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Hello!
I currently have a 5 month old female spayed kitten whose had a drastic change in behavior. When I got her (10 weeks old) for about 2 months she was EXTREMELY loving and cuddly and wouldn't leave me alone to be honest. She started having some behavioral problems like biting and doing everything she could to get attention from me so I got her a little brother.
It didn't seem to help? Or, well, it definitely helped with her attention and playing needs but not other things.
She and the new little kitten absolutely adore each other and she loves playing with him and cuddling with him and they love chasing each other around the house but to me shes still having behavioral problems? She still nips at me when I try to cuddle her and will bite if I pet her for more than a few minutes. She definitely isn't anything like the cuddly little kitten who would sleep on my chest for hours and hours.
I've heard of un-spayed males and females having behavioral problems at this age but not much about kittens who are already fixed.
I've done EVERYTHING to get her to stop biting (putting her in time out, telling her NO and ignoring her, I even talked to my vet and did the things she said to do like hiding away toes when she attacks them and never playing with fingers. She has DOZENS of toys of all different types too - stuffed animals, cat nip toys, strings, teaser toys, a scratching post, a climber up to a window, etc) but she simply won't stop.
Should I be concerned or is this her going through a hormonal teenage phase even though she's spayed??
thank you!
Exact Info on her:
she's about 20 weeks old
shes a long haired siamese
spayed
a rescue - was abandoned by her stray mother as a kitten and severely malnourished and feral but has been 100% good since well over a month ago probably 6 or 7 weeks
Her baby brother is a 12 week old neutered male
I work full time during the week but since getting the newer kitten I've actually been working from home a LOT the past month or so (he was also a rescue and needed very careful monitoring) which I find strange since she was actually better behaved when I was working full time?
I currently have a 5 month old female spayed kitten whose had a drastic change in behavior. When I got her (10 weeks old) for about 2 months she was EXTREMELY loving and cuddly and wouldn't leave me alone to be honest. She started having some behavioral problems like biting and doing everything she could to get attention from me so I got her a little brother.
It didn't seem to help? Or, well, it definitely helped with her attention and playing needs but not other things.
She and the new little kitten absolutely adore each other and she loves playing with him and cuddling with him and they love chasing each other around the house but to me shes still having behavioral problems? She still nips at me when I try to cuddle her and will bite if I pet her for more than a few minutes. She definitely isn't anything like the cuddly little kitten who would sleep on my chest for hours and hours.
I've heard of un-spayed males and females having behavioral problems at this age but not much about kittens who are already fixed.
I've done EVERYTHING to get her to stop biting (putting her in time out, telling her NO and ignoring her, I even talked to my vet and did the things she said to do like hiding away toes when she attacks them and never playing with fingers. She has DOZENS of toys of all different types too - stuffed animals, cat nip toys, strings, teaser toys, a scratching post, a climber up to a window, etc) but she simply won't stop.
Should I be concerned or is this her going through a hormonal teenage phase even though she's spayed??
thank you!
Exact Info on her:
she's about 20 weeks old
shes a long haired siamese
spayed
a rescue - was abandoned by her stray mother as a kitten and severely malnourished and feral but has been 100% good since well over a month ago probably 6 or 7 weeks
Her baby brother is a 12 week old neutered male
I work full time during the week but since getting the newer kitten I've actually been working from home a LOT the past month or so (he was also a rescue and needed very careful monitoring) which I find strange since she was actually better behaved when I was working full time?