Hi all,
Found yourselves via good old Google
Im here hoping i can find answers to some of my kittens strange behaviour.
I have a 12/13 week old Female, which as far as I am aware is a Calico breed, black,brown, light brown/fawn, white belly, chin, paws etc
First problem, easiest to explain is her excessive use of her claws, by this i dont mean her scratching furniture as she does not do this, she has a scratch post which she uses each and everytime she feels the need to scratch.
The claw issue is when you are handling her, or she is playing, or just generally around people, her claws seem to be constantly out/extended, for example she loves being picked up/cuddled but then her claws on all 4 paws will be hooked onto my t shirt, shes ruined a fair few of them as when i try put her down i have to literally pull her off me, and its not a fear thing as she does it when im sat down with her or stood up, she will sit being held and purr away and try nudge my face and lick me so its not like she doesnt like being handled.
A couple of times ive been eating too and shes jumped up on the sofa and then when ive gone to put her down again claws out and leaves nasty scratch marks in the palm of my hands where shes trying to latch on when im putting her down. She also doesnt seem to be able to jump up onto furniture sofas etc she has to climb onto them using her claws, makes an awful sound.
When she is walking around normally she doesnt have her claws extended, its a strange one.
Second issue is her attacking visitors. When it is just me and her in the house she is fine, she doesnt attack me, she will come for a bit of attention, but plays with her toys and balls, then when shes worn out she will come over jump up and loves a cuddle to sleep, gets her head right under my chin, she is a really loving, affectionate, playful funny side but she has this nasty streak aswell with visitors. Someone will come into my flat, sit down, kitty will then go have a sniff round there feet, jump onto the sofa, climb onto the lap of said person, allow them to stroke her, she doesnt hiss or anything, then she will jump down, walk off, and then a few minutes later she comes charging out of no where, and will either latch on again with claws onto said visitors leg, or will actually jump up and latch onto their upper clothing, if sai visitor then trys to touch her her ears go back and she trys to bite/kick with her back legs, when she does this her eyes go pure black and she looks evil, sometimes she will do it once, other times she will just constantly jump with claws extended or just generally try biting them if they try touch her.
Ive started putting her out of the room when she does this, cooling off as i call it, but ive found when the visitors go and i let her back into the living room she will run absolute riot for about half an hour, attacking all of her toys, charging around the room, yet she doesnt come near or attack me? she will attack her toys, pull her blanket out of her bed, and all the while she is making this low tone sort of growling meowing sound once every minute or so, sometimes shes gone so nuts ive had to put her back in the room again so she can calm down, then when shes released for the second time she is usually much calmer, and will want to come sit and cuddle with me.
I came to the conclusion attacking visitors is territorial, i have tried telling my visitors to be firm with her, and only my dad seems to be, he has raise his voice at her and tapped her gently on the nose when shes latched onto him, or bit him and she usually after being told off once or twice will then go and play on her own.
Its the constant claws out for everything that i cant understand, ive stopped picking her up now, i only let her lie next to me if im lying on the sofa or in bed to give her fuss where she can just lie with or next to me and doesnt need to be held where she can and will latch on.
Every google search has just said buy a scratch post, but thats just it she doesnt have an issue with scratching furniture, its just when shes being handled, or put down, or jumping onto furniture, people etc her claws constantly out just ruins clothes, and hurts more than her teeth do.
Sorry its long winded, just wanted to give a good explanation
Found yourselves via good old Google
Im here hoping i can find answers to some of my kittens strange behaviour.
I have a 12/13 week old Female, which as far as I am aware is a Calico breed, black,brown, light brown/fawn, white belly, chin, paws etc
First problem, easiest to explain is her excessive use of her claws, by this i dont mean her scratching furniture as she does not do this, she has a scratch post which she uses each and everytime she feels the need to scratch.
The claw issue is when you are handling her, or she is playing, or just generally around people, her claws seem to be constantly out/extended, for example she loves being picked up/cuddled but then her claws on all 4 paws will be hooked onto my t shirt, shes ruined a fair few of them as when i try put her down i have to literally pull her off me, and its not a fear thing as she does it when im sat down with her or stood up, she will sit being held and purr away and try nudge my face and lick me so its not like she doesnt like being handled.
A couple of times ive been eating too and shes jumped up on the sofa and then when ive gone to put her down again claws out and leaves nasty scratch marks in the palm of my hands where shes trying to latch on when im putting her down. She also doesnt seem to be able to jump up onto furniture sofas etc she has to climb onto them using her claws, makes an awful sound.
When she is walking around normally she doesnt have her claws extended, its a strange one.
Second issue is her attacking visitors. When it is just me and her in the house she is fine, she doesnt attack me, she will come for a bit of attention, but plays with her toys and balls, then when shes worn out she will come over jump up and loves a cuddle to sleep, gets her head right under my chin, she is a really loving, affectionate, playful funny side but she has this nasty streak aswell with visitors. Someone will come into my flat, sit down, kitty will then go have a sniff round there feet, jump onto the sofa, climb onto the lap of said person, allow them to stroke her, she doesnt hiss or anything, then she will jump down, walk off, and then a few minutes later she comes charging out of no where, and will either latch on again with claws onto said visitors leg, or will actually jump up and latch onto their upper clothing, if sai visitor then trys to touch her her ears go back and she trys to bite/kick with her back legs, when she does this her eyes go pure black and she looks evil, sometimes she will do it once, other times she will just constantly jump with claws extended or just generally try biting them if they try touch her.
Ive started putting her out of the room when she does this, cooling off as i call it, but ive found when the visitors go and i let her back into the living room she will run absolute riot for about half an hour, attacking all of her toys, charging around the room, yet she doesnt come near or attack me? she will attack her toys, pull her blanket out of her bed, and all the while she is making this low tone sort of growling meowing sound once every minute or so, sometimes shes gone so nuts ive had to put her back in the room again so she can calm down, then when shes released for the second time she is usually much calmer, and will want to come sit and cuddle with me.
I came to the conclusion attacking visitors is territorial, i have tried telling my visitors to be firm with her, and only my dad seems to be, he has raise his voice at her and tapped her gently on the nose when shes latched onto him, or bit him and she usually after being told off once or twice will then go and play on her own.
Its the constant claws out for everything that i cant understand, ive stopped picking her up now, i only let her lie next to me if im lying on the sofa or in bed to give her fuss where she can just lie with or next to me and doesnt need to be held where she can and will latch on.
Every google search has just said buy a scratch post, but thats just it she doesnt have an issue with scratching furniture, its just when shes being handled, or put down, or jumping onto furniture, people etc her claws constantly out just ruins clothes, and hurts more than her teeth do.
Sorry its long winded, just wanted to give a good explanation
