say it.
Z.
All I can say now is that she's MEAN. I've never had a cat like this. She was never like this before. She was sweet up until a week or two after she had kittens. And then she just went through a huge behavior 180.
Now she'll bite and scratch. And I don't mean play nipping and swatting either. If she gets a hold of you she'll clamp her teeth in and draw blood. I'm afraid to pet her now, and I avoid her like the plague.
Is this a temporary thing that she'll get over when her kittens are older? Hormonal behavior changes that goes along with being a new mommy?
And she's not just being mean when we're around the kittens. She's being mean all the time. She's even stealing food--our food. She never did that before. She used to sit near us and beg with her eyes, but now she'll just walk on over bold as brass and try to snatch it from us. I know she's not starving or anything. Their food bowl is always full and we give them wet food treats now and then. And my bf gives both kitties plenty of cat treats.
We were extra sweet to her while she was pregnant and when she had her kittens. Maybe we just spoiled her too much? Is that possible? To spoil a cat into being mean?
I have no idea what's going on. But if she's gonna go around clamping her teeth into us or swatting at us for no particular reason then ...
Well. I don't want to say it, but I don't want to live with the fear of possibly losing an eye or a chunk of my ear while I'm sleeping.
For almost a month now I've been telling my bf to give it time. Maybe it's just hormonal 'cause of the kittens. But I think Aegee went a bit too far tonight with her aggression and my bf is getting fed up with the scratches and bite wounds that are tallying up.
Help. My cat has gone psycho-blood thirsty and unless she gets her act together ...
Well. You all know. Just don't want to say it.
Z.