I have recently adopted a kitten. She's a little younger than 3 months.
I had seen a photo of her at the end of September, I asked the rescue people some bits of info about her, but they told me that cat had been promised already to a new family, so I kind of forgot her.
Until a few days later when they contacted me again because the kitten had been returned due to some incompatibility with the resident cat.
Well, to cut this story short, I and my wife decided to adopt her, and the kitten came home with us on November 1, that is exactly 5 weeks after I first saw her.
Despite this long lapse of time, she's still a tiny little kitten, only 1 kg / 2.2 lbs of weight.
Well, she's not exactly the cuddliest of the kittens. What she does constantly is biting our hands and feet, she often follows us and jumps at our legs and bites, or attacks our ankles.
She also bites our clothes when she's close to us, or bites her blanket, the cardboard box I handed her as a toy, and so on. She seems constantly nervous, tail wagging and all.
I'm aware that she's been with us too a short time to build some kind of confidence, but this biting is really unwelcome.
There are times when she grabs my hand, bites and kicks, a does not want to let go. I also thought of teething, but I ruled that out because of her young age. Or they lied to me about her age, she's older than they claimed and she's just a micro-cat, but I have looked into her mouth and I didn't see teeth changing. A person told me that it is possible the kitten might have some internal parasites though she's been dewormed by the rescue people, and these parasites are bothering her and she's nervous. Or that she needs to have her behavior corrected through the presence of another well-educated kitten.
So far I tried with shouting at her, yelling "NO", hissing at her, withdrawing my hand, ignoring her. I also gave her some finger taps on her nose.
Nothing worked, it seems to me that every action of mine exacerbates her reactions. She even looks for my hands in order to bite them, so when we are on the sofa and watch the TV, any movement of our hands is a good reason to jump and bite!
As a consequences of my countermeasures, she doesn't trust me much, she doesn't follow me, she doesn't come when called. I can't pet her when she's next to me on the couch, because as soon as my hands get close to her, she turns towards my hand and bites it, or grabs and bites and kicks it. I can't even pick her up to keep her in my arms, she struggles and asks to be put down, she meows loudly as I was torturing her. Of course she doesn't come on my lap.
The only moments when I can cuddle her are when she's sleeping. She also purrs, and last night, for the first time, she licked my lips while she was purring, but one single episode doesn't tell or mean much.
Otherwise she's sweet and cute, she plays a lot, eats regularly, no troubles in the litterbox so far. She loves to watch the TV, she loves the colors and the flashes of the images on the screen.
On the night she came home with us, the first thing she did as soon as she got out the carrier was to play, and then she ate right away. Not the least sign of stress, despite the 7 hours drive to get home.
I had and fostered many cats and kittens so far, it never happened to find such a thing before, they all were sweet and lovely, maybe a little shy and scared at the beginning, but all soft and sweet within very few days. I didn't expect such a behavior when I decided to adopt her.
I think she was fostered alone in the previous home, alone in an empty room, and those people would play with their hands with her and never picked her up. Because she's very young I'm a little confident she could improve and I just have to be patient, but nonetheless I have to admit I'm a little sad and disappointed.
I keep wondering if things might have been better if I had the chance to adopt her in September, when I first saw her and she was 5 weeks younger.
I would like to try with some Bach Flowers, but I do not know much about them and I don't who to ask.
Has anybody of you tried this kind of remedy for troublesome kitties? Which Flower(s) should I try to fix this problem?
Or any other solution?
Thanks!
I had seen a photo of her at the end of September, I asked the rescue people some bits of info about her, but they told me that cat had been promised already to a new family, so I kind of forgot her.
Until a few days later when they contacted me again because the kitten had been returned due to some incompatibility with the resident cat.
Well, to cut this story short, I and my wife decided to adopt her, and the kitten came home with us on November 1, that is exactly 5 weeks after I first saw her.
Despite this long lapse of time, she's still a tiny little kitten, only 1 kg / 2.2 lbs of weight.
Well, she's not exactly the cuddliest of the kittens. What she does constantly is biting our hands and feet, she often follows us and jumps at our legs and bites, or attacks our ankles.
She also bites our clothes when she's close to us, or bites her blanket, the cardboard box I handed her as a toy, and so on. She seems constantly nervous, tail wagging and all.
I'm aware that she's been with us too a short time to build some kind of confidence, but this biting is really unwelcome.
There are times when she grabs my hand, bites and kicks, a does not want to let go. I also thought of teething, but I ruled that out because of her young age. Or they lied to me about her age, she's older than they claimed and she's just a micro-cat, but I have looked into her mouth and I didn't see teeth changing. A person told me that it is possible the kitten might have some internal parasites though she's been dewormed by the rescue people, and these parasites are bothering her and she's nervous. Or that she needs to have her behavior corrected through the presence of another well-educated kitten.
So far I tried with shouting at her, yelling "NO", hissing at her, withdrawing my hand, ignoring her. I also gave her some finger taps on her nose.
Nothing worked, it seems to me that every action of mine exacerbates her reactions. She even looks for my hands in order to bite them, so when we are on the sofa and watch the TV, any movement of our hands is a good reason to jump and bite!
As a consequences of my countermeasures, she doesn't trust me much, she doesn't follow me, she doesn't come when called. I can't pet her when she's next to me on the couch, because as soon as my hands get close to her, she turns towards my hand and bites it, or grabs and bites and kicks it. I can't even pick her up to keep her in my arms, she struggles and asks to be put down, she meows loudly as I was torturing her. Of course she doesn't come on my lap.
The only moments when I can cuddle her are when she's sleeping. She also purrs, and last night, for the first time, she licked my lips while she was purring, but one single episode doesn't tell or mean much.
Otherwise she's sweet and cute, she plays a lot, eats regularly, no troubles in the litterbox so far. She loves to watch the TV, she loves the colors and the flashes of the images on the screen.
On the night she came home with us, the first thing she did as soon as she got out the carrier was to play, and then she ate right away. Not the least sign of stress, despite the 7 hours drive to get home.
I had and fostered many cats and kittens so far, it never happened to find such a thing before, they all were sweet and lovely, maybe a little shy and scared at the beginning, but all soft and sweet within very few days. I didn't expect such a behavior when I decided to adopt her.
I think she was fostered alone in the previous home, alone in an empty room, and those people would play with their hands with her and never picked her up. Because she's very young I'm a little confident she could improve and I just have to be patient, but nonetheless I have to admit I'm a little sad and disappointed.
I keep wondering if things might have been better if I had the chance to adopt her in September, when I first saw her and she was 5 weeks younger.
I would like to try with some Bach Flowers, but I do not know much about them and I don't who to ask.
Has anybody of you tried this kind of remedy for troublesome kitties? Which Flower(s) should I try to fix this problem?
Or any other solution?
Thanks!
With your experience, and love, she couldn't be in a better home. 
Do you have some pictures you can share? 
I absolutely love the bit of colour on her face. 
