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So my 8.5 month old Maine Coon, Oliver has decided to randomly leap up and try to bite us. It started with just my kids. He will follow them, they can just be standing there or just show up and he will go at them. He has bitten my husband and for the first time did it to me. They aren't hard bites but he does put his teeth on you. They aren't love bites either. I know what those are and this is different. There is nothing in particular that sets him off either. He just randomly does it to whoever he feels like it.
He starts flicking his tail and focuses on whoever it is and then jumps and tries to bite their hand or leg. This is completely new behavior from him. He has been the most laid back kitty till now. Could this be his hormones acting up and making him act aggressively? He is my first male kitty so this is new territory for me and he is an only pet. He does have his neutering scheduled for the 27th of this month.
I yell "no" after he has done it, but he will try to do it again. I have picked him up by the scruff on his neck above me and facing me and tell him sternly "no." Today, I started putting him in a "time out" in his crate for a little while to see if that helps any. Since he likes to be where we are, I figured a separation might let him realize that bad behavior gets him removed without attention. The only thing that works to get him away at the moment he's fixated is a distraction such as a toy or dropping something that will startle him.
He starts flicking his tail and focuses on whoever it is and then jumps and tries to bite their hand or leg. This is completely new behavior from him. He has been the most laid back kitty till now. Could this be his hormones acting up and making him act aggressively? He is my first male kitty so this is new territory for me and he is an only pet. He does have his neutering scheduled for the 27th of this month.
I yell "no" after he has done it, but he will try to do it again. I have picked him up by the scruff on his neck above me and facing me and tell him sternly "no." Today, I started putting him in a "time out" in his crate for a little while to see if that helps any. Since he likes to be where we are, I figured a separation might let him realize that bad behavior gets him removed without attention. The only thing that works to get him away at the moment he's fixated is a distraction such as a toy or dropping something that will startle him.