Hi, I would have posted this in the behavior forum but I saw that this area gets the most posts and I want to make sure and get as much input as possible... I am a dog person and this is my first cat, after having her for a couple weeks I now have a problem that has been getting worse...
I adopted a 5 yr. old Siamese from a shelter
At first she was really sweet and loving and we bonded right away, all she wanted to do was lay around me and snuggle. Now though, it is like her whole personality changed! She just wants to hang out by herself and everytime I go to pet her she will act like it is play-time and swat at me and bite. This kind of surprises me because it seems like she went from one extreme to the other personality-wise.
It gets worse though... EVERY NIGHT when I go and get in bed to sleep she comes running in from wherever she was and attacks my bed! Sometimes she'll try and attack me too. Her ears are back the whole time she is going through her "wild spell", her mouth and eyes wide open (haha, it's actually pretty funny looking), and one time she even hissed at me when I was watching her! It's impossible to pick her up and get her out of my room because she will try and scratch. She totally tears up my bed - all I can say is it's a good thing I don't have expensive sheets and pillows. Eventually she will mellow out and become her sweet self again and sometimes snuggle me the rest of the night. This is a real problem though, i'm tired of loosing sleep while trying to get her to calm down. Plus it is not like I can just keep her locked out of my room all day because she thinks of it as her sanctuary (it was the first place I let her in at my house) so she's always trying to be in there when she's not exploring.
I understand that cats get wild sometimes and I still love mine very much but I need to figure out how to deal with this and why she's doing it, please help!
I adopted a 5 yr. old Siamese from a shelter
It gets worse though... EVERY NIGHT when I go and get in bed to sleep she comes running in from wherever she was and attacks my bed! Sometimes she'll try and attack me too. Her ears are back the whole time she is going through her "wild spell", her mouth and eyes wide open (haha, it's actually pretty funny looking), and one time she even hissed at me when I was watching her! It's impossible to pick her up and get her out of my room because she will try and scratch. She totally tears up my bed - all I can say is it's a good thing I don't have expensive sheets and pillows. Eventually she will mellow out and become her sweet self again and sometimes snuggle me the rest of the night. This is a real problem though, i'm tired of loosing sleep while trying to get her to calm down. Plus it is not like I can just keep her locked out of my room all day because she thinks of it as her sanctuary (it was the first place I let her in at my house) so she's always trying to be in there when she's not exploring.
I understand that cats get wild sometimes and I still love mine very much but I need to figure out how to deal with this and why she's doing it, please help!