Hello everyone! I have been having a problem with one of my kitties lately.
I have two cats, the oldest is named Meatball and the younger is Biscuit. Meatball is almost 10 years old, a 20 lb tuxedo. And Biscuit is about 3 years old, a stray kitty that I rescued last October. They get along well, chase each other, play, etc. Biscuit licks Meatball's head when he is sleeping, it's really cute.
But ever since I got Biscuit Meatball has been doing something that I call "aggressive licking". He will sit next to me on the couch and start licking my hand/arm. If I move to pet him he meowls at me and grabs my arm with his paws. He'll wrap his front paws around my arm and start bunny kicking my with his hind legs while licking my hand. Sometimes he starts biting my hand, he's never broken skin.. but he is 20 lbs and having a 20 lb cat wrapped around your arm is painful!
He's never really been an affectionate cat, he prefers to sleep on his old lay-z-boy during the day or up on one of his cat shelves. He used to sleep with me at night but now Biscuit does. Meatball will come in once in a while though.
I am not really sure what to do about this. I've tried getting up and ignoring him, grabbing him by the scruff, etc. I thought maybe separating them at night and having Meatball sleep with me might help. But I'm really not sure.
I have two cats, the oldest is named Meatball and the younger is Biscuit. Meatball is almost 10 years old, a 20 lb tuxedo. And Biscuit is about 3 years old, a stray kitty that I rescued last October. They get along well, chase each other, play, etc. Biscuit licks Meatball's head when he is sleeping, it's really cute.
But ever since I got Biscuit Meatball has been doing something that I call "aggressive licking". He will sit next to me on the couch and start licking my hand/arm. If I move to pet him he meowls at me and grabs my arm with his paws. He'll wrap his front paws around my arm and start bunny kicking my with his hind legs while licking my hand. Sometimes he starts biting my hand, he's never broken skin.. but he is 20 lbs and having a 20 lb cat wrapped around your arm is painful!
He's never really been an affectionate cat, he prefers to sleep on his old lay-z-boy during the day or up on one of his cat shelves. He used to sleep with me at night but now Biscuit does. Meatball will come in once in a while though.
I am not really sure what to do about this. I've tried getting up and ignoring him, grabbing him by the scruff, etc. I thought maybe separating them at night and having Meatball sleep with me might help. But I'm really not sure.
