My kitty has picked up some weird biting issues over the past few weeks that i am concerned with.
First, sometimes when we are just sitting together lounging on the couch, he will be sitting next to me purring contently (or so i think?), and the next thing i know, he lunges at me and bites my arm. Then he usually lets out an angry meow and takes off. It's really beginning to weird me out, because at first i thought it must be taking place when i'm petting him and i suddenly touch him in a way he doesn't like, but now it seems to happen when i am not even bothering him, and i'm not sure why he does it.
Along the same lines, sometimes he will attack me as i'm walking through the house, biting at my ankles and swatting at my legs (and he is not declawed, so ouch!).
i have heard that cats like to chase after ankles since they are moving objects sometimes, but i am really more concerned with the biting attacks when we are just sitting together. is there an obvious reason for this that I'm missing? and also is there an effective method to teach him that it is really not polite to bite the hand that feeds him? how should i react when he does it?
First, sometimes when we are just sitting together lounging on the couch, he will be sitting next to me purring contently (or so i think?), and the next thing i know, he lunges at me and bites my arm. Then he usually lets out an angry meow and takes off. It's really beginning to weird me out, because at first i thought it must be taking place when i'm petting him and i suddenly touch him in a way he doesn't like, but now it seems to happen when i am not even bothering him, and i'm not sure why he does it.
Along the same lines, sometimes he will attack me as i'm walking through the house, biting at my ankles and swatting at my legs (and he is not declawed, so ouch!).
i have heard that cats like to chase after ankles since they are moving objects sometimes, but i am really more concerned with the biting attacks when we are just sitting together. is there an obvious reason for this that I'm missing? and also is there an effective method to teach him that it is really not polite to bite the hand that feeds him? how should i react when he does it?